different between dout vs sout

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English doute (“doubt”). More at doubt.

Noun

dout

1. Obsolete spelling of doubt

Etymology 2

Blend of do +? out, from Middle English don ut (“do out”). Compare don, doff, dup.

Verb

dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)

1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.

Related terms

• douter, a cone-shaped device with a handle for extinguishing a candle and stopping the smoke.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German t?t, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Cognate with German tot, Dutch dood, English dead, Icelandic dauður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deu?t/, [d???t]
• Rhymes: -??t
• Homophone: Doud

Adjective

dout (masculine douden, neuter dout, comparative méi dout, superlative am doutsten)

1. dead

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• Doud
• doutlaachen
• doutmaachen
• doutschloen
• douttrëppelen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?t/

Noun

sout

1. Obsolete form of soot.

Anagrams

• Otsu, SOTU, Tsou, otsu, oust, outs, tOSU

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœu?t/

Etymology 1

From Dutch zout, from Middle Dutch sout, from Old Dutch *salt, from Proto-Germanic *salt? (noun), *saltaz (adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *séh?l-, *séh?ls.

Noun

sout (plural soute)

1. salt

Derived terms

• seesout
• soutmyn
• soutpan

Adjective

sout (attributive sout, comparative souter, superlative soutste)

1. salt, salty

Etymology 2

From Dutch zouten, from Middle Dutch souten, from Old Dutch *saltan, from Proto-Germanic *saltan?.

Verb

sout (present sout, present participle soutende, past participle gesout)

1. (transitive) to salt, to salten