acquantance

Scots

Alternative forms

• acquentance, acquaintance, akquantence

Etymology

From Middle English aqueyntaunce, from Anglo-Norman aquaintaunce, aqueintance, Old French acointance (“friendship, familiarity”); equivalent to acquant +‎ -ance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkwɑntəns/, /əˈkwɛntəns/

Noun

acquantance (plural acquantances)

1. acquaintance

References

• “acquantance, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.