see|AIT
English

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|s

1. An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England.

#*1833, w:Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life trans. John Oxenford, book 9,
#*:Striking richness of vegetation which follows in the windings of the Rhine, marks its banks, islands, and aits.
#*1853, w:Charles_Dickens|Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1,
#*:Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows.
Synonyms
eyot

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /e/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /e/

Verb form
ait

1. third-person singular subjunctive present of avoir

Category:French verb forms

Irish

Noun
ait

1. genitive of|at

et:ait
fr:ait
io:ait
ja:ait
te:ait
vi:ait
tr:ait

• 2007-12-30 02:46 - WikiPedant - expanded defn a bit; added quotations from Goethe and Dickens

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