different between lint vs vint

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lynet, linet, from Old French linette (“grain of flax”), diminutive of lin (“flax”); or, from Medieval Latin linteum, from Latin l?num (“flax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: Lent (with pin-pen merger)

Noun

lint (usually uncountable, plural lints)

1. A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.
2. Clinging fuzzy fluff that clings to fabric or accumulates in one's pockets or navel etc.

3. The fibrous coat of thick hairs covering the seeds of the cotton plant.
4. Raw cotton ready for baling.

Derived terms

• lint-free, lintfree

Translations

Etymology 2

From the lint Unix utility, written in 1979, which analyses programs written in the C language, itself named after the undesirable bits of fiber and fluff found in sheep's wool (see etymology 1).

Verb

lint (third-person singular simple present lints, present participle linting, simple past and past participle linted)

1. (transitive, computing) To perform a static check on (source code) to detect stylistic or programmatic errors.

References

Anagrams

• Int'l, int'l, intl.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/

Noun

lint (plural linte, diminutive lintjie)

1. A ribbon, band, tape.

Cimbrian

Noun

lint f

1. lind, linden

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Probably a shortening of Middle Dutch lijnde (“rope”), from line (modern lijn). Alternatively from Latin linteum (“cloth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Hyphenation: lint
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

lint n (plural linten, diminutive lintje n)

1. A ribbon, a cloth band or non-textile (non-adhesive) tape.
2. (metonymically, chiefly diminutive) A decoration, a medal, especially in chivalric, civil and military contexts.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: lint

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin l?ns, lentem. Compare Italian and Venetian lente, lent, Romanian linte.

Noun

lint f

1. A lentil.

Middle English

Noun

lint

1. Alternative form of lynet

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin vinum (“wine”).

Verb

vint (third-person singular simple present vints, present participle vinting, simple past and past participle vinted)

1. to make wine from fruit

See also

• brew
• distill

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian ???? (vint, “screw”).

Noun

vint (uncountable)

1. a Russian card game similar to bridge and whist

Synonyms

• Russian whist

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan vint), from Latin v?gint? (“twenty”) (compare French vingt, Spanish veinte), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wih??m?ti, from *dwi(h?)d?m?ti(h?) (“two tens, two decades”), *dwi(h?)d?m?ti.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?vint/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?bin/
• Rhymes: -int

Numeral

vint m or f

1. twenty

Noun

vint m (plural vints)

1. twenty

Crimean Tatar

Noun

vint

1. screw, wind

Estonian

Noun

vint (genitive vindi, partitive vinti)

1. finch

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• vint in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophones: vain, vainc, vaincs, vains, vin, vingt, vingts, vins, vînt

Verb

vint

1. third-person singular past historic of venir

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vint m (plural vints)

1. wind

Related terms

• stravint

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin v?gint?.

Adjective

vint

1. twenty

Noun

vint m (uncountable)

1. twenty

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan vint), from Latin v?gint? (“twenty”) (compare French vingt, Spanish veinte, Italian venti), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wih??m?ti, from *dwi(h?)d?m?ti(h?) (“two tens, two decades”), *dwi(h?)d?m?ti.

Numeral

vint

1. (cardinal number) twenty

Derived terms

• vinten

Old French

Etymology

From Latin v?gint?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vint/

Numeral

vint

1. twenty

Descendants

• French: vingt
  • Haitian Creole: ven
  • Mauritian Creole: vin
  • ? Garifuna: wein
• Norman: vîngt, vingt
• Walloon: vint

Old Norse

Adjective

vint

1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of vindr

Picard

Etymology

From Latin ventus.

Noun

vint m (plural vints)

1. wind

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin v?gint?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?t/

Numeral

vint

1. twenty

Walloon

Etymology 1

From Old French vint, from Latin v?gint?.

Numeral

vint

1. twenty

Etymology 2

From Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?weh?- (“to blow”).

Noun

vint m

1. wind

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vent (“hero; man”).

Noun

vint m (plural vintn, diminutive vintje)

1. man
2. husband