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English[]

Most common English words: associated « worse « safe « #978: main » q » greatly » floor

Pronunciation[]

Etymology 1[]

From Middle English main, mayn, meyn, partially from Old English mægen- (strong, principle, main) (used in combined forms) from mæġen (strength), and partially from Old Norse megn, megenn (strong, main), both from Proto-Germanic *maginam from Proto-Indo-European *mogh-, megh- (power). Akin to Old English magan (to be able to). More at may.

Adjective[]

Main (not comparable)

Positive
Main

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Principal, most important.
Derived terms[]
  • main drag
Translations[]

Etymology 2[]

From Old English mægen (strength), later also taking senses from the adjective.

Noun[]

Singular
Main

Plural
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Main ({{{1}}})

  1. (obsolete, except in might and main) Strength. Template:Defdate
  2. (now archaic, US Template:Context 5) The mainland. Template:Defdate
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      Tashtego's long, lean, sable hair, his high cheek bones, and black rounding eyes [...]--all this sufficiently proclaimed him an inheritor of the unvitiated blood of those proud warrior hunters, who, in quest of the great New England moose, had scoured, bow in hand, the aboriginal forests of the main.
  3. (now poetic) The high seas. Template:Defdate
  4. A large pipe or cable providing utility service to a building or area, such as water main or electric main. Template:Defdate
  5. Template:Nautical The mainsail. Template:Defdate
Quotations[]

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms[]
  • (large pipe or cable): gas main, mains (electricity, water), water main
Translations[]
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Anagrams[]

  • aimn,
  • Amin, iman, mani, mina, NAMI

Anglo-Norman[]

Etymology[]

Latin manus.

Noun[]

Template:Xno-noun-f

  1. hand (anatomy)

Finnish[]

Noun[]

main

  1. Instructive plural form of maa.

French[]

Etymology[]

Latin manus (hand).

Pronunciation[]

  • IPA: /mɛ̃/, X-SAMPA: /me~/, /mE~/
    noicon
    (file)
  • Homophones: mains, maint, maints
  • Hyphenation: main

Noun[]

Main f. (plural Mains)

  1. hand.
  2. Template:Soccer handball

Synonyms[]

  • louche
  • mimine
  • paluche
  • pince

Holonyms[]

  • bras

Meronyms[]

  • doigt
  • dos
  • paume
  • poignet
  • pouce

Derived terms[]

  • baisemain
  • mainlevée
  • mainmettre
  • mainmortable
  • mainmorte
  • mainmuable
  • tournemain

Anagrams[]


Indonesian[]

Verb[]

Main (bermain)

  1. to play

Old French[]

Etymology[]

Latin manus.

Noun[]

Template:Fro-noun-f

  1. hand (anatomy)

Descendants[]

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