Standard Lemma guide

ait

intj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /eɪt/
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intj

Meaning 1

Alternative form of aight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Austrian Institute of Technology (Austria's largest Research and Technology Organization (RTO)).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, technology

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noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1833, 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.

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noun

Meaning 4

An oat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of alloimmune thrombocytopenia: a too-low number of platelets in the blood, especially of a newborn or fetus, due to alloimmunity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of allergen immunotherapy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of auditory integration training.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of autoignition temperature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”). More at eyot.

From Scots ait, ate, from Middle English ate, from Old English āte. More at oat.