"runt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹʌnt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-runt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: runts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: The OED classifies this word as "of obscure origin". Some see a connection to Middle Dutch runt (“ox”), but the OED considers this to be unlikely. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{cog|dum|runt||ox}} Middle Dutch runt (“ox”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} runt (plural runts)
  1. The smallest animal of a litter. Translations (the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack): nedochůdče [neuter] (Czech), pahnanpohjimmainen (Finnish), avorton [masculine] (French), Zwerg [masculine] (German), Kümmerling [masculine] (German), Kümmerer [masculine] (German), кржле (kržle) [neuter] (Macedonian), nákʼeeshchąąʼí (Navajo), после́дыш (poslédyš) [masculine] (Russian), kržljavac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kržljavica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), benjamín [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-K6Qg3P0I Disambiguation of 'the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack': 59 13 7 3 6 3 7 2 0
  2. (by extension) The smallest child in the family. Tags: broadly Translations (smallest child in the family): изтърсак (iztǎrsak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), benjamínek [masculine] (Czech), kuopus (Finnish), piccoletto [figuratively, masculine, pejorative, slang] (Italian), benjamín [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-9s4Rvd1~ Disambiguation of 'smallest child in the family': 5 93 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
  3. Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person. Categories (lifeform): Columbids Synonyms: dwarf Translations (undersized or stunted plant, animal or person): джудже (džudže) [neuter] (Bulgarian), skrček [masculine] (Czech), zakrslík [masculine] (Czech), zákrsek [masculine] (Czech), pätkä (Finnish), tynkä (english: anything) (Finnish), rääpäle (english: animal or person) (Finnish), käppänä [person] (Finnish), avorton [masculine] (French), Zwerg [masculine] (German), Winzling [masculine] (German), Kümmerling [masculine] (German), Kümmerer [masculine] (German), törpe (Hungarian), abhaicín [masculine] (Irish), ちび (chibi) (Japanese), 작음 (jageum) (Korean), 꼬마 (kkoma) (Korean), кржле (kržle) [neuter] (Macedonian), tīmohea (Maori), nákʼeeshchąąʼí (Navajo), cherlak [masculine] (Polish), недоро́сток (nedoróstok) [masculine] (Russian), короты́шка (korotýška) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), ка́рлик (kárlik) (Russian), ши́бздик (šíbzdik) [masculine] (Russian), кр̏жљавац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȑžljavac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), enano [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-omNw-5gN Disambiguation of Columbids: 5 1 22 20 18 5 22 6 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 12 11 26 9 29 9 0 Disambiguation of 'undersized or stunted plant, animal or person': 2 0 80 9 2 1 3 3 0
  4. (slang) An uninfluential or unimportant person; a nobody. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Columbids
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-y9DRaxLi Disambiguation of Columbids: 5 1 22 20 18 5 22 6 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 12 11 26 9 29 9 0
  5. (networking) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes. Categories (topical): Networking Categories (lifeform): Columbids Translations (small Ethernet packet): jäänne (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun--ySWTHGh Disambiguation of Columbids: 5 1 22 20 18 5 22 6 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 12 11 26 9 29 9 0 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'small Ethernet packet': 4 1 5 3 69 4 9 5 0
  6. (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph. Categories (topical): Typography Translations (single word that appears as the last line of a paragraph): orposana (Finnish), orpo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-l9idiSO7 Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'single word that appears as the last line of a paragraph': 2 0 3 3 11 69 7 6 0
  7. A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon. Categories (lifeform): Columbids
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-0HhaiR6H Disambiguation of Columbids: 5 1 22 20 18 5 22 6 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 12 11 26 9 29 9 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 1 14 15 20 7 32 10 0
  8. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Translations (hardened stem or stalk of a plant): kóró (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-k2Cmxcd5 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'hardened stem or stalk of a plant': 1 0 4 1 5 2 2 85 0
  9. A bow.
    Sense id: en-runt-en-noun-awt3tE2m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kale runt, runt disease, runt of the litter, runty

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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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          "code": "nv",
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          "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nedoróstok",
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          "word": "недоро́сток"
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          "roman": "korotýška",
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      "word": "runt disease"
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      "word": "pahnanpohjimmainen"
    },
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avorton"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwerg"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kümmerer"
    },
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack",
      "word": "nákʼeeshchąąʼí"
    },
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      "sense": "the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "после́дыш"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the smallest or the weakest animal of a litter or a pack",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "benjamín"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "smallest child in the family",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "изтърсак"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "smallest child in the family",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "benjamínek"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "smallest child in the family",
      "word": "kuopus"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "smallest child in the family",
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        "masculine",
        "pejorative",
        "slang"
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      "word": "piccoletto"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smallest child in the family",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "word": "tynkä"
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "animal or person",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
      "word": "rääpäle"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      ],
      "word": "avorton"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "word": "ちび"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "jageum",
      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
      "word": "작음"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "kkoma",
      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
      "word": "꼬마"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "kržle",
      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
      "word": "nákʼeeshchąąʼí"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cherlak"
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "word": "недоро́сток"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "undersized or stunted plant, animal or person",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "ши́бздик"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small Ethernet packet",
      "word": "jäänne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single word that appears as the last line of a paragraph",
      "word": "orposana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "single word that appears as the last line of a paragraph",
      "word": "orpo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hardened stem or stalk of a plant",
      "word": "kóró"
    }
  ],
  "word": "runt"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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