name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wain
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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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /weɪn/
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rhymes with -eɪn
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homophone: wain
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homophone: Waine
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homophone: wayne
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homophone: Wayne
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homophone: wane (pane–pain merger)
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homophone: Wain
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/ˈwiː(ə)n/
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/ˈweɪ(ə)n/
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[weːn]
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CMU ARPABET: W EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of Charles' Wain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
Examples
- "The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A chariot or similar stately carriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: communications, human-sciences, journalism, literature, media, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, poetry, publishing, sciences, writing
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noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of wean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 7
To carry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 8
Misspelling of wane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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noun
Meaning 9
large open farm wagon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wagon, waggon
noun
Meaning 10
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wagon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: asterism
noun
Meaning 11
English writer (1925-1994)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: John Wain, John Barrington Wain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writer, author
History
Etymology
From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵhnos, from *weǵh- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.
From wee one.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кола (kola) — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Czech: vozík — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Czech: vůz — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Finnish: kärry — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Finnish: rattaat — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Irish: féan — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Irish: vaigín — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Italian: carro — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Italian: carretto — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Russian: пово́зка (povózka) — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Russian: теле́га (teléga) — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Swedish: vagn — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Welsh: wagen — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen
- Welsh: men — a wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen