different between loin vs lorn

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)

1. The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips
2. 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

1. 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

1. Far, distant.

   L'église est loin de l'usine.

   The church is far from the factory.

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

1. genitive singular of lon

English

Etymology

From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English loren, ?eloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusan? (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??n/

Adjective

lorn (comparative more lorn, superlative most lorn)

1. (obsolete) Doomed; lost.
2. (archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.

Derived terms

• forlorn
• lasslorn
• lornness
• lovelorn

Translations

Verb

lorn

1. (obsolete) past participle of lese.

References

Anagrams

• ORNL