oint

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔɪnt/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪnt

Verb

oint (third-person singular simple present oints, present participle ointing, simple past and past participle ointed)

  1. (now rare, poetic) To anoint.

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

oint

  1. gerund of oir

Etymology 2

Ancient present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audientem.

Noun

oint

  1. (archaic) hearer
    Synonym: oïdor

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French oint, from Old French oint, from Latin unctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛ̃/
  • (file)

Participle

oint (feminine ointe, masculine plural oints, feminine plural ointes)

  1. past participle of oindre

Noun

oint m (plural oints, feminine ointe)

  1. one who has been anointed.
    Il est l’oint du Seigneur.He is the Lord's anointed.

Further reading

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin unctus.

Verb

oint

  1. past participle of oindre
Descendants
  • Middle French: oint

Etymology 2

From Latin unctum.

Noun

oint oblique singular, m (oblique plural oinz or ointz, nominative singular oinz or ointz, nominative plural oint)

  1. lard; fat; grease
  2. ointment
  • ointure
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