# loin
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 Modern English lend (“loin”), Dutch lende, German Lende, Swedish länd (“haunch, loin”), Danish lænd, Proto-Slavic *lędvьje (Russian ля́двея (ljádveja)). Doublet of lend.

#### Noun

loin (plural loins)
* The part of the body (of humans and quadrupeds) at each side of the backbone, between the ribs and hips.
    Synonyms: lend, lumbus
    Holonym: side
    Coordinate term: flank (coordinate especially in butchery; not consistently differentiated regarding the human body)
* 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.

##### Derived terms

* fruit of one's loins
* gird up one's loins
* line-loin merger
* loincloth
* loin-girding
* loinskin
* pork loin
* short loin
* sirloin
* slack loin
* strip loin
* tenderloin
* tenderloin steak
* top loin

##### Related terms

* lumbago
* lumbar

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2
#### Noun

loin (plural loins)
* Misspelling of lion.

### Anagrams

* LINO, Lion, Nilo-, Olin, lino, lion, noil

## Finnish
### Verb

loin
* first-person singular past indicative of luoda

### Noun

loin
* instructive plural of loka

### Anagrams

* ilon, lino, olin

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lwɛ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -wɛ̃

### Adverb

loin
* 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”).

#### Derived terms

* a beau mentir qui vient de loin
* de loin
* il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres
* la pomme ne tombe jamais loin de l’arbre
* loin de là
* loin des yeux, loin du cœur
* loin s’en faut
* ne pas regarder plus loin que le bout de son nez
* ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez
* revenir de loin

#### Related terms

* éloigner (verb)
* lointain (adjective)

### Further reading

* “loin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* lion, Lion

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* luin (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [l̪ˠɪnˠ]

### Noun

loin m
* genitive singular of lon