שווימבאַסיין

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

שווימען (shvimen, “to swim”) +‎ באַסיין (baseyn, “basin”), a calque of German Schwimmbecken.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪmbaˌsɛɪ̯n/

Noun[edit]

שווימבאַסיין • (shvimbaseyn) m, plural שווימבאַסיינען (shvimbaseynen)

  1. swimming pool
    Synonym: שווימערײַ (shvimeray)

References[edit]

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “swimming pool”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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