שווימבאַסיין

Yiddish

Etymology

שווימען (shvimen, “to swim”) +‎ באַסיין (baseyn, “basin”), a calque of German Schwimmbecken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvɪmbaˌsɛɪ̯n/

Noun

שווימבאַסיין • (shvimbaseyn) m, plural שווימבאַסיינען (shvimbaseynen)

1. swimming pool

   Synonym: שווימערײַ (shvimeray)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “swimming pool”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN