hydrant

See also: Hydrant

English

A fire hydrant in Singapore

Etymology

An irregular formation: hydr- +‎ -ant, originally US English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

hydrant (plural hydrants)

1. An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.
   • 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Down Town Back-alleys”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 30:

     A horde of dirty children play about the dripping hydrant, the only thing in the alley that thinks enough of its chance to make the most of it: it is the best it can do.

Derived terms

• fire hydrant

Descendants

• → German: Hydrant
  • → French: hydrant, hydrante
  • → Italian: idrante

Translations

outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped — see also fire hydrant

• Hungarian: tűzcsap (hu)

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hydrant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Czech

Noun

hydrant m inan

1. hydrant

Declension

Declension of hydrant (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	hydrant	hydranty
genitive	hydrantu	hydrantů
dative	hydrantu	hydrantům
accusative	hydrant	hydranty
vocative	hydrante	hydranty
locative	hydrantu	hydrantech
instrumental	hydrantem	hydranty

Related terms

• See hydro-

Further reading

• “hydrant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “hydrant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

hydrant m (plural hydranten, diminutive hydrantje n)

1. hydrant, fire hydrant

   Synonym: brandkraan

French

Alternative forms

• hydrante

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hydrant, from American English hydrant.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.dʁɑ̃/

Noun

hydrant m (plural hydrants)

1. (Switzerland, Louisiana, Missouri) hydrant, fire hydrant

   Synonym: borne d’incendie

Further reading

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

Polish

hydrant

Etymology

Borrowed from American English hydrant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɘ.drant/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘdrant
• Syllabification: hy‧drant

Noun

hydrant m inan

1. (firefighting) hydrant, fire hydrant (outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped)

Declension

Declension of hydrant

	singular	plural
nominative	hydrant	hydranty
genitive	hydrantu	hydrantów
dative	hydrantowi	hydrantom
accusative	hydrant	hydranty
instrumental	hydrantem	hydrantami
locative	hydrancie	hydrantach
vocative	hydrancie	hydranty

Further reading

• hydrant in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hydrant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• hydrant in PWN's encyclopedia