Treant pronunciation?

[Herremann the Wise]

Hi Everyone,

Our group has a slightly different pronounciation.

The "tre" get pronounced somewhere in between tree and tray while the "ant" gets pronounced like the ending of detente with the thing-a-me-jig over the first e (If you can help me do one of those, all help appreciated).

In the end, I suppose we pronounce it Trey-ont.
I thought our group was a little weird.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

You call it whatever it wants to be called!

Seriously though, I always called them "treent".

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

you mean "détente"?

I'd either pronounce it "Tree-ant" or "Trey-ent"

AR

 

[D+1]

I pronounce it ENT. Call a spade a spade. Treant indeed. Might as well be calling Drow the dark EALVES so as not to tread on any toes. I also call halflings Hobbits and speak the titles of "Those Who Must Not Be Named" - Demons and Devils.

 

[countgray]

In the very first original edition of D&D they actually did have Balrogs and Ents by name. When they were putting together AD&D they changed the names.

I always assumed that Treant was a combination of the words "Tree" and "Giant". If that is the case then the pronunciation should probably be something like Tree-unt (with the accent on Tree and an unaccented second syllable.)

But even so I have always pronounced it like "Trent" to rhyme with Ent.

 

[Voadam]

. . . . and speak the titles of "Those Who Must Not Be Named" - Demons and Devils.

"What a worthless scroll, all it says is Hastur, Hastur, Hastur."

 

[Voadam]

I always assumed that Treant was a combination of the words "Tree" and "Giant". If that is the case then the pronunciation should probably be something like Tree-unt (with the accent on Tree and an unaccented second syllable.)

That makes a lot of sense, a contraction of two words to make a new one. Makes more sense than "Tree ant, because they are like trees but among real trees they are as puny as ants, no wait."

 

[Akrasia]

I pronounce it ENT. Call a spade a spade. Treant indeed. Might as well be calling Drow the dark EALVES so as not to tread on any toes. I also call halflings Hobbits and speak the titles of "Those Who Must Not Be Named" - Demons and Devils.

You rock!

There is no copyright fretting at MY gaming table either.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

I've always pronounced it tree-ont (rhymes with font).

 

[Aeric]

Tray-ent.