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blain

/bleɪn/

blain noun: skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.

Noun

blain (plural blains)

  1. skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.

Proper noun capitalized: Blain

Blain (plural Blains)

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

blain meaning in Urdu and Bengali

blain in Urdu

چھالا

blain in Bengali

ত্বকের ফোলা ভাব, ঘা, ফোস্কা, দাগ

Forms of blain

Noun
pluralblains
Proper noun
pluralBlains

Origin of blain

From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”).

Words formed from blain

Words that rhyme with blain

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Questions about blain

What does blain mean?
Blain means skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
What is blain in Urdu?
Blain in Urdu is چھالا. See Blain meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is blain?
Blain can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blain?
Blain is pronounced /bleɪn/.
What is the plural of blain?
The plural of blain is blains.

Words near blain in the dictionary

  1. Blahodatne
  2. Blahovishchenske
  3. blahs
  4. Blaikley
  5. Blaiklock
  6. blain
  7. Blaina
  8. Blaine
  9. Blaine County
  10. Blaines
  11. blains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blain (page history and authors); Blain (page history and authors); blain (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blain (Bengali Wiktionary) (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.

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