bacin
Old French
Alternative forms
- bachin (northern)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *baccinum, probably of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish origin. Borrowed into English as basin.
Noun
bacin oblique singular, m (oblique plural bacins, nominative singular bacins, nominative plural bacin)
- basin (container for liquids)
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
- En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
- They brought water in basins made of gold
- En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar