resultant
/ɹiˈzʌltənt/ree-ZUHL-tuhnt
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹiˈzʌltənt/ree-ZUHL-tuhnt
Meaningresulting
Common meaning: coming as a result
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- reagain; back
- sultto leap, jumpLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1619 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
‘again’ + ‘to leap, jump’ → resultant
Journey through time
- Latinsaliō, saluī, saltum‘to leap, jump’
- Old Frenchresultersource
- Englishresult‘what comes out of an action’
- Englishformed in English from resultresultant‘coming as a result’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from result + -ant.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RESULT, p.505 · scan
Roots
- saliō, saluī, saltum Latin “to leap, jump”
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