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stain
English
Etymology
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 ??????? (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English st?n (“stone”). More at stone.
Replaced native Middle English wem (“spot, blemish, stain”) from Old English wem (“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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ste?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
stain (plural stains)
- A discoloured spot or area.
- A blemish on one's character or reputation.
- A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
- A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
- (heraldry) Any of a number of non-standard tinctures used in modern heraldry.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
stain (third-person singular simple present stains, present participle staining, simple past and past participle stained)
- (transitive) To discolour.
- to stain the hand with dye
- armour stained with blood
- To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
- To coat a surface with a stain
- to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.
- the stained glass used for church windows
- (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
- (transitive, cytology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
- She stains the ripest virgins of her age.
- c. 1591-1592, Edmund Spenser, Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard, Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier
- that did all other beasts in beauty stain
Translations
Anagrams
- Astin, Insta, Saint, Santi, Sinta, Tanis, Tians, antis, insta-, saint, sat in, satin, stian, tians, tisan
Gothic
Romanization
stain
- Romanization of ????????????????????
Gutnish
Etymology
From Old Norse steinn (“stone”), from Proto-Norse ??????? (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English stone, German Stein, Dutch steen, Danish sten, Norwegian Bokmål sten, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Swedish sten, Faroese steinur, West Frisian stien, Low German Steen. Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *stoyh?nos, o-grade from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?- (“to stiffen”).
Noun
stain m
- stone, rock, as material or individual piece of rock or pebble
Middle English
Adjective
stain
- Alternative form of stonen
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse steinn (“stone”), from Proto-Norse ??????? (stainaz), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English stone, German Stein, Dutch steen, Danish sten, Norwegian Bokmål sten, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Swedish sten, Faroese steinur, West Frisian stien, Low German Steen. Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *stoyh?nos, o-grade from Proto-Indo-European *steyh?- (“to stiffen”).
Noun
stain m
- stone, rock, as material or individual piece of rock or pebble
Alternative forms
- stäin
- stejn
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dent
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: d?nt, IPA(key): /d?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). More at dint.
Noun
dent (plural dents)
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
- (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
Translations
Verb
dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)
- (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
- (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.
Translations
Etymology 2
French, from Latin dens, dentis, tooth. Doublet of tooth.
Noun
dent (plural dents)
- (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
Anagrams
- 'tend, tend
Catalan
Etymology
With change of gender from Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns m.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?dent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?den/
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
- (anatomy) tooth
- tooth (saw tooth)
- tooth (gear tooth)
Derived terms
Related terms
- dentadura
- dental
- dentista
Further reading
- “dent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “dent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “dent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “dent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Middle French dent, with change of gender from Old French dent m, from Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Homophones: dam, dams, dans, dents
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
- tooth
- cog (tooth on a gear)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tend
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dent/, [d??n?t?]
Verb
dent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of d?, "they may give"
Lombard
Etymology
From dente.
Noun
dent
- tooth
Middle English
Noun
dent
- Alternative form of dint
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French dent.
Noun
dent f (plural dens)
- tooth
Descendants
- French: dent
Norman
Etymology
From Old French dent, from Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Pronunciation
Noun
dent m (plural dents)
- (anatomy) tooth
Derived terms
- brînge à dents (“toothbrush”)
Related terms
- denchive (“gum”)
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns. Attested from the 12th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
dent f (plural dents)
- tooth
Related terms
References
Old French
Etymology
From Latin d?ns, dente
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?d?nt]
- Rhymes: -ent
Noun
dent m (oblique plural denz or dentz, nominative singular denz or dentz, nominative plural dent)
- (anatomy, of a comb) tooth
Descendants
- French: dent
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??t/
Noun
dent m (plural dent)
- tooth
Derived terms
- dentin
- denton
- dentera
- dentista
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) daint
Etymology
From Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.
Noun
dent m (plural dents)
- (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) tooth
Derived terms
- pasta da dents (“toothpaste”)
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