lain

See also: Lain, láin, and làin

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

lain

(nonstandard)

1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

   He had lain there for many hours.

   The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.

Usage notes

• The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
• The past participle of lay (“put down”) is laid.

Translations

situated horizontally

• Dutch: gelegen (nl)
• German: gelegen (de)
• Indonesian: berbaring (id), membaringkan (id), dibaringkan (id), terbaring (id)
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• Japanese: 横になった (よこになった, yoko ni natta)
• Spanish: tumbado (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

Alternative forms

• lean, len (dialectal)

Verb

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14^th-19^thc.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:
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     Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger

Anagrams

• INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, nail

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Basque

Noun

lain ?

1. part

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Cebuano

Adjective

lain

1. distinct, different
2. other

Determiner

lain

1. another, other

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Finnish

Adverb

lain

1. (poetic) Synonym of lainkaan

Noun

lain

1. inflection of laki:
   1. genitive singular
   2. instructive plural

Anagrams

• alin, lian, nila

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Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate to Cebuano lain.

Adjective

lain

1. other, another, else

   Saya rasa saya harus mencari pekerjaan lain.

   I think I must look for another job.

   Pasti ada cara lain untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini.

   There must be another way to resolve this problem.

2. different, distinct

   Tingkah lakunya lain dari yang lain.

   His behavior is different from the others.

   Synonym: beda

3. next, second

Derived terms

Terms derived from lain

• berkelainan
• berlainan
• kelainan
• melaini

• melainkan
• memperlain
• memperlainkan
• perlainan

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Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) laint

Etymology

From .

Noun

lain

1. wave

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) len
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) lenn

Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

Noun

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English line.

Noun

lain

1. line; row; queue
2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort
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