stain

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From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral blue, colour, stain”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh2- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone. Replaced native Middle English wem (“spot, blemish, stain”), from Old English wamm (“spot, stain”). In some senses, influenced by unrelated Middle English disteynen (“to discolor, remove the colour from"; literally, "de-colour”), from Anglo-Norman desteindre (“to remove the colour from, bleach”), from Old French destaindre (“to remove the color from, bleach”), from des- (“dis-, de-, un-”) + teindre (“to dye”), from Latin tingo.

207 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ашәыта (aŝwətʼa) — discoloured spot or area
• Afrikaans: vlek — discoloured spot or area
• Albanian: njollë — discoloured spot or area
• Arabic: بُقْعَة (buqʕa) — discoloured spot or area
• Assamese: চেকা (seka) — discoloured spot or area
• Assamese: দাগ (dag) — discoloured spot or area
• Azerbaijani: ləkə — discoloured spot or area
• Bashkir: тап (tap) — discoloured spot or area
• Belarusian: пля́ма (pljáma) — discoloured spot or area
• Central Bikol: mantsa — discoloured spot or area
• Central Bikol: digta — discoloured spot or area
• Bulgarian: петно́ (petnó) — discoloured spot or area
• Burmese: အစွန်း (a.cwan:) — discoloured spot or area
• Catalan: taca — discoloured spot or area
• Cebuano: mansa — discoloured spot or area
• Chechen: таммагӏа (tammağa) — discoloured spot or area
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᎪᎸᎬ (asgolvgv) — discoloured spot or area
• Chinese Mandarin: 污跡 /污迹 (wūjì) — discoloured spot or area
• Chinese Mandarin: 污漬 /污渍 (wūzì) — discoloured spot or area
• Czech: skvrna — discoloured spot or area
• Danish: plet — discoloured spot or area
• Dutch: vlek — discoloured spot or area
• Esperanto: makulo — discoloured spot or area
• Finnish: läiskä — discoloured spot or area
• Finnish: tahra — discoloured spot or area
• Finnish: jälki — discoloured spot or area
• French: tache — discoloured spot or area
• Georgian: ლაქა (laka) — discoloured spot or area
• German: Fleck — discoloured spot or area
• German: Schmutzspur — discoloured spot or area
• German: Fehler — discoloured spot or area
• German: Verfärbung — discoloured spot or area
• German: Brandfleck — discoloured spot or area
• Greek: κηλίδα (kilída) — discoloured spot or area
• Ancient Greek: κηλίς (kēlís) — discoloured spot or area
• Ancient Greek: σπίλος (spílos) — discoloured spot or area
• Higaonon: mansa — discoloured spot or area
• Hindi: दाग (dāg) — discoloured spot or area
• Hindi: दाग़ (dāġ) — discoloured spot or area
• Hungarian: folt — discoloured spot or area
• Icelandic: blettur — discoloured spot or area
• Ido: makulo — discoloured spot or area
• Ingrian: plekki — discoloured spot or area
• Ingush: ӏатта (ˀatta) — discoloured spot or area
• Irish: smál — discoloured spot or area
• Italian: macchia — discoloured spot or area
• Italian: chiazza — discoloured spot or area
• Italian: patacca — discoloured spot or area
• Japanese: 染み (shimi) — discoloured spot or area
• Khmer: ស្នាមប្រឡាក់ (snaamprɑɑlak) — discoloured spot or area
• Korean: 얼룩 (eolluk) — discoloured spot or area
• Central Kurdish: پەڵە (pelle) — discoloured spot or area
• Latin: macula — discoloured spot or area
• Lithuanian: dėmė — discoloured spot or area
• Macedonian: флека (fleka) — discoloured spot or area
• Macedonian: дамка (damka) — discoloured spot or area
• Māori: poapoa — discoloured spot or area
• Māori: tope — discoloured spot or area
• Māori: pūriko — discoloured spot or area
• Mongolian: толбо (tolbo) — discoloured spot or area
• Occitan: taca — discoloured spot or area
• Persian: لکه (lakke) — discoloured spot or area
• Plautdietsch: Plak — discoloured spot or area
• Polish: plama — discoloured spot or area
• Portuguese: nódoa — discoloured spot or area
• Portuguese: mancha — discoloured spot or area
• Portuguese: mácula — discoloured spot or area
• Romanian: pată — discoloured spot or area
• Russian: пятно́ (pjatnó) — discoloured spot or area
• Sanskrit: रेपस् (repas) — discoloured spot or area
• Serbo-Croatian: флека — discoloured spot or area
• Serbo-Croatian: fleka — discoloured spot or area
• Slovak: škvrna — discoloured spot or area
• Slovene: madež — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: mancha — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: lamparón — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: rodal — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: mácula — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: churretón — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: chorretón — discoloured spot or area
• Spanish: chorreón — discoloured spot or area
• Swedish: fläck — discoloured spot or area
• Thai: คราบ (krâap) — discoloured spot or area
• Turkish: leke — discoloured spot or area
• Turkish: lekeler — discoloured spot or area
• Ukrainian: пля́ма (pljáma) — discoloured spot or area
• Urdu: دھبا (dhabbā) — discoloured spot or area
• Urdu: داغ (dāġ) — discoloured spot or area
• Vietnamese: tật — discoloured spot or area
• Vietnamese: vết — discoloured spot or area
• Afrikaans: skandvlek — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Azerbaijani: ləkə — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Bulgarian: петно́ (petnó) — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Finnish: tahra — blemish on one's character or reputation
• French: souillure — blemish on one's character or reputation
• German: Schandfleck — blemish on one's character or reputation
• German: Makel — blemish on one's character or reputation
• German: Stigma — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Greek: κηλίδα (kilída) — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Ido: makulo — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Latin: macula — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Polish: plama — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Polish: skaza — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Russian: пятно́ (pjatnó) — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Russian: пятно́ позора (pjatnó pozora) — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Spanish: tacha — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Spanish: mancilla — blemish on one's character or reputation
• Afrikaans: kleurstof — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Armenian: ներկ (nerk) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Bulgarian: боя́ (bojá) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Bulgarian: багри́ло (bagrílo) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Czech: mořidlo — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Finnish: väriaine — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• French: colorant — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• German: Tinte — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• German: Beize — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• German: Färbemittel — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• German: Farbstoff — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Greek: βαφή (vafí) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Greek: χρώμα (chróma) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Italian: tinta — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Italian: mordente — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Korean: 착색 (chaksaek) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Polish: bejca — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Portuguese: colorante — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Portuguese: tinta — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Russian: кра́ска (kráska) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Russian: морилка (morilka) — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Spanish: colorante — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Swedish: bets — substance used to soak into a surface and colour it
• Afrikaans: toetskleurstof — reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible
• Bulgarian: багри́ло (bagrílo) — reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible
• Finnish: väriaine — reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible
• Polish: barwnik — reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible
• Polish: kontrast — reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible
• Spanish: contraste — reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible
• Afrikaans: verkleur — to discolour something
• Azerbaijani: ləkələmək — to discolour something
• Azerbaijani: ləkələndirmək — to discolour something
• Bulgarian: обезцветя́вам (obezcvetjávam) — to discolour something
• Bulgarian: обезцветя́ (obezcvetjá) — to discolour something
• Dutch: verkleuren — to discolour something
• French: tacher — to discolour something
• Galician: manchar — to discolour something
• German: beflecken — to discolour something
• German: beschmieren — to discolour something
• Greek: σπιλώνω (spilóno) — to discolour something
• Ancient Greek: σπιλόω (spilóō) — to discolour something
• Central Kurdish: پەڵە کردن (pelle kirdin) — to discolour something
• Latin: polluo — to discolour something
• Latin: maculo — to discolour something
• Māori: pūriko — to discolour something
• Polish: plamić — to discolour something
• Polish: upaćkać — to discolour something
• Polish: upaprać — to discolour something
• Polish: kalać — to discolour something
• Quechua: ch'illuchay — to discolour something
• Russian: па́чкать (páčkatʹ) — to discolour something
• Russian: пятнать (pjatnatʹ) — to discolour something
• Spanish: manchar — to discolour something
• Spanish: percudir — to discolour something
• Swedish: sätta fläckar på — to discolour something
• Swedish: sätta en fläck på — to discolour something
• Swedish: fläcka — to discolour something
• Afrikaans: bevlek — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Azerbaijani: ləkələmək — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Azerbaijani: ləkələndirmək — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Bulgarian: петня́ (petnjá) — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Bulgarian: опетня́вам (opetnjávam) — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Bulgarian: опетня́ (opetnjá) — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Dutch: bevlekken — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Dutch: bezoedelen — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Finnish: tahrata — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Finnish: loata — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• French: entacher — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Galician: manchar — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• German: beflecken — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• German: beschmutzen — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• German: in den Schmutz ziehen — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• German: (Charakter) entstellen — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• German: besudeln — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Italian: macchiare — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Italian: intaccare — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Norwegian: sverte — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Russian: запятнать (zapjatnatʹ) — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Spanish: manchar — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Ottoman Turkish: چامورلامق (çamurlamak) — to taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
• Bulgarian: бояди́свам (bojadísvam) — to coat a surface with a stain
• Bulgarian: бояди́сам (bojadísam) — to coat a surface with a stain
• Dutch: beitsen — to coat a surface with a stain
• German: beizen — to coat a surface with a stain
• Italian: mordenzare — to coat a surface with a stain
• Manx: daaghey — to coat a surface with a stain
• Māori: pūriko — to coat a surface with a stain
• Polish: bejcować — to coat a surface with a stain
• Polish: zabejcować — to coat a surface with a stain
• Russian: кра́сить (krásitʹ) — to coat a surface with a stain
• Russian: морить (moritʹ) — to coat a surface with a stain
• Bulgarian: оцветя́вам (ocvetjávam) — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• Bulgarian: оцветя́ (ocvetjá) — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• Finnish: värjätä — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• French: colorer — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• German: anfärben — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• Italian: colorare — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• Portuguese: corar — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• Portuguese: colorar — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye
• Portuguese: colorir — to treat a microscope specimen with a dye