Etymology

From tree +‎ entCategory:English compound terms#TREANT, with modification of the spelling to avoid the unusual forms treent or treeent. Used as a replacement for ent due to copyright issues; cf. halfling.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹiːɛnt/, /ˈtɹiːənt/, /ˈtɹiːænt/, /ˈtɹeɪənt/, /ˈtɹiːɑnt/Category:English 2-syllable words#TREANTCategory:English 2-syllable words#TREANTCategory:English 2-syllable words#TREANTCategory:English 2-syllable words#TREANTCategory:English 2-syllable words#TREANTCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TREANT
• Rhymes: -iːɛnt, -ɛnt, -iːənt, -iːænt, -eɪənt, -iːɑntCategory:Rhymes:English/iːɛnt#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːɛnt/2 syllables#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛnt#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛnt/1 syllable#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːənt#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːənt/2 syllables#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːænt#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːænt/2 syllables#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪənt#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪənt/2 syllables#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːɑnt#TREANTCategory:Rhymes:English/iːɑnt/2 syllables#TREANT

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Noun

treant (plural treants)Category:English lemmas#TREANTCategory:English nouns#TREANTCategory:English countable nouns#TREANTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TREANTCategory:Pages with entries#TREANTCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TREANT

1. (fantasyCategory:en:Fantasy#TREANT roleplaying gamesCategory:en:Role-playing games#TREANT) A fictional anthropomorphic organism having many characteristics of a tree.
   • 1977, Gary Gygax, Monster Manual, page 96:

     Treants are strangely related to humans and trees, combining features of both species. ...an individual treant can cause only one or two normal trees to move and attack as stipulated.

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   • 2018 May 26, Joel Puga, “Chapter 6 Faiths”, in The Godungava‎, Joel Puga:

     Pseudunus and his group looked around, frightened, and realized that three more treents surrounded them, accompanied by a myriad of other creatures. Centaurs, elves, humans, satyrs, halflings, mémechares and brounies surrounded them on all sides, except the one they had come from. Bears and wolves, clearly under the effect of natural magic spells, gritted their teeth and growled menacingly, while snakes hissed in defiance.

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See also

• ent

References

Anagrams

• Arnett, attern, natter, net art, ratten, tarten