Flint

See also: flint

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɪnt/, /flɪnʔ/
• Homophones: Flynt, flint

Proper noun

Flint

1. A placename
   1. A city, the county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
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   2. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas, United States.
   3. A town in Flintshire, Wales, by the estuary of the River Dee (OS grid ref SJ2472).
2. A surname.

Derived terms

• Flintshire

Further reading

• Flint, Michigan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Flint, Texas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Flint, Flintshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Flint (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Cebuano

Etymology

From English flint.

Proper noun

Flint

1. a male given name from English

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German vlint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flɪnt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Flint m (strong, genitive Flintes or Flints, plural Flinte)

1. (infrequent) flint, flintstone

   Synonym: (the normal word) Feuerstein

Declension

Declension of Flint [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Flint	die	Flinte
genitive	eines	des	Flintes, Flints	der	Flinte
dative	einem	dem	Flint, Flinte1	den	Flinten
accusative	einen	den	Flint	die	Flinte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Flinte

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Flinte and Plautdietsch Flint.

Noun

Flint f (plural Flinde)

1. gun

Plautdietsch

Noun

Flint f (plural Flinte)

1. gun
2. musket
3. rifle