different between zein vs gein

English

Etymology

New Latin Zea (“corn genus”) +? -in

Noun

zein (countable and uncountable, plural zeins)

1. A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.

Anagrams

• Inez, nize, zine

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?e?/, /s?ejn/

Pronoun

zein

1. (interrogative) what (in terms of a very specific item); who; which, which one

Declension

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ?????? (g?inos, “of earth”) from ?? (gê, “earth”).

Noun

gein (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) humin

Anagrams

• Gien, NigE, Nige

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ??? (kheyn, “grace, charm”), from Hebrew ????.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?n/
• Hyphenation: gein
• Rhymes: -?i?n
• Homophone: gijn

Noun

gein m (uncountable, diminutive geintje n)

1. (informal) fun, pleasure, joke

Derived terms

• geinig
• geinponem
• ongein

Anagrams

• enig, neig

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ei?n/, [??e?i?n]
• Rhymes: -ein
• Syllabification: gein

Noun

gein

1. Instructive plural form of gee.

Anagrams

• Inge

Icelandic

Verb

gein

1. first-person singular past indicative of gína
2. third-person singular past indicative of gína

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gegn.

Adjective

gein

1. Alternative form of gayn (“direct, fast, good, helpful”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gagn.

Noun

gein

1. Alternative form of gayn (“gain, reward, advantage”)

Etymology 3

From Old English ?e?n.

Preposition

gein

1. Alternative form of gain (“against”)

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *genan, from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???en?/

Noun

gein n (genitive gene, nominative plural gene)

1. verbal noun of gainithir
2. birth
3. (Christianity) the Nativity
4. someone who was born

Inflection

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gein”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

References

Volapük

Noun

gein (nominative plural geins)

1. gin

Declension