adj · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/
Canada, General-American:/ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/
Canada, General-American:[ˈtɛəntəˌmaʊnt]
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Australian:/ˈtæntəˌmæɔnt/
Australian:[ˈtɛːntəˌmæɔnt]
Australian:[ˈtɛːntəˌmɛɔnt]
QueenslandRecorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -æntəmaʊnt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something which has the same value or amount (as something else). (attributive use passing into adjective, below)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To amount to as much; to be equivalent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
First attested in English in 1628. Either inherited from an unattested Middle English borrowing from Anglo-Norman tant amount, from amunter, from tant (“as much”) amonter (“to amount to”) or borrowed in the early 17th century from Italian tanto montare (“to amount to as much”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
равностоен
(ravnostoen)
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Bulgarian:
равносилен
(ravnosilen)
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Catalan:
equivalent
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Chinese Cantonese:
等於 /等于
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Dutch:
gelijkgesteld
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Dutch:
gelijkstaand
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Dutch:
gelijkwaardig
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Dutch:
equivalent
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Finnish:
samanveroinen
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Finnish:
käytännössä sama kuin
— equivalent in meaning or effect
French:
équivalent
— equivalent in meaning or effect
German:
gleichbedeutend
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Hungarian:
egyenértékű
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Hungarian:
felér
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Irish:
ionann
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Italian:
equivalente
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Occitan:
equivalent
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Polish:
równoważny
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Portuguese:
equivalente
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Russian:
равноси́льный
(ravnosílʹnyj)
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Spanish:
equiparable
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Spanish:
equipolente
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Spanish:
equivaler
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Swedish:
liktydig
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Ukrainian:
рівноси́льний
(rivnosýlʹnyj)
— equivalent in meaning or effect
Ukrainian:
рівноці́нний
(rivnocínnyj)
— equivalent in meaning or effect
