jante

From Vulgar Latin *gambita, *cambita, borrowed from a Transalpine Gaulish cambita, a derivative of Gaulish cambo (“curve”). Perhaps related to Late Latin gamba.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɑ̃t/

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jante f (plural jantes)

1. wheel (of a bike, without the tire)
2. rim (of a wheel), wheelrim

• déjanter

• → Hijazi Arabic: جَنْط‎ (janṭ)
• → Portuguese: jante
• → Romanian: jantă
• → Spanish: llanta
• → Turkish: jant

• “jante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: jan‧te

Borrowed from French jante. Compare Spanish llanta, from the same source.

jante f (plural jantes)

1. rim (of a car wheel), wheelrim

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

jante

1. inflection of jantar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “jante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “jante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒante]

jante f

1. inflection of jantă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

jante c

1. (colloquial) Law of Jante

   Det där känns jante

   That feels like the Law of Jante

   Synonym: jantelag

Sometimes used more like an adjective, like in the example.