Flint

See also: flint

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Flint

  1. A placename:
    1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia, named after the Flint River.
      2. A township in Pike County, Illinois.
      3. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
      4. A former unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky.
      5. A city, the county seat of Genesee County, Michigan.
        • 2016 March 15, Sara Ganim, “Congressman: ‘Sickening’ testimony in Flint hearing”, in CNN‎[1]:
          Each one claimed they were unjustly criticized, while claiming to have had Flint residents in mind.
        • 2024, Too Black, Rasul A. Mowatt, “Conclusion”, in Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN:
          Remember that so many of us click on links to CashApps, Venmos, PayPals, etc. to donate to bail funds, Flint Water reliefs, the next Ferguson, and the like without any thought of integrating ourselves into collective action?
      6. A township in Genesee County, Michigan, adjacent to the city.
      7. An unincorporated community in Sharon Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
      8. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
      9. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
    3. A town and community with a town council in Flintshire, Wales, by the estuary of the River Dee (OS grid ref SJ2472). [1]
  2. A surname.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ Community map (Flintshire)

Further reading

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 (Germany):(file)

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.

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
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