different between rynt vs ront

English

Alternative forms

• roynt, runt

Etymology

Likely from a corruption of "rowan tree", a phrase which would have been chanted in order to drive off witches, since the tree was believed to be a ward against evil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?nt/
• Rhymes: -a?nt

Verb

rynt (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, no simple past or past participle)

1. (archaic, reflexive) stand off; move away (said by milkmaids to their cows after milking them)

See also

• aroint
• runte
• arunt

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “rynt”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

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