"ait" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /eɪt/ Forms: aits [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|eyt}} Middle English eyt, {{m|enm|eit}} eit, {{inh|en|ang|īġeoþ}} Old English īġeoþ, {{m|ang|īgoþ}} īgoþ, {{m|ang|iggaþ}} iggaþ, {{m|ang|iggoþ||ait, eyot, islet, small island}} iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), {{m|ang|īġ}} īġ, {{m|ang|ēġ}} ēġ, {{m|ang|īeġ||island}} īeġ (“island”), {{l|en|eyot}} eyot Head templates: {{en-noun}} ait (plural aits)
  1. An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. Categories (place): Landforms Categories (lifeform): Grains Synonyms: eyot, eight, eyet
    Sense id: en-ait-en-noun-Pk2HsBPu Disambiguation of Landforms: 82 18 Disambiguation of Grains: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /eɪt/ Forms: aits [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English āte. More at oat. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|ait}} Scots ait, {{m|sco|ate}} ate, {{inh|en|enm|ate}} Middle English ate, {{inh|en|ang|āte}} Old English āte, {{l|en|oat}} oat Head templates: {{en-noun}} ait (plural aits)
  1. (Scotland) An oat. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-ait-en-noun-iGOQ3KMn Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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