different between aint vs dont
aint
English
Contraction
aint
- Misspelling of ain't.
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English aunt.
Noun
aint f (genitive singular ainte, nominative plural ainteanna)
- aunt
- Synonym: aintín
Declension
Coordinate terms
- (gender): uncail
- (relationship): neacht
- (gender, relationship): nia
Mutation
Further reading
- "aint" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
aint From the web:
- what ain't no country
- what ain't means
- what ain't broke
- what ain't real won't last
- what ain't
- what ain't stands for
- what aint country
- what ain't to be just might happen
dont
English
Contraction
dont
- Misspelling of don't.
Breton
Alternative forms
- doned
Etymology
A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle Breton donet (influenced by monet (“to go”)), from Old Breton diminet. Cognate with Welsh dyfod, dod, and Cornish dos, dones; from Old Breton di, do + monet (“to go”). The other forms are from Proto-Celtic *toageti, itself also a suppletive verb (stemming from *ageti (“to drive”) and *pelh?-). See also Old Irish do·aig (“to drive off”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??nt/
Verb
dont
- (intransitive) to come
Inflection
Conjugation
Derived terms
- a zeu
Danish
Noun
dont
- a (piece of) work, a deed
French
Etymology
From Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin d? unde (“from where”). Compare Spanish donde (“where”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Homophones: dom, don, dons
- Rhymes: -??
Pronoun
dont
- of/from whom/which, whose
- Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?
- Do you remember that of which we spoke?
- Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.
- It is nothing of which I am still certain.
- Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?
- What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
- J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours.
- I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
- La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.
- The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
- Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers.
- The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of great adventurers.
- Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste.
- These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
- Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?
- (sometimes) by which
- Le coup dont il fut frappé.
- The blow by which he was struck.
- Le coup dont il fut frappé.
- Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
- Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.
- He had ten children, nine of them girls.
- Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.
Synonyms
- (of which): de qui, de quoi, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels m pl, desquelles f pl
Derived terms
- dont acte
- dont appel
- dont auquel
References
Further reading
- “dont” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tond
Middle English
Noun
dont
- Alternative form of dint
Middle French
Alternative forms
- dant
Pronoun
dont
- of whom; of which
Descendants
- French: dont
Occitan
Pronunciation
Preposition
dont
- including, such as
dont From the web:
- what don't
- what dont mice like
- what don't vegans eat
- what dont roaches like
- what dont mice like the smell of
- what don't rats like
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