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Word

ain

UK/ˈeɪn/

Definitions

01own

C2

det. a word used in Scotland to mean 'own' or 'belonging to me'.

det. a Scots variant of 'own', used to emphasize possession or personal connection.

“He wanted to live in his ain house rather than renting from others.”

“The poet wrote extensively in his mither tongue, capturing the unique spirit of his ain folk and their traditions.”

Dialect · British English

Usage

Used after a possessive pronoun like 'my', 'his', or 'their'.

Synonyms

03a place in France

B2

n. a department in eastern France, or the river that flows through it.

n. a geographical proper noun referring to the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region or the Ain river.

“They spent their summer holiday hiking in the mountains of Ain.”

“The Ain river originates in the Jura Mountains and serves as a significant tributary to the Rhône.”

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ain.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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