different between loin vs arse
loin
English
Etymology
From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Latin lumbus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Proto-Slavic *l?dv?ja (Russian ??????? (ljádveja)). See also lend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??n/
- Rhymes: -??n
Noun
loin (plural loins)
- The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
- 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
Related terms
- lumbago
- lumbar
Translations
Anagrams
- Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lino, lion, noil
Finnish
Verb
loin
- First-person singular indicative past form of luoda.
Anagrams
- ilon, lino, olin
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin long?, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lw??/
- Rhymes: -w??
Adverb
loin
- Far, distant.
- L'église est loin de l'usine.
- The church is far from the factory.
- L'église est loin de l'usine.
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
Derived terms
Related terms
- éloigner (verb)
- lointain (adjective)
Further reading
- “loin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- lion, Lion
Irish
Alternative forms
- luin (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [l???n?]
Noun
loin m
- genitive singular of lon
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arse
English
Alternative forms
- ass (US)
Etymology
From Middle English ars, ers, from Old English ærs, ears, from Proto-West Germanic *ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz (compare Dutch aars and German Arsch), from Proto-Indo-European *h?érsos (“backside, buttocks”) (according to Julius Pokorny and Carl Darling Buck).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??s/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??s/
- (Ireland, US) IPA(key): /??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Noun
arse (plural arses)
- (current in South Africa, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in New England, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buttocks, Thesaurus:anus
- 2011, James Smart, The Guardian, 12 March:
- As the novel progresses, he is shot in the hand with his own gun, shot in the arse with someone else's and lacerated by a prosthetic weed trimmer.
- (chiefly Britain, derogatory slang) A stupid, mean or despicable person.
- 2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, p.282:
- “You're an arse,” Ellen said. ¶ “Please? You must like something about me …?” ¶ “I do. You're an arse. I just told you that. I feel comfy with you, because you're such an arse.”
- 2007, L. A. Wilson, The Silurian: Book One: The Fox and the Bear, p.103:
- He looked at me, was just about to call me an arse, when I told him, “You throw it too hard. Try and think of the javelin hitting the target before you throw it. Let it all go through your mind first, see it, feel it, then throw it.” ¶ “Good advice, you arse,” he said and tried again.
- 2011, Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes, unnumbered page:
- Felnigg. What a suppurating arse. Look at him. Arse.
- 2007, Martin Harrison, The Judgement of Paris, p.282:
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:arse.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: lasi
Translations
Verb
arse (third-person singular simple present arses, present participle arsing, simple past and past participle arsed)
- (slang, intransitive) To be silly, act stupid or mess around.
- Stop arsing around!
- 1985, Sam McAughtry, McAughtry's War, page 10,
- He was university material, just arsing about as a rigger, arsing about, killing time with bohunks like me […] .
- 2005, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, page 291,
- Pi, upset, roars, "Quit arsing around there and get cracking," and a dozen heads turn their way.
- 2011, Jaine Fenn, Bringer of Light, unnumbered page,
- He was half-expecting a call from the lingua, telling him to stop arsing around, but his com stayed silent, so it looked like a certain amount of arsing around was allowed.
Derived terms
- arse about (verb)
- arse around (verb)
- half-arsed (adjective)
- can't be arsed
Anagrams
- AREs, Ares, EARs, ERAs, Ersa, SERA, Sear, ares, ears, eras, rase, reas, sare, sear, sera
Italian
Adjective
arse f pl
- feminine plural of arso
Verb
arse
- third-person singular indicative past historic of ardere
Participle
arse
- feminine plural of the past participle of ardere
Anagrams
- ersa, rase, resa, sera
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ar.se/, [?ärs??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ar.se/, [??rs?]
Participle
arse
- vocative masculine singular of arsus
Old Irish
Etymology
Univerbation of airi (“for the sake of it; therefore”) +? se (“this”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ar??s?e/
Adverb
arse
- therefore, for this/that reason
- Synonym: airi
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12a22
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- ársis
Noun
arse f (plural arses)
- (poetry, music) arsis (the stronger part of a measure or foot)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?arse]
Adjective
arse
- genitive/dative feminine singular of ars
- nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of ars
- genitive/dative feminine/neuter plural of ars
Verb
arse
- third-person singular simple perfect indicative of arde
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