Word.ws English Dictionary

Almayne

Almayne is the obsolete form of Almain.

Meaning of Almain

Proper noun

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

See all 4 meanings of almain

Origin of Almayne

From the name of the Alemanni tribe; compare French Allemagne.

Questions about Almayne

What is Almayne the obsolete form of?
Almayne is the obsolete form of Almain.

Words near Almayne in the dictionary

  1. almarudite
  2. almas
  3. Almases
  4. almasilate
  5. Almaty
  6. Almayne
  7. Almazan
  8. Almazans
  9. Almazna
  10. Almaș
  11. Almașu

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Almayne (page history and authors); Almain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Almayne.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/almayne. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.