ront

See also: rònt and rönt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɒnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnt

Noun

ront (plural ronts)

1. Obsolete form of runt.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And after them a rude confused ront
     Of persons flockt

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ront”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• -tron, torn, tron

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Breton

Adjective

ront

1. round

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈront]
• Hyphenation: ront
• Rhymes: -ont

Verb

ront

1. (transitive) to spoil

   Antonym: javít

Conjugation

conjugation of ront

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rontok	rontasz	ront	rontunk	rontotok	rontanak
		Def.	rontom	rontod	rontja	rontjuk	rontjátok	rontják
		2nd-p. o.	rontalak	―
	Past	Indef.	rontottam	rontottál	rontott	rontottunk	rontottatok	rontottak
		Def.	rontottam	rontottad	rontotta	rontottuk	rontottátok	rontották
		2nd-p. o.	rontottalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. rontani fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ronték	rontál	ronta	rontánk	rontátok	rontának
		Def.	rontám	rontád	rontá	rontánk	rontátok	ronták
		2nd-p. o.	rontálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. ront vala, rontott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	rontandok	rontandasz	rontand	rontandunk	rontandotok	rontandanak
		Def.	rontandom	rontandod	rontandja	rontandjuk	rontandjátok	rontandják
		2nd-p. o.	rontandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rontanék	rontanál	rontana	rontanánk	rontanátok	rontanának
		Def.	rontanám	rontanád	rontaná	rontanánk (or rontanók)	rontanátok	rontanák
		2nd-p. o.	rontanálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. rontott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	rontsak	ronts or rontsál	rontson	rontsunk	rontsatok	rontsanak
		Def.	rontsam	rontsd or rontsad	rontsa	rontsuk	rontsátok	rontsák
		2nd-p. o.	rontsalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. rontott légyen
Infinitive	rontani		rontanom	rontanod	rontania	rontanunk	rontanotok	rontaniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	rontás		rontó	rontott	rontandó	rontva (rontván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of ront

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ronthatok	ronthatsz	ronthat	ronthatunk	ronthattok	ronthatnak
		Def.	ronthatom	ronthatod	ronthatja	ronthatjuk	ronthatjátok	ronthatják
		2nd-p. o.	ronthatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	ronthattam	ronthattál	ronthatott	ronthattunk	ronthattatok	ronthattak
		Def.	ronthattam	ronthattad	ronthatta	ronthattuk	ronthattátok	ronthatták
		2nd-p. o.	ronthattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	ronthaték	ronthatál	ronthata	ronthatánk	ronthatátok	ronthatának
		Def.	ronthatám	ronthatád	ronthatá	ronthatánk	ronthatátok	ronthaták
		2nd-p. o.	ronthatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. ronthat vala, ronthatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	ronthatandok or rontandhatok	ronthatandasz or rontandhatsz	ronthatand or rontandhat	ronthatandunk or rontandhatunk	ronthatandotok or rontandhattok	ronthatandanak or rontandhatnak
		Def.	ronthatandom or rontandhatom	ronthatandod or rontandhatod	ronthatandja or rontandhatja	ronthatandjuk or rontandhatjuk	ronthatandjátok or rontandhatjátok	ronthatandják or rontandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	ronthatandalak or rontandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ronthatnék	ronthatnál	ronthatna	ronthatnánk	ronthatnátok	ronthatnának
		Def.	ronthatnám	ronthatnád	ronthatná	ronthatnánk (or ronthatnók)	ronthatnátok	ronthatnák
		2nd-p. o.	ronthatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ronthatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	ronthassak	ronthass or ronthassál	ronthasson	ronthassunk	ronthassatok	ronthassanak
		Def.	ronthassam	ronthasd or ronthassad	ronthassa	ronthassuk	ronthassátok	ronthassák
		2nd-p. o.	ronthassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ronthatott légyen
Inf.	(ronthatni)		(ronthatnom)	(ronthatnod)	(ronthatnia)	(ronthatnunk)	(ronthatnotok)	(ronthatniuk)
Positive adjective			rontható	Neg. adj.	ronthatatlan	Adv. part.	(ronthatva / ronthatván)

Derived terms

• rontás

(With verbal prefixes):

• átront
• beront
• elront
• előront
• kiront
• leront
• megront
• nekiront
• összeront
• ráront

Further reading

• ront in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Old French

Adjective

ront m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ronde)

1. Alternative form of reont

Declension

Declension of ront

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	ronz, rons, ronts	ronde	ront
	Oblique	ront			ronde	ront
Plural	Subject	ront	rondes		ront
	Oblique	ronz, rons, ronts			rondes	ront