stain

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral blue, colour, stain”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone. Replaced native Middle English wem (“spot, blemish, stain”), from Old English wamm (“spot, stain”). In some senses, influenced by unrelated Middle English disteynen (“to discolor, remove the colour from"; literally, "de-colour”), from Anglo-Norman desteindre (“to remove the colour from, bleach”), from Old French destaindre (“to remove the color from, bleach”), from des- (“dis-, de-, un-”) + teindre (“to dye”), from Latin tingo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /steɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn === Noun === stain (plural stains) A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances. A blemish on one's character or reputation. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible. (heraldry) One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine. Coordinate terms: colour, metal, fur ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === stain (third-person singular simple present stains, present participle staining, simple past and past participle stained) (transitive) To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance. Synonyms: besmirch, defile, sully; see also Thesaurus:dirty To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation Synonyms: besmirch, blot, denigrate; see also Thesaurus:defame To coat a surface with a stain (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain. (transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === saint, stian, Sinta, Saint, antis, Natsi, tians, insta-, Tians, Astin, Santi, satin, sat in, naits, Insta, Tanis, tisan == Gothic == === Romanization === stain romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽 == Gutnish == === Etymology === From Old Norse steinn (“stone”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English stone, German Stein, Dutch steen, Danish sten, Norwegian Bokmål sten, Norwegian Nynorsk stein, Swedish sten, Faroese steinur, West Frisian stien, Low German Steen. Ultimately from Pre-Germanic *stoyh₂nos, o-grade from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). === Noun === stain m stone, rock, as material or individual piece of rock or pebble == Middle English == === Adjective === stain alternative form of stonen