onguent
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
onguent (plural onguents)
References edit
- “onguent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French onguent, a borrowing from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
onguent m (plural onguents)
Further reading edit
- “onguent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).
Noun edit
onguent oblique singular, m (oblique plural onguenz or onguentz, nominative singular onguenz or onguentz, nominative plural onguent)