Almain
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value xno is not valid. See WT:LOL. Allemaine, Almaine et al., (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French Alemaigne, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value LL. is not valid. See WT:LOL. Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value gem is not valid. See WT:LOL. origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
Proper noun
Almain
- (now historical) Germany. [from 13th c.]
- c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
- The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge.
- 1994, Marianne Constable, The Law of the Other, page 162:
- The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter.
- c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:
Noun
Almain (plural Almains)
- (now archaic, literary, poetic) A German. [from 14th c.]
- A kind of dance. See allemande. [from 16th c.]
Adjective
Almain (comparative more Almain, superlative most Almain)
- (now archaic, historical) German. [from 15th c.]