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forenint

forenint is the alternative form of forenenst.

Meaning of forenenst

Preposition

forenenst

  1. (dialectal) Over against; opposite to.
    • The land forenenst the Greekish shore.1600, Edward Fairfax, transl., Jerusalem Delivered

Forms of forenint

alternative formfornint

Questions about forenint

What is forenint the alternative form of?
Forenint is the alternative form of forenenst.

Words near forenint in the dictionary

  1. forenecks
  2. forenenst
  3. forenight
  4. forenights
  5. foreninst
  6. forenint
  7. forenoon
  8. forenoone
  9. forenoones
  10. forenoons
  11. forenote

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forenint (page history and authors); forenenst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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