flint

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English flynt, flint, from Old English flint, from Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz (compare Dutch vlint, flint (“flint, cobblestone”), German Flins, Flint (“flint, pebble”), Danish flint (“flint”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plind- (“to split, cleave”) (compare Irish slinn (“slate, shingle”), Ancient Greek πλίνθος (plínthos)), from *(s)pley- (“to split”). More at split. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɪnt/ Rhymes: -ɪnt Homophones: Flint, Flynt === Noun === flint (countable and uncountable, plural flints) (uncountable) A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air. A piece of flint, such as a gunflint, used to produce a spark by striking it with a firestriker. A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc. A variety of maize/corn with a hard outer hull. (figurative) Anything figuratively hard. Coordinate terms: adamant, diamond, granite ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== chert ferrocerium === Verb === flint (third-person singular simple present flints, present participle flinting, simple past and past participle flinted) (transitive) To furnish or decorate an object with flint. === Further reading === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Flint”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. “flint”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026. == French == === Noun === flint m (plural flints) flint glass == Middle English == === Noun === flint alternative form of flynt == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *flint, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flint/ === Noun === flint m (stone) flint c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== flintgrǣġ == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflint/ Rhymes: -int Syllabification: flint === Noun === flint f genitive plural of flinta == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of flintskalle. ==== Noun ==== flint c a bald head (or bald portion of the head) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of flintskallig. ==== Adjective ==== flint (comparative mer flint, superlative mest flint) (colloquial) bald (having a bald head) Synonyms: (colloquial) flintis, flintskallig ===== Declension ===== ==== See also ==== tunnhårig === References === “flint”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “flint”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)