tain

See also 'tain

English

Etymology

Old English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn a twig.

Noun

tain (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Thin tin plate
2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• taain

Adjective

tain

1. The most posterior.

Declension

Declension of tain (type sisin) singular plural nominative tain taimmat genitive taimman taimpien tainten taimpain1 partitive tainta taimpia accusative tain taimman taimmat 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 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• takimmainen

Anagrams

• anti, nait, tina

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French

Etymology

Alteration of étain (“tin”).

Noun

tain m (plural tains)

1. silvering
2. aluminium foil

Derived terms

• miroir sans tain

Anagrams

• nait, naît, niât, tian