basyn

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === bacin, bacyn, bascin, basen, basin, bason, bassen, bassene, bassyn === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baːˈsiːn/, /ˈbaːsin/, /bas-/ === Noun === basyn (plural basyns) A basin (large bowl): A washbasin; a sink. (rare) A basin-shaped gong. (rare) Any dish or bowl. (rare) A helmet. ==== Related terms ==== basynet ==== Descendants ==== English: basin Scots: bashin → Irish: báisín ==== References ==== “bācī̆n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.