acquantance

== Scots == === Alternative forms === acquentance, acquaintance, akquantence === Etymology === From Middle English aqueyntaunce, from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”); equivalent to acquant +‎ -ance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈkwɑntəns/, /əˈkwɛntəns/ === Noun === acquantance (plural acquantances) acquaintance === References === “acquantance, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.