different between aint vs oint

English

Contraction

aint

1. Misspelling of ain't.

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aunt.

Noun

aint f (genitive singular ainte, nominative plural ainteanna)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman oint, Middle French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt/

Verb

oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

1. (now rare, poetic) To anoint.

   • They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.

Anagrams

• -tion, -toin, INTO, Toni, into, noit, on it

Catalan

Etymology

Present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audi?ns, audientem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /u?int/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u?in/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o?int/

Verb

oint

1. present participle of oir

Noun

oint

1. (archaic) hearer

Synonyms

• oïdor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??/

Etymology

From Middle French oint, from Old French oint, from Latin unctus.

Verb

oint m (feminine singular ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)

1. past participle of oindre

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Verb

oint

1. past participle of oindre

Descendants

• Middle French: oint
  • French: oint

Etymology 2

From Latin unctum.

Noun

oint m (oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)

1. lard; fat; grease
2. ointment

Related terms

• ointure