bain

See also: Bain and bain-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).

Alternative forms

• bane

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.

Derived terms

• bainly

Etymology 2

From Middle English bayne~baine, from Old French bain, from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagnio, balaneion, and banya.

Alternative forms

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

Noun

bain (plural bains)

1. (obsolete) A bath.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “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

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Anagrams

• AIBN, Bian, Bina, IBAN, Iban, Nabi, bani, nabi, naib

Bavarian

Noun

bain ?

1. (Sappada, Sauris, Timau) wine

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• boi

Etymology

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum. Cognate with German Wein, English wine.

Noun

bain m

1. (Sette Comuni, Tredici Comuni) wine

   Dar bain ist och gamacht mettar baimarn. ― The wine is also made with grapes. (Sette Comuni dialect)

References

• “bain” 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
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum. Doublet of bagne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ̃/

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Noun

bain m (plural bains)

1. bath

Derived terms

• bain bouillonnant
• bain de bouche
• bain de foule
• bain de glace
• bain de minuit
• bain de pieds
• bain de sang
• bain de soleil
• bain marie
• bain tourbillon
• bonnet de bain
• chambre à bain
• jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bain
• maillot de bain
• salle de bain
• se remettre dans le bain
• serviette de bain
• sortie de bain

Related terms

• baigner
• balnéaire

Further reading

• “bain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ilocano

Etymology

Compare Pangasinan baing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈʔin/ [bɐˈʔin]
• Hyphenation: ba‧in

Noun

baín (Kur-itan spelling ᜊᜁᜈ᜔)

1. shame

Derived terms

• bainen
• ibain
• mabain
• mabainan
• mamain
• pabainan