loin

See also: loins, lóin, löin, and Łoin

English

Etymology

From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Latin lumbus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Proto-Slavic *lędvьja (Russian ля́двея (ljádveja)). See also lend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Noun

loin (plural loins)

1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
2. Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal

Usage notes

The plural loins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for the pubic region.

Derived terms

Terms derived from loin

• fruit of one's loins
• gird up one's loins
• loincloth
• loinskin
• short loin

• sirloin
• slack loin
• tenderloin steak
• tenderloin
• top loin

Related terms

• lumbago
• lumbar

Translations

part of the body

• Bashkir: бил (bil)
• Catalan: llom m
• Dutch: (often in the plural: lenden or Archaic lendenen pl) lende (nl)
• Esperanto: lumbo (eo)
• Finnish: lanteet pl, kupeet pl
• French: lombes (fr) m pl
• Galician: lombo (gl) m
• German: Lende (de) f
• Greek: λαγόνες (el) f pl (lagónes)

  Ancient Greek: ὀσφῦς f (osphûs)

• Hebrew: חֲלָצַיִם (he) m du (ḥalatsáyim)
• Hungarian: ágyék (hu)
• Italian: lombo m
• Japanese: 腰部 (ja) (yōbu)
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• Latin: lumbus m
• Macedonian: половина f (polovina)
• Maori: tikihope
• Norwegian: lende m
• Old English: lenden n
• Polish: lędźwie (pl) pl
• Portuguese: lombo (pt) m
• Romanian: șale (ro) f pl
• Russian: поясни́ца (ru) f (pojasníca)
• Serbo-Croatian: hrbat (sh) m, hrptenjača (sh) f, križa (sh) f pl (pluralia tantum)
• Spanish: lomo (es) m
• Swedish: länd (sv) c

cut of meat

• Catalan: llom m
• Dutch: lendenstuk (nl) n, carré (nl)
• Esperanto: lumbaĵo
• Finnish: kylki (fi) (beef), kyljysrivi (fi), kyljysselkä (fi) (pork, mutton); kuve (fi), selkä (fi); ranskanpaisti (fi), kylkipaisti
• French: filet (fr) m (in US), côtes premières f pl (in UK)
• Galician: raxo (gl) m, lombo (gl) m
• German: Rippenstück n, Karree (de) n
• Greek: φιλέτο (el) n (filéto)
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• Hebrew: יָרֵךְ (he) f (yarékh)
• Italian: lombata f
• Maori: kiko hope
• Polish: polędwica (pl) f
• Portuguese: lombo (pt) m
• Russian: филе́йная ча́сть f (filéjnaja částʹ)
• Spanish: lomos (es) m
• Swedish: fransyska (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} lombe
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 허리고기 (heorigogi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 腰部 (zh) (yāobù)

Anagrams

• Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lino, lion, noil

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Finnish

Verb

loin

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular past indicative of luoda

Anagrams

• ilon, lino, olin

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin longē, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lwɛ̃/

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• Rhymes: -wɛ̃

Adverb

loin

1. Far, distant.

   L'église est loin de l'usine.

   The church is far from the factory.

Usage notes

• Loin is typically construed with de (“of, from”). Indeed, loin de may be thought of as a single compound preposition; for example, one says loin duquel (“far from which”), not *dont […] loin (“from which […] far”).

Synonyms

• éloigné

Antonyms

• (far): près, proche

Related terms

• éloigner (verb)
• lointain (adjective)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lion, Lion

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Irish

Alternative forms

• luin (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l̪ˠɪnˠ]

Noun

loin m

1. genitive singular of lon