tain

From Middle English tein, teyne; compare Icelandic teinn (“a twig”).

• IPA^(key): /teɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

tain (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Thin tin plate
2. (obsolete) Tin foil for mirrors.

• “tain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Tain”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

• nait, Atin, ain't, aniṭ, Tina, Tian, anti, tian, tina, Tani, aint, TINA, -itan, NAIT, anti-

• taain

Superlative of taka-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑ.in/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝.in]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.in
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧in

tain

1. the furthest back, the most posterior

Less common:

Inflection of tain (type 36*H/sisin) singular plural nominative tain takimmat genitive takimman takimpien tainten partitive tainta takimpia accusative tain takimman takimmat inessive takimmassa takimmissa elative takimmasta takimmista illative takimpaan takimpiin adessive takimmalla takimmilla ablative takimmalta takimmilta allative takimmalle takimmille essive takimpana takimpina translative takimmaksi takimmiksi abessive takimmatta takimmitta instructive – takimmin comitative – takimpine

• takimmainen
• taimmainen
• taaimmainen

• “tain”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-12-01

• anti, anti-, nait, tina

Alteration of étain (“tin”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

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• Homophones: teint, teints, thym, tins, tint, tînt

tain m (plural tains)

1. silvering
2. aluminium foil

• miroir sans tain

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

• nait, naît, niât, tian

tain

1. mushroom

From Old Frisian tiān or Low German teihn. Compare West Frisian tsien.

tain

1. (Heligoland) ten

• IPA^(key): /tanʲ/

tain

1. inflection of tan:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تعين (tayin).

tain n (plural tainuri)

1. army ration
2. part that is given to someone when dividing something