different between wayne vs wain

German

Etymology

From English Wayne, which sounds somewhat similar to German wen (“whom”, pronounced [ve?n] or [?e?n]). The sense is derived from trick questions of the sort: „Kennst du Wayne?“ – ? – „Wayne interessiert’s.“, that is: wen interessiert's. (“Do you know Wayne?” – ? – “Wayne cares.” [= “Who cares.”])

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w???n/, /we?n/

Interjection

wayne

1. (youth slang) who cares

Synonyms

• mir doch egal
• wen interessiert's

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wæ?n.

Noun

wayne

1. Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)

Etymology 2

From Old Northern French waigne.

Noun

wayne

1. Alternative form of wayn (“gain”)

Etymology 3

From wayn.

Verb

wayne

1. Alternative form of waynen (“move by wagon”)

Etymology 4

From Old Norse vegna.

Verb

wayne

1. Alternative form of waynen (“depart”)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /we?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæ?n, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wo??nos, from *we??- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn. Doublet of wagon, a borrowing from Dutch.

Alternative forms

• wayn (obsolete)

Noun

wain (plural wains)

1. (archaic or literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.

   "The Hay Wain" is a famous painting by John Constable.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:wain.

Related terms

• Charles' Wain
• wainwright

Translations

Verb

wain (third-person singular simple present wains, present participle waining, simple past and past participle wained)

1. (rare, transitive) To carry.

Etymology 2

Verb

wain (third-person singular simple present wains, present participle waining, simple past and past participle wained)

1. Misspelling of wane.

   As the auto industry is waining away, the city is looking for something new. [1]

Etymology 3

From wee one.

Noun

wain (plural wains)

1. (Derry) A collective word usually for children.

Related terms

• wean

Anagrams

• IAWN, inaw, iwan

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wine.

Noun

wain

1. wine

Japanese

Romanization

wain

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

wain

1. brook; creek; stream

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English wine, from Middle English wyn, win, from Old English w?n, from Proto-West Germanic *w?n, from Latin v?num, from Proto-Italic *w?nom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh?nom.

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [w??in?], (enunciated) [w? in?]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /wæ?jin?/
• Bender phonemes: {wahyin}

Noun

wain

1. wine

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Medebur

Noun

wain

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Middle English

Noun

wain

1. Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English wine.

Pronunciation

Noun

wain

1. wine

Descendants

• ? Rotokas: uain

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wai?n/

Noun

wain

1. Soft mutation of gwain.

Mutation