blain
/bleɪn/
blain noun: skin swelling or sore; blister; blotch.
Noun
blain (plural blains)
Proper noun capitalized: Blain
Blain (plural Blains)
- A surname.
- 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 | |
|---|---|
| plural | blains |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Blains |
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
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
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
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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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