lain

See also láin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

lain

1. Past participle of lie#Etymology 1 (oriented in a horizontal position, situated).

Usage notes

• The past participle of lie (“deceive”) is lied.
• The past participle of lay (“put down”) is laid.

Translations

situated horizontally

• Dutch: gelegen (nl)
• German: gelegen (de)
• Indonesian: berbaring (id), membaringkan (id), dibaringkan (id), terbaring (id)

• Japanese: 横になった (よこになった, yoko ni natta)
• Spanish: tumbado (es)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse løyna (“to conceal”) ( = Old English līġnan), from Proto-Germanic *laugnā (“secrecy”).

Verb

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:

     ‘Do ye as ye lyste,’ seyde Sir Aggravayne, ‘for I woll layne hit no lenger.’

Anagrams

• anil
• INLA
• Lani
• Lina
• nail

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Basque

Noun

lain

1. part

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Finnish

Noun

lain

1. Instructive plural form of laki.
2. Genitive singular form of laki.

Anagrams

• alin, lian, nila

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Indonesian

Adjective

lain

1. other, another
2. different, distinct
3. next, second

Synonyms

• beda

Adverb

lain

1. else
2. otherwise

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) len
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) lenn

Etymology

From Latin lignum.

Noun

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English line.

Noun

lain

1. line; row; queue
2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:15 (translation here):

     Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

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