bassin

See also: Bassin

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bassin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baˈsɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ
• Hyphenation: bas‧sin

Noun

bassin n (singular definite bassinet, plural indefinite bassiner)

1. basin (wide bowl for washing)
2. pool (body of water)

Declension

Declension of bassin

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bassin	bassinet	bassiner	bassinerne
genitive	bassins	bassinets	bassiners	bassinernes

References

• “bassin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bassin. Doublet of bekken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba.sɛ̃], [bɑ.sɛ̃]

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• Hyphenation: bas‧sin

Noun

bassin n (plural bassins, no diminutive)

1. basin, reservoir, bowl

   Synonyms: bekken, waterbekken

2. basin, drainage basin

   Synonyms: bekken, stroombekken

3. pool

Derived terms

• waterbassin
• zwembassin

Further reading

• Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “bassin”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001

Faroese

Noun

bassin

1. definite nominative singular of bassi

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus / *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.sɛ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Hyphenation: bas‧sin

Noun

bassin m (plural bassins)

1. pond, ornamental lake, basin
2. bowl, bedpan
3. (geography, geology) basin
5. (anatomy) pelvis (bone)

   Synonym: pelvis

6. (nautical) dock

Derived terms

• bassin versant

Descendants

• → Czech: bazén
• → Danish: bassin
• → German: Bassin
• → Lithuanian: baseinas
• → Persian: باسن
• → Polish: basen
• → Romanian: bazin
• → Russian: бассейн (bassejn)
• → Swedish: bassäng

Further reading

• “bassin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus / *baccinum, from a Celtic language.

Noun

bassin m (plural bassins)

1. basin (container for liquids)

Descendants

• French: bassin
  • → Czech: bazén
  • → Danish: bassin
  • → German: Bassin
  • → Lithuanian: baseinas
  • → Persian: باسن
  • → Polish: basen
  • → Romanian: bazin
  • → Russian: бассейн (bassejn)
  • → Swedish: bassäng
• → Dutch: bassin