basin

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[edit] English

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From Middle English basin < Old French bacin < Mediaeval Latin bachinus, bacchinus, bacchinum, apparently for *baccinus, *baccinum, prop. an adj. form < bacca (a bowl)

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Singular
basin

Plural
basins

basin (plural basins)

  1. A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall
  2. An area of water that drains into a river
  3. A rock formation scooped out by water erosion

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[edit] French

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Old French bombasin, from Lombardic bombasina (Italian bambagino), ultimately from Mediaeval Latin bambax, from Ancient Greek πάμϐαξ (cotton).

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  • IPA: /bazε̃/

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basin m. (plural basins)

  1. (textiles, historical) bombasine

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basín

  1. toilet

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basin

  1. basin
  2. water basin