A diagram from the United States
c. 1918 showing the lines between different cuts of whole sale beef, including the loin.
A diagram by the US educational publisher
Pearson Scott Foresman showing terms for different cuts of pork, including the loin.
FromMiddle Englishloyne, fromOld Frenchloigne, fromVulgar Latin*lumbea, fromLatinlumbus, of uncertain origin, possibly fromOscan-Umbrian*londwo- orProto-Germanic*lundwuz, both ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*lendʰ-(“kidney, waist”). Cognate with ModernEnglishlend(“loin”),Dutchlende,GermanLende,Swedishländ(“haunch, loin”),Danishlænd,Proto-Slavic*lędvьje (Russianля́двея(ljádveja)).Doublet oflend.
loin (pluralloins)
- The part of thebody (ofhumans andquadrupeds) at each side of thebackbone, between theribs andhips.
- Synonyms:lend,lumbus
- Holonym:side
- Coordinate term:flank(coordinate especially in butchery; not consistently differentiated regarding the human body)
- Any of severalcuts ofmeat taken from this part of ananimal.
The pluralloins is used for a wider body region, or specifically as a euphemism for thepubic region.
Translations to be checked
loin (pluralloins)
- Misspelling oflion.
loin
- first-personsingularpastindicative ofluoda
loin
- instructiveplural ofloka
Inherited fromLatinlongē, from the adjectivelongus(“long, far-off”). CompareCatalanlluny, archaicSpanishlueñe.
loin
- far,distant
- Synonym:éloigné
- Antonyms:près,proche
2018, Zaz,On s'en remet jamais:Est-ce que les parfums s’évaporent, ou restent-ils dans notre tête comme ces étoiles qui brillent encore, mais qui sont bienloin de la fête ?- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- 2014, Indila,Égo
1996, Noir Désir,À ton étoile:
L’église est siloin de l’usine.- The church is so far from the factory.
- Loin is typically construed withde(“of, from”). Indeed,loin de may be thought of as a single compound preposition; for example, one saysloin duquel(“far from which”), not *dont[…] loin(“from which […] far”).
loin m
- genitivesingular oflon
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