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Yes. The word faint is a Scrabble US word. The word faint is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word faint is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

FAINT,FITNA,

4-letter words (7 found)

ANTI,FAIN,FIAT,NAIF,TAIN,TIAN,TINA,

3-letter words (15 found)

AFT,AIN,AIT,ANI,ANT,FAN,FAT,FIN,FIT,ITA,NAT,NIT,TAI,TAN,TIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AI,AN,AT,FA,IF,IN,IT,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 34 words from faint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of faint

faint afint fiant ifant aifnt iafnt fanit afnit fnait nfait anfit nafit finat ifnat fniat nfiat infat nifat ainft ianft anift naift inaft niaft faitn afitn fiatn ifatn aiftn iaftn fatin aftin ftain tfain atfin tafin fitan iftan ftian tfian itfan tifan aitfn iatfn atifn taifn itafn tiafn fanti afnti fnati nfati anfti nafti fatni aftni ftani tfani atfni tafni fntai nftai ftnai tfnai ntfai tnfai antfi natfi atnfi tanfi ntafi tnafi finta ifnta fnita nfita infta nifta fitna iftna ftina tfina itfna tifna fntia nftia ftnia tfnia ntfia tnfia intfa nitfa itnfa tinfa ntifa tnifa aintf iantf anitf naitf inatf niatf aitnf iatnf atinf tainf itanf tianf antif natif atnif tanif ntaif tnaif intaf nitaf itnaf tinaf ntiaf tniaf

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Definitions and meaning of faint

faint

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /feɪnt/
  • Homophone: feint
  • Rhymes: -eɪnt

Etymology 1

From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; negligent; sluggish”), past participle of feindre, faindre (“to feign; sham; work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognate with feign and fiction and more distantly dough.

Adjective

faint (comparative fainter, superlative faintest)

  1. (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
  2. Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
  3. Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
    Synonyms: dull, wan; see also Thesaurus:dim
  4. Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
  5. Slight; minimal.
  6. (archaic) Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

faint (plural faints)

  1. The act of fainting, syncope.
  2. (rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
Derived terms
  • faintful
  • faintless
  • faintsome
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fainten, feynten, from the adjective (see above).

Verb

faint (third-person singular simple present faints, present participle fainting, simple past and past participle fainted)

  2. (intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
    • September 22 1713, Richard Steele, The Guardian No. 167
      But upon hearing the Honour which he intended her , she fainted away , and fell down as Dead at his Feet
  3. (intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
  4. (intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
    • November 12, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell
      Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.
Synonyms
  • (to lose consciousness): pass out, swoon, sweb, black out, keel over
  • queal
Derived terms
  • fainting goat
Translations

Further reading

  • “faint”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “faint”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “faint”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Fanti, fitna

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German vīnt, vīent, vīant, from Old High German fīant, fīand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz (“enemy, fiend”). Cognate with German Feind, English fiend.

Noun

faint m (plural fainte)

  1. (Sette Comuni) enemy, fiend

References

  • “faint” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • pa faint (literary)

Etymology

Shortened from pa faint (“what amount”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vai̯nt/
  • Rhymes: -ai̯nt

Pronoun

faint m

  1. how much, how many

Usage notes

  • Faint means "how many" when followed by o and the plural form of a countable noun and "how much" followed o and an uncountable noun.
Faint o gathod? ― How many cats?
Faint o goffi? ― How much coffee?
  • Sawl, on the other hand, corresponds solely to English "how many" and is followed by the singular form of a countable noun.
Sawl cath? ― How many cats?
Sawl coffi? ― How many coffees?

Derived terms

  • faint bynnag (“however many”)
  • ta faint (“however many”)

Source: wiktionary.org