peint

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See also: péint

French

Etymology

(Past participle): from Vulgar Latin *pinctus, replacing Classical Latin pictus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃/
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Participle

peint (feminine peinte, masculine plural peints, feminine plural peintes)

  1. past participle of peindre

Verb

peint

  1. third-person singular present indicative of peindre

Further reading

Anagrams

Welsh

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Peint
Peintiau

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pinte (pint).

Pronunciation

Noun

peint m (plural peintiau)

  1. a pint (one eighth of a gallon)
  2. (metonymically) a pint of beer
  3. (metonymically) a pint of milk

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
peint beint mheint pheint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “peint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yola

Noun

peint

  1. Alternative form of pint

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62