"lain" meaning in English

See lain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /leɪn/ Audio: en-us-lain.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Inflected forms. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|cat2=irregular past participles}} lain
  1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: lie (extra: to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated) Translations (situated horizontally): gelegen (Dutch), gelegen (German), berbaring (Indonesian), membaringkan (Indonesian), dibaringkan (Indonesian), terbaring (Indonesian), 横になった (yoko ni natta) (alt: よこになった) (Japanese), tumbado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lain-en-verb-NzthOM4l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /leɪn/ Audio: en-us-lain.ogg [US] Forms: lains [present, singular, third-person], laining [participle, present], lained [participle, past], lained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lainen}} Middle English lainen, {{m|enm|leynen}} leynen, {{der|en|non|leyna||to conceal}} Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”), {{inh|en|ang|līeġnan||to deny; conceal}} Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laugnijaną}} Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laugnō||secrecy}} Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)
  1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: lean, len [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-lain-en-verb-rrw8B47D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for lain meaning in English (4.1kB)

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