ceint

English

Etymology

See cincture.

Noun

ceint (plural ceints)

1. (obsolete) A girdle.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 ceint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• centi-, cetin

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French

Etymology

From Old French ceint, from Latin cinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃/

Verb

ceint m (feminine singular ceinte, masculine plural ceints, feminine plural ceintes)

1. past participle of ceindre
2. third-person singular present indicative of ceindre

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Old French

Noun

ceint m (oblique plural ceinz or ceintz, nominative singular ceinz or ceintz, nominative plural ceint)

1. Alternative form of cent