natant

[ neyt-nt ]
/ ˈneɪt nt /
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adjective

swimming; floating.
Botany. floating on water, as the leaf of an aquatic plant.

Origin of natant

1700–10; < Latin natant- (stem of natāns), present participle of natāre to swim; see -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM natant

na·tant·ly, adverb

Words nearby natant

natal chart, natal orange, natal plum, natalie, natality, natant, natasha, natashquan, natation, natator, natatorial

Words related to natant

floating, natatorial, natatory

Example sentences from the Web for natant

  • She stood rigid, listening with a natant, sickening consciousness that something terrible hung at her back.

    The Red Debt |Everett MacDonald

  • Tota natant crispis juga motibus et tremit absens Pampinus, et vitreis vindemia turget in undis.

    Letters of Edward FitzGerald |Edward FitzGerald

British Dictionary definitions for natant

natant
/ (ˈneɪtənt) /

adjective

(of aquatic plants) floating on the water
rare floating or swimming

Word Origin for natant

C18: from Latin natāns, present participle of natāre to swim