name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
blain
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/bleɪn/
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rhymes with -eɪn
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CMU ARPABET: B L EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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noun
Meaning 3
skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
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noun
Meaning 4
an inflammatory swelling or sore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sore
Narrower terms: chilblain, chilblains, pernio
History
Etymology
From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”).
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пришка (priška) — skin swelling or sore
- Scots: blain — skin swelling or sore
- Ottoman Turkish: قبارجق (kabarcık) — skin swelling or sore