"main" meaning in Middle French

See main in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mains [plural]
Etymology: From Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus. Etymology templates: {{inh|frm|fro|main}} Old French main, {{inh|frm|la|manus}} Latin manus Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|mains||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} main f (plural mains), {{frm-noun|f}} main f (plural mains)
  1. (anatomy) hand Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-main-frm-noun-GwAXBqQY Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Anatomy, Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 7 0 0 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 7 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 8 8 5 8 5 6 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 0 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 6 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 7 5 7 5 6 0 0 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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