Noun: main
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | main |
| Plural f | mains |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like main
polémochorie,
kératotomie,
farigoule,
compréhension,
palestre,
abnégation,
hyperuricémie,
psychométrie,
minicassette,
piézo-électricité,
potabilité,
aromathérapie,
conjugalité,
conjugaison,
cohésion,
obscurité,
bacillose,
cohæsion,
aponévrotomie,
sylvie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano and Italian mano. See: Latin Nouns '
manus', Spanish Nouns '
mano', Italian Nouns '
mano'.
Verbs referencing "main"
Spanish Nouns
mano, Portuguese Nouns
mão, Catalan Nouns
mà, French Nouns
quadrumane, English Nouns
Sumain.
Translations