suint

Borrowed from French suint.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /swɪnt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /swɪnt/, /ˈsu.ɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt, -uɪnt

suint (countable and uncountable, plural suints)

1. (organic chemistry) A substance obtained from the dried perspiration of sheep wool, it is of a fatty and earthy consistency and contains potassium salts.

• lanolin

• Tunis., inust, Sintu, Tunis, uints, Tsun-i, units, Nuits

From the same source as suer (“to sweat”).

• IPA^(key): /sɥɛ̃/

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suint m (plural suints)

1. suint (substance obtained from the wool of sheep)

• dessuintage
• dessuinter
• suintage
• suinter

• “suint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.