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4-letter words (2 found)

FAIN,NAIF,

3-letter words (4 found)

AIN,ANI,FAN,FIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AI,AN,FA,IF,IN,NA,

You can make 12 words from fain according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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fain afin fian ifan aifn iafn fani afni fnai nfai anfi nafi fina ifna fnia nfia infa nifa ainf ianf anif naif inaf niaf

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Definitions and meaning of fain

fain

Alternative forms

  • faine (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: feign, fane, foehn

Etymology 1

From Middle English fain, from Old English fægen, from Proto-West Germanic *fagan, from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (“glad”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to make pretty, please oneself”); akin to Old Norse feginn (“glad, joyful”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (faginōn, “to rejoice”), Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”).

Adjective

fain (comparative more fain, superlative most fain)(archaic)

  1. Well-pleased, glad.
  2. Satisfied, contented.
  3. Eager, willing or inclined to.
  4. Obliged or compelled to.
Quotations
Synonyms
  • (eager): eager, keen, raring
  • (ready, willing): lief
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "eager"): loath, averse, disinclined, reluctant, unwilling
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fain, fayn, feyn, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

fain (comparative fainer, superlative fainest)(archaic)

  1. With joy; gladly.
  2. By will or choice.
Synonyms
  • lief
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English fainen, from Old English fæġnian, from Proto-West Germanic *faginōn, from Proto-Germanic *faginōną. Doublet of fawn.

Verb

fain (third-person singular simple present fains, present participle faining, simple past and past participle fained)

  1. (archaic) To be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
  2. (archaic) To gladden.
  3. (Germanic paganism) to worship, to celebrate, to offer an oblation which is not sacrificial blót.
Translations

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Anagrams

  • an if, fina, naif, naïf

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin fīnis, fīnem.

Noun

fain m

  1. end

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fæġen, from Proto-West Germanic *fagan (“glad”). The adverb is transferred from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛi̯n/

Adjective

fain

  1. joyful, happy
  2. willing, eager
  3. pleasing, enjoyable, attractive

Alternative forms

  • fagen, vain, fawe, fawen, vawe, fein, fane, fayn, fayne, vayn, feyn

Adverb

fain

  1. gladly, joyfully
  2. willingly, eagerly

Alternative forms

  • fayn, faȝe, fawe, fawen, vawe, fene, vain, vayn, vein, veyn, vane, wane

Descendants

  • English: fain
  • Scots: fain

References

  • “fain, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • “fain, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French foin, from earlier fein, from Latin fēnum, from faenum.

Noun

fain m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) hay

Derived terms

  • fagot d'fain (“bundle of hay”)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • faim

Etymology

From Latin famēs.

Noun

fain oblique singular, f (nominative singular fain)

  1. hunger

Related terms

  • famine

Descendants

  • French: faim

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German fein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fajn/

Adjective

fain m or n (feminine singular faină, masculine plural faini, feminine and neuter plural faine)

  1. (Transylvania) cool, fine, of good quality

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • fein (Sursilvan)
  • fagn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin fēnum, from faenum.

Noun

fain m

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) hay

Derived terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun) far fain
  • (Puter) fer cul fain
  • (Vallader) far cun fain

Related terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) fanar

Siar-Lak

Noun

fain

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

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