aymant

Middle English

Etymology

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Noun

aymant (plural aymants)

1. Alternative form of adamant

Old French

Noun

aymant oblique singular, ? (oblique plural aymanz or aymantz, nominative singular aymant, nominative plural aymanz or aymantz)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of adamant

References

adamant in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, Aberystwyth University, 2022

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ai̯ˈmant/

Noun

aymant m (plural aymantes)

1. Apocopic form of aymante (“magnet”)
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1v:

     Dela piedra aque llaman magnitat en caldeo ⁊ en arauigo. ⁊ en latin magnetes. ⁊ en lenguage caſtellano aymant.

     Of the stone they call magnitat in Chaldean and Arabic, and magnetes in Latin, and aymant [magnet] in the Castilian language.

Descendants

• Spanish: imán