tain
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).
NounEdit
tain (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Thin tin plate
- (obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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FinnishEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
tain
- The most posterior.
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of tain (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten | |
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tain | taimmat | |
| accusative | nom. | tain | taimmat |
| gen. | taimman | ||
| genitive | taimman | taimpien tainten taimpainrare | |
| partitive | tainta | taimpia | |
| inessive | taimmassa | taimmissa | |
| elative | taimmasta | taimmista | |
| illative | taimpaan | taimpiin | |
| adessive | taimmalla | taimmilla | |
| ablative | taimmalta | taimmilta | |
| allative | taimmalle | taimmille | |
| essive | taimpana | taimpina | |
| translative | taimmaksi | taimmiksi | |
| instructive | — | taimmin | |
| abessive | taimmatta | taimmitta | |
| comitative | — | taimpine | |
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Alteration of étain (“tin”).
NounEdit
tain m (plural tains)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tain” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
North FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian tiān or Low German teihn. Compare West Frisian tsien.
NumeralEdit
tain