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almain

/ˈæl.meɪn/

almain is the alternative form of Almain.

Proper noun capitalized: Almain

Almain

  1. (historical) Germany.
    • The x. of Awgust Maximilian emperowr of Almayne came to kynge Henry of England besyde Terwen, and there the emperowre had wages of the kynge.c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846
    • The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter.1994, Marianne Constable, The Law of the Other, page 162

Noun capitalized: Almain

Almain (plural Almains)

  1. (archaic, literary, poetic) A German.
    • Caſ[ſio]. Is your Engliſh man ſo expert in his drinking? / Iag[o]. Why he drinkes you with facillity, your Dane dead drunke: he ſweats not to ouerthrow your Almaine; he giues your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be fild.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act...
  2. A kind of dance. See allemande.

Adjective capitalized: Almain

Almain (comparative more Almain, superlative most Almain)

  1. (archaic, historical) German.
    • Fauſtus theſe bookes thy wit and our experience / Shall make all nations to canonize vs, / As Indian Mooꝛes obey their Spaniſh Loꝛds, / So ſhall the ſubiects of euery element / Be alwaies ſeruiceable to vs thꝛée, / Like Lyons ſhall they guard vs when we pleaſe, / Like Almaine Rutters with their...1589–1592 (date written), Ch[ristopher] Marl[owe], The Tragicall History of D. Faustus. […], London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, published 1604, →OCLC, signature [A4], recto

Forms of almain

Noun
pluralalmains
pluralAlmains
Proper noun
alternative form (obsolete)Almayne
Adjective
comparativemore Almain
superlativemost Almain

Origin of almain

From Middle English Alemaine, Almayne, from Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia (“territory of the Alamanni tribe”), from Alemannī, Allemannī, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.

Words formed from almain

Phrases with almain

Questions about almain

What does almain mean?
Almain means germany.
What is almain the alternative form of?
Almain is the alternative form of Almain.
What part of speech is almain?
Almain can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce almain?
Almain is pronounced /ˈæl.meɪn/.

Words near almain in the dictionary

  1. Almaguer North
  2. Almaguer South
  3. Almaguers
  4. almah
  5. almahs
  6. almain
  7. almain rivet
  8. almain rivets
  9. Almaine Rivet
  10. Almaine Rivets
  11. almains

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