tant

A. adv

• 1 (so) much il a tant insisté que... = he was so insistent that... vous m'en direz tant! (fam) = you don't say! le moment tant attendu = the long-awaited moment Definition of much in the British & World English dictionary Definition of much in the US English dictionary Translate much | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

• 2n'aimer rien tant que… = to like nothing so much as… tant bien que mal [repair, lead] = after a fashion; [manage] = more or less essayer tant bien que mal de s'adapter = to be struggling to adapt

• 3tant que = as long as je ne partirai pas tant qu'il ne m'aura pas accordé un rendez-vous = I won't leave until he's given me an appointment traite-moi de menteurtant que tu y es! (fam) = go ahead and call me a liar!

• 4 (replacing number) gagner tant par mois = to earn so much a month

B. quantif

• Loulou, Pivachon et tant d'autres = Loulou, Pivachon and so many others tant de travail = so much work

C.

• (in phrases) tant pis = too bad tant mieux = so much the better tant mieux pour toi = good for you tant et plus = a great deal; = a great many tant et si bien que = so much so that s'il avait un tant soit peu de bon sens = if he had the slightest bit of common sense tant qu'à faire, autant repeindre toute la pièce = we may as well repaint the whole room while we're at it en tant que = as en tant que tel = as such si tant est qu'il puisse y aller = that is if he can go at all je ne l'aime pas tant que ça = I don't like him/her all that much