loin

See also: loins, lóin, löin, and Łoin

English

Etymology

From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Latin lumbus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰw- (“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Proto-Slavic *lędvьja (Russian ля́двея (ljádveja)). See also lende.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Noun

loin (plural loins)

  1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
  2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

Usage notes

The plural loins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for the pubic region

Derived terms

Translations

part of the body
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Finnish

Verb

loin

  1. First-person singular indicative past form of luoda.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin longē, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lwɛ̃/
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Adverb

loin

  1. Far, distant.
    L'église est loin de l'usine.
    The church is far from the factory.

Usage notes

  • Loin is typically construed with de (“of, from”). Indeed, loin de may be thought of as a single compound preposition; for example, one says loin duquel (“far from which”), not *dont […] loin (“from which […] far”).

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l̪ˠɪnˠ]

Noun

loin m

  1. genitive singular of lon
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