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Webster 1913 Edition

Loin

Loin

,
Noun.
[OE.
loine
, OF.
logne
, F.
longe
, from (assumed) LL.
lumbea
, L.
lumbus
join. Cf.
Lends
,
Lumbar
,
Nombles
.]
1.
That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of
Beef
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Loin

LOIN

,
Noun.
[L. clumis.]
The loins are the space on each side of the vertebrae, between the lowest of the false ribs and the upper portion of the os ilium or haunch bone, or the lateral portions of the lumbar region; called also the reins.

Definition 2024

loin

loin

See also: loins, lóin, and löin

English

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

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Translations

part of the body

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Finnish

Verb

loin

  1. First-person singular indicative past form of luoda.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin longē, from the adjective longus ‎(“long, far-off”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lwɛ̃/, [lwæ̃]

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”).

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Irish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [l̪ˠɪnˠ]

Noun

loin m

  1. genitive singular of lon

Etymology

From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, assumedly from Late Latin root *lumbea, from Latin lumbus ‎(“loin”), from Proto-Germanic *landwį̄, *landwijō ‎(“waist, loins”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- ‎(“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd ‎(“haunch, loin”), Proto-Slavic *lędvьja (Russian ля́двея ‎(ljádveja)). See also lende.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪn

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