oint

English

Etymology

From Middle English ointen, from Anglo-Norman oint or Old French oint, past participle of oindre, from Latin unguere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔɪnt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (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.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 25, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     to make his excuse more likely, he caused his legges to be ointed and swathed, and lively counterfeted the behaviour and countenance of a goutie man.

Anagrams

• -tion, -toin, INTO, Toni, into, noit, on it

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [uˈin]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [uˈint]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈint]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [oˈin]

Etymology 1

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/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (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

• “oint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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

1. lard; fat; grease
2. ointment

Related terms

• ointure