English - Etymology

From Latin aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”), from ab (“from”) + errō (“to wander”). See aberr.

English - Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛr.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bər.n̩t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əbˈɛɹ.n̩t/, /ˈæ.bər.n̩t/

English - Adjective

aberrant (comparative more aberrant, superlative most aberrant)

1. Differing from the norm. [Attesting from the mid 16^th century until the early 17^th century.]
2. (sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
3. (botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]
   • Charles Darwin,

     The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated.

Derived terms

• aberrance
• aberrancy
• aberration
• aberrational
• aberrantly

Translations

English - Noun

aberrant (plural aberrants)

1. A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
2. (biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.

Translations

English - References

1. ^ Aberrant at Dictionary.com
2. ^ “aberrant” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 4

Catalan - Etymology

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

Catalan - Adjective

aberrant m, f (masculine and feminine plural aberrants)

1. aberrant
2. (pathology) aberrant (indicating an organ or other tissue which is not in its expected location)

French - Etymology

From Latin aberrant-, stem of aberrāns, present active participle of aberrō (“go astray; err”).

French - Adjective

aberrant m (feminine aberrante, masculine plural aberrants, feminine plural aberrantes)

1. Aberrant, abnormal or anomalous.
2. (sciences) Which is impossible according to the norms or rules.

French - External Links

• “aberrant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German - Adjective

aberrant (comparative aberranter, superlative am aberrantesten)

1. aberrant

Declension

German - External Links

• aberrant in Duden online

Latin - Verb

aberrant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of aberrō

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