different between oint vs oont

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (???, “camel”), Sauraseni Prakrit ???????????????? (u??a), from Sanskrit ?????? (u??ra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras (“camel; buffalo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?nt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /??t/, /???/

Noun

oont (plural oonts)

1. (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) A camel. [from 19th c.]

Notes

Further reading

• “oont” in the Collins English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Toon, noot, noto-, on to, onto, onto-, tono-, toon