ait
/eɪt/
ait noun: an island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. Also the alternative form of aight.
Noun (1)
ait (plural aits)
- An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- The ait where the osiers grew.1649, R. Hodges, unknown title
- ‘[H]e the said seigneur, in quality of Lord Paramount, is to all intents and purposes invested with the sole right and property of the river running through his fief, together with […] all the islands and aits within it.’1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 148
- Synonyms:
- eyot
Noun (2)
ait (plural aits)
- An oat.
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
An' aits set up their awnie horn,1785, Robbie Burns, Scotch Drink
- Let husky wheat the haughs adorn,
Noun (3) capitalized: AIT
AIT (countable and uncountable, plural AITs)
- Initialism of alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a too-low number of platelets in the blood, especially of a newborn or fetus, due to alloimmunity.
- Initialism of allergen immunotherapy.
- Initialism of auditory integration training.
- Initialism of autoignition temperature.
Proper noun capitalized: AIT
AIT
- Initialism of Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria's largest Research and Technology Organization (RTO)).
Also used as
ait is also the alternative form of aight.
Synonyms of ait
Forms of ait
| plural | aits |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eight |
| alternative form | eyet |
| alternative form | eyot |
| plural | AITs |
Origin of ait
From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot.
From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English āte. More at oat.
Words that rhyme with ait
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about ait
- What does ait mean?
- Ait means an island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.
- What part of speech is ait?
- Ait can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ait?
- Ait is pronounced /eɪt/.
- What is the plural of ait?
- The plural of ait is aits.
Words near ait in the dictionary
Source and license
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