English Online Dictionary. What means wants? What does wants mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /wɑnts/, /wɔnts/, /wʌnts/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɒnts/
- Rhymes: -ɑnts, -ɔnts, -ʌnts, -ɒnts
Noun
wants
- plural of want
Verb
wants
- third-person singular simple present indicative of want
Anagrams
- tawns, wanst, wasn't, wasnt
Dutch
Etymology
18th century, from German Wanze, which see.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɑnts/
Noun
wants m (plural wantsen, diminutive wantsje n)
- true bug (insect belonging to the Heteroptera, suborder within the Hemiptera)
Derived terms
- bedwants
- stinkwants