שווימבאַסיין

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈʃvɪmbaˌsɛɪ̯n/

Noun edit

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

swimming pool
Synonym: שווימערײַ (shvimeray)

References edit

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

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