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flint
English
Etymology
From Middle English flynt, flint, from Old English flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Middle Dutch vlint, Old High German flins, Danish flint), from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek ??????? (plínthos)), from *(s)plei- (“to split”). More at split.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fl?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Homophones: Flint, Flynt
Noun
flint (countable and uncountable, plural flints)
- A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.
- A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker.
- A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
- A type of maize/corn with a hard outer hull.
- (figuratively) Anything figuratively hard.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- chert
- ferrocerium
Verb
flint (third-person singular simple present flints, present participle flinting, simple past and past participle flinted)
- (transitive) To furnish or decorate an object with flint.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Flint”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “flint”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Middle English
Noun
flint
- Alternative form of flynt
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fl?int/
Noun
flint f
- genitive plural of flinta
Swedish
Etymology 1
Clipping of flintskalle.
Noun
flint c
- a bald head
Declension
Etymology 2
Clipping of flintskallig.
Adjective
flint (comparative mer flint, superlative mest flint)
- (colloquial) bald
- Synonyms: (colloquial) flintis, flintskallig
Declension
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clint
English
Etymology
Middle English, from klint, meaning cliff.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
clint (plural clints)
- (geology) The relatively flat part of a limestone pavement between the grikes
Anagrams
- TINLC
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