graine

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See also: grainé and gràine

English

Noun

graine (countable and uncountable, plural graines)

  1. Obsolete form of grain.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɛn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛn

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grāna, neuter plural of grānum reanalysed as a feminine. Compare grain.

Noun

graine f (plural graines)

  1. seed (fertilized grain)
  2. (Quebec, slang) dick, penis
Derived terms
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Descendants
  • Russian: гре́на (gréna) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkish: gren

Etymology 2

Verb

graine

  1. inflection of grainer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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