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Webster 1913 Edition


Ront

Ront

,
Noun.
[See
Runt
.]
A runt.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ront

RONT

,
Noun.
An animal stinted in its growth. [Now written and pronounced runt.]

Definition 2024


ront

ront

English

Noun

ront (plural ronts)

  1. Obsolete form of runt.
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Breton

Adjective

ront

  1. round

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same unattested stem as romlik + -t (causative suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈront]
  • Hyphenation: ront

Verb

ront

  1. (transitive) to spoil

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • rontás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • előront
  • kiront
  • leront
  • megront
  • nekiront
  • összeront
  • ráront

References

  1. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Old French

Adjective

ront m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ronde)

  1. Alternative form of reont

Declension