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Meaning of "pretendant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRETENDANT

pretendant  [prɪˈtɛndənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRETENDANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pretendant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRETENDANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pretendant in the English dictionary

The definition of pretendant in the dictionary is a pretender.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRETENDANT


appendant
əˈpɛndənt
ascendant
əˈsɛndənt
ascendent
əˈsɛndənt
attendant
əˈtɛndənt
co-dependent
ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛndənt
contendent
kənˈtɛndənt
defendant
dɪˈfɛndənt
dependant
dɪˈpɛndənt
dependent
dɪˈpɛndənt
descendant
dɪˈsɛndənt
descendent
dɪˈsɛndənt
independent
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt
intendant
ɪnˈtɛndənt
interdependent
ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndənt
pendant
ˈpɛndənt
pendent
ˈpɛndənt
pretendent
prɪˈtɛndənt
resplendent
rɪˈsplɛndənt
superintendent
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənt
transcendent
trænˈsɛndənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRETENDANT

preteen
pretelevision
pretence
pretenceless
pretend
pretended
pretendedly
pretendent
pretender
pretendership
pretendingly
pretense
pretension
pretensionless
pretensive
pretentious
pretentiously
pretentiousness
preterhuman
preterist

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRETENDANT

abundant
care attendant
cloakroom attendant
codefendant
commandant
demandant
en attendant
extendant
flight attendant
fondant
in the ascendant
lift attendant
nonredundant
overabundant
parking attendant
pool attendant
pump attendant
redundant
regardant
superabundant
train attendant

Synonyms and antonyms of pretendant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pretendant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRETENDANT

Find out the translation of pretendant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pretendant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pretendant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pretendant
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pretendiente
570 millions of speakers

English

pretendant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pretendant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pretendant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pretendant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pretendant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pretendant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pretendant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pretendant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prétendant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pretendant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pretendant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pretendant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pretendant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pretendant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भटके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pretendant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pretendant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pretendant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pretendant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pretendant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pretendant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pretendant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pretendant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pretendant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pretendant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETENDANT»

The term «pretendant» is normally little used and occupies the 140.479 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRETENDANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pretendant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pretendant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pretendant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRETENDANT»

Discover the use of pretendant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pretendant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reports from Committees of the House of Commons which Have ...
Un Capitaine Ir - landois arrive depuis pen kCivita Vecchia avee son Vais- seau, sousPretextequ'il devoit ycharger le restantdcsBa- gages du Cardinal daCunka, a etc deux Jours con sec u.- tit's en Conference avec le Pretendant. On m 'assure  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1803
2
Miscellaneous state papers from 1501 to 1726...
pUIS QJJ E S. A. R. dit, qu'elle observe, et observera religieusement le traité d' Utrecht, et qu'elle ne favorisera en rien le Pretendant; on me demande, quels pas S. A. R. a fait, pour empecher que le Pretendant ne entrat en France, et quels ...
‎1778
3
Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert ...
MILORD Bullingbrook part pour aller faire sa residcnce dans le Lionnois à portée de Geneve, muni d'une bonne lettre de credit sur le chevallier Richard Cantillon, l 'rlandois, banquier en' cette ville et chevallier de la façon du pretendant.
William Coxe, 1798
4
Miscellaneous State Papers: From 1501-1726
I. U I SQU E S. A. R. dit, qu'elle observe, et observera. religieusement le traité d' Utrecht, et qu'elle ne favorifera en rien le Pretendant»; on'une demande, quels pas S. A. R. a fait, pour empecher que le Pretendant ne entrat en France, et quels  ...
Philip Yorke Earl of Hardwicke, 1778
5
Drama of the Group: A Study of Unanimism in the Plays of ...
Le pretendant et l'intermediaire se retirent, par exemple dans un coin de la piece, pendant que les parents de la jeune fille continuent a dejeuner. Si l'intermediaire a pu se mettre d'accord avec le pretendant sur le chiffre de la dot — de la dot ...
Peter Norrish, 1958
6
The Peach Bloosom Fan
The verdict was that the pretendant was in fact Wang Zhiming, the great nephew of the Imperial Son-in-Law Wang Ring. Minister Oao Mengji of the Court of State Ceremonial and his retainer Mu Hu were also thrown into prison, where they ...
T.L. Yang, 1998
7
To 1795
Il paroist en effect Mylord, que quand mesme la Nation pouroit estre en seureté contre le Pretendant pendant la vie de Sa Majesté, il n'en seroit pas de mesme en cas qu'il plust à Dieu d'affliger la Grand Bretagne en retirant à luy une Reine, ...
Sir Henry Ellis, 1827
8
Strange Places
The disguise of the pretendant did nothing to trap any heat around her—illusions make poor insulators—but she couldn't help feeling twice as hot and stifled as soon as she'd hung it around her neck. It was the nose. She was constantly ...
‎2011
9
The Shuttle
But that a man who has not even a decent name to offer—who is blackballed by his county—should coolly present himself as a pretendant is an insolence he should be kicked for." Betty arranged her campanulas carefully. There was no ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2014
10
Film Remakes, Adaptations and Fan Productions: Remake/Remodel
... 0:43 the best will compete for the Crown 0:51 But why Camelot was chosen? 0: 56 It has to be Camelot because ... 1:00 ...one more pretendant is here 1:19 I don' t want to be your King (Merlin) 1:22 You can't refuse (Merry Gentry elf) 1:26 ...
Kathleen Loock, Constantine Verevis, 2012

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRETENDANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pretendant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Fanzone N°428 - Spider-Man : un désaccord entre Marvel et Sony ?
The Comic-Books Guy. Suis je le seul à trouver les pretendant pour spidey un peu jeune ? wiirio. C'est le but. Hunnam29. Spidey EST jeune. «AlloCiné, Jun 15»
2
How owning and breeding racehorses enriched Churchill's twilight …
In 1956, Le Pretendant, a half-brother to Colonist, won the Churchill Stakes at Ascot (named not for Winston but for his forebear John Churchill) ... «Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, Feb 15»
3
Police warn about scammers posed as parking lot attendants
In Seattle, one resident caught what he calls a “pretendant” in the act. Michael Basconcillo went up to the scammer and said, “You're not an ... «kdvr.com, Jul 14»
4
Beware of 'pretendants' at pay-to-park lots
And he knew Faron was a pretendant before Faron said a word. I asked Faron, "How were you buying the tickets you were selling?" Faron had ... «KOMO News, Nov 08»
5
New pay boxes mean parkers are now the target
The crimes are so prevalent that police even have a name for this type of fake parking lot attendant: "pretendant" Seattle police say many of the ... «KOMO News, Aug 08»

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