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Yiddish
Etymology
שווימען (shvimen, “to swim”) + באַסיין (baseyn, “basin”), a calque of German Schwimmbecken.
Pronunciation
Noun
שווימבאַסיין • (shvimbaseyn) m, plural שווימבאַסיינען (shvimbaseynen)
- swimming pool
- Synonym: שווימערײַ (shvimeray)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “swimming pool”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN