Russian

Noun

педа́нт • ‎(pedánt) m anim ‎(genitive педа́нта, nominative plural педа́нты, genitive plural педа́нтов)

1. pedant, prig

   сухо́й педа́нт‎

   suxój pedánt

   dry-as-dust pedant

Declension

Related terms

• педантичный ‎(pedantičnyj)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Pedant, from French pédant, from Italian pedante, from Ancient Greek παιδεία ‎(paideía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pědant/
• Hyphenation: пе‧дант

Noun

пѐдант, педа̏нт m ‎(Latin spelling pèdant, pedȁnt)

1. pedant (person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning)

Declension

References

• “педант” in Hrvatski jezični portal