English Explanatory Dictionary

wain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
  2. A chariot or similar stately carriage.
verb
  1. To carry.
verb
  1. Misspelling of wane.
noun
  1. Alternative form of wean.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
name
  1. Ellipsis of Charles' Wain.

Pronunciation

/weɪn/ /ˈwiː(ə)n/ /ˈweɪ(ə)n/ [weːn]

Word forms

wain wains wayn waining wained the Wain

Etymology

From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.

Related words

wean

Derived words

Charles' Wain Conestoga wain hay wain horse-wain wainwright
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