bain
/beɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "That is the bainest way."
- "THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene /[…]/ So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber / and there whyles Gouernail and Heles attendyd vpon Tramtryst"
- "Thomas Lodge, Rosalynde: Euphues' Golden Legacy, 2nd ed. (1592), Rosader's Second Sonetto, l. 9: "If so I bain me in the spring,/Even on the brink I hear him sing.""
Etymology
From Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more bain (comparative)
most bain (superlative)
bane (alternative)
bains (plural)
bane (alternative, obsolete)
bayne (alternative)
bains (present, singular)
baining (participle, present)
bained (participle, past)
bained (past)