loin

See also loins, and löin

English

Etymology

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

• IPA: /lɔɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Noun

loin (plural loins)

1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

Usage notes

The plural loins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for the pubic region

Derived terms

Terms derived from loin

fruit of one's loins gird up one's loins loincloth loinskin short loin

sirloin slack loin tenderloin steak tenderloin top loin

Related terms

• lumbago
• lumbar

Translations

part of the body

• Dutch: lende (often in the plural: lenden or Archaic lendenen pl)
• Finnish: lanteet (fi) pl, kupeet (fi) pl
• French: lombes (fr) m pl
• German: Lende (de) f
• Greek: λαγόνες f pl
• Hebrew: חלציים (he) (khalatsáyim) m pl
• Italian: lombo (it) m

• Norwegian: lende (no) m
• Polish: lędźwie pl
• Portuguese: lombo (pt) m
• Russian: поясница (ru) (pojasníca) f 
• Serbian: hrbat m, hrptenjača f
• Spanish: lomo (es) m
• Swedish: länd (sv) c

cut of meat

• Dutch: lendenstuk n
• Finnish: ranskanpaisti (fi), kylkipaisti
• French: filet (fr) m (in US), côtes premières (fr) f pl (in UK)
• German: Rippenstück (de) n, Karree (de) n
• Greek: φιλέτο (el) n (filéto)
• Hebrew: יָרֵךְ (he) (yarékh) f

• Italian: lombata (it) f
• Polish: polędwica (pl) f
• Portuguese: lombo (pt) m
• Russian: филейная часть (ru) (fil'éjnaja část') f 
• Spanish: lomos (es) m
• Swedish: fransyska (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 腰部
• French: lombe
• Japanese: 腰部
• Korean: 허리고기

Anagrams

• lino
• lion
• noil

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Finnish

Verb form

loin

1. First-person singular indicative past form of luoda.

Anagrams

• ilon, lino, olin

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French

Etymology

From Latin longe, from the adjective longus ("long, far-off").

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lwɛ̃/; X-SAMPA: /lwE~/

Adverb

loin

1. Far, distant.

   L'église est loin de l'usine.

   The church is far from the factory.

Usage notes

• 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

• éloigné

Antonyms

• (far): près, proche

Related terms

• éloigner (verb)
• lointain (adjective)

Anagrams

• lion, Lion

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Irish

Alternative forms

• luin (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [l̪ˠɪnˠ]

Noun

loin m

1. genitive singular form of lon