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Latest revision as of 23:03, 24 May 2013 English [edit] Etymology [edit] From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, assumedly from Late Latin root *lumbea, from Latin lumbus ("loin"), from Proto-Germanic *landwīn, *landwiō ("waist, loins"), from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- ("kidney, waist"). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd ("haunch, loin"), Proto-Slavic *lędvьja (Russian лядвея). See also lende. Pronunciation [edit] loin (plural loins) - The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
- Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal
Usage notes [edit] The plural loins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for the pubic region Derived terms [edit] Related terms [edit] Translations [edit] - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
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Finnish [edit] Verb form [edit] loin - First-person singular indicative past form of luoda.
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French [edit] Etymology [edit] From Latin longe, from the adjective longus ("long, far-off"). Pronunciation [edit] Adverb [edit] loin - Far, distant.
- L'église est loin de l'usine.
- The church is far from the factory.
Usage notes [edit] - 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").
Synonyms [edit] Antonyms [edit] Related terms [edit] Anagrams [edit] Alternative forms [edit] Pronunciation [edit] loin m - genitive singular form of lon
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