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blain

/bleɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
blain
IPA
/bleɪn/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.

name

A surname.

name

A male given name transferred from the surname.

Etymology

From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: blein, bleġen, *blajinǭ, *bʰel-

Inflected Forms

blains (plural)

Derived Forms

chilblain

Homonyms

blaine

Rhymes With

main pain campaign train brain explain remain gain plane rain chain maintain

Questions

How do you pronounce blain?
The recorded pronunciation is /bleɪn/.
What does blain mean?
skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
Where does blain come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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