loin

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See also: loins, lóin, löin, and Łoin

English

A diagram from the United States c. 1918 showing the lines between different cuts of whole sale beef, including the loin.
A diagram by the US educational publisher Pearson Scott Foresman showing terms for different cuts of pork, including the loin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English loyne, from Old French loigne, from Vulgar Latin *lumbea, from Latin lumbus, of uncertain origin, possibly from Oscan-Umbrian *londwo- or Proto-Germanic *lundwuz, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“kidney, waist”). Cognate with Old English lendenu, Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Danish lænd, Proto-Slavic *lędvьje (Russian ля́двея (ljádveja)). See also lend.

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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part of the body
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Etymology 2

Noun

loin (plural loins)

  1. Misspelling of lion.

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Finnish

Verb

loin

  1. first-person singular past indicative of luoda

Noun

loin

  1. instructive plural of loka

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin longē, from the adjective longus (“long, far-off”). Compare Catalan lluny, archaic Spanish lueñe.

Pronunciation

Adverb

loin

  1. far, distant
    Synonym: éloigné
    Antonyms: près, proche
    • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
      Est-ce que les parfums s’évaporent, ou restent-ils dans notre tête comme ces étoiles qui brillent encore, mais qui sont bien loin de la fête ?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2014, Indila, Égo
      On est loin, on est loin du Jardin d’Éden, éternelle réalité.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1996, Noir Désir, À ton étoile:
      Dis-toi qu’il n’est pas loin, et qu’on y brille, à ton étoile.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    L’église est si loin de l’usine.
    The church is so 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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Noun

loin m

  1. genitive singular of lon
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