onguent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French onguent.

Noun

onguent (plural onguents)

1. Archaic form of unguent.

References

• “onguent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French onguent, a borrowing from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

onguent m (plural onguents)

1. ointment; salve; unguent

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).

Noun

onguent oblique singular, m (oblique plural onguenz or onguentz, nominative singular onguenz or onguentz, nominative plural onguent)

1. ointment; salve; unguent