different between ront vs runt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt/

Noun

ront (plural ronts)

1. Obsolete form of runt.

Anagrams

• -tron, torn, tron

Breton

Adjective

ront

1. round

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same unattested stem as romlik +? -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ront]
• Hyphenation: ront
• Rhymes: -ont

Verb

ront

1. (transitive) to spoil

   Antonym: javít

Conjugation

Derived terms

• rontás

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• ront in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Old French

Adjective

ront m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ronde)

1. Alternative form of reont

Declension

English

Etymology

The OED pronounces this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED thinks this unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

runt (plural runts)

1. The smallest animal of a litter.
2. (by extension) The smallest child in the family.

3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

   Synonym: dwarf

4. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
5. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
6. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
7. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
   • Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.
8. A bow.

Derived terms

• kale runt
• runty

Translations

References

Anagrams

• turn

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

runt

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of runnen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of runnen

Anagrams

• turn

Faroese

Adjective

runt

1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of rundur

Adverb

runt

1. around

Old French

Adjective

runt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular runde)

1. Alternative form of reont

Declension

Plautdietsch

Adjective

runt

1. round, circular, spherical

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

runt

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of rund.

Adverb

runt

1. around; aimlessly (about movement)

2. around; at random locations
3. around; in a manner that involves a lot of transportation

See also

• gå runt
• se sig runt
• vända runt

Preposition

runt

1. around; denoting a full circle
2. around; following a path which curves near an object
3. around (a corner)
4. around, near (about time)

   Jag kommer runt tre.

   I'll come around three o'clock.

5. about; all round

Synonyms

• kring
• omkring

Derived terms

• runt om
• runt omkring

Yola

Etymology

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Adjective

runt

1. torn

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN