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Bain

Bain

(bān; as F., băN)
,
Noun.
[F.
bain
, fr. L.
balneum
. Cf.
Bagnio
.]
A bath; a bagnio.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Definition 2024

Bain

Bain

See also: bain, bàin, and bain-

English

Proper noun

Bain

  1. A surname​.

bain

bain

See also: bàin, Bain, and bain-

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

bain ‎(comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Direct; near; short; gain.
    That is the bainest way.
  3. (Now chiefly dialectal) Limber; pliant; flexible.

Adverb

bain ‎(comparative more bain, superlative most bain)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Readily; willingly.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Nearby; at hand.

Etymology 2

From Middle English bayne, baine, from Old French bain ‎(“bath”), from Latin balneum ‎(“bath, bath-house”).

Alternative forms

  • bane (obsolete)
  • bayne (15th-17th centuries)

Noun

bain ‎(plural bains)

  1. (obsolete) A bath.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xj, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
      THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / […] / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin balneum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛ̃/

Noun

bain m ‎(plural bains)

  1. bath

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

From a conflation of Old Irish benaid ‎(“beat, strike”) and boingid ‎(“break, cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠanʲ/, /bˠɪnʲ/

Verb

bain ‎(present analytic baineann, future analytic bainfidh, verbal noun baint, past participle bainte) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. extract from bed in ground, dig out; dig up (potatoes, etc.); mine (coal, etc.)
  2. separate from root, stem, etc.; reap, pick; cut (hay, turf, flowers, etc.), mow
  3. release from socket; open
  4. release from source; shed
  5. release sound; strike
  6. agitate
  7. release from hold; lift
  8. win
  9. become due

Inflection

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bain bhain mbain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "bain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “benaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “boingid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin bene.

Adverb

bain

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) well
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) beautifully
  3. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) yes (used to disagree with a negative statement)
Alternative forms
  • (Sursilvan) bein
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bagn
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

bain m (plural bains)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) farm
Alternative forms
Synonyms
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) bain puril, (Sursilvan) bein puril
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) puraria, (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) purareia, (Vallader) pauraria
  • (Sutsilvan) manaschi da purs
  • (Surmiran) curt purila

Etymology

From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn ‎(“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn ‎(“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz ‎(“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhei- ‎(“to hit, beat”). Cognate with Scots bein, bien ‎(“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn ‎(“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein ‎(“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɪn/

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