gaine

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (feminine) sheath, scabbard (for dagger etc.)
2. (feminine) casing, sheathing, sheath (of a cable)
3. (feminine) sheath

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of gainer:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of gainer:

Sinònims

fourreau

étui

ceinture

salaire

enveloppe

✉️

loyer

manchon

récompenser

rémunération

💸

rente

salarié

spaghetti

🍝

spaghettis

🍝

support

traitement

gaine technique

Spaghetti

spaguetti

boîtier

sala

cas

chemise

👕

corset

Traduccions

sheath

guaina

girdle

vaina

Scheide

scabbard

schede

fodero

faja

cinturón

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡɛn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de francès mitjà: guaine

Heretat de francès antic: guaïne

Heretat de llatí: vāgīna

Cognat amb italià: guaina

Cognat amb català: beina

Cognat amb espanyol: vaina

Cognat amb portuguès: bainha

Cognat amb anglès antic: wǣġe

In summary

Inherited from Middle French guaine, from Old French guaïne, inherited from Latin vāgīna (“sheath, scabbard”). Doublet of borrowed vagin. Cognate with Italian guaina, Catalan beina, Spanish vaina, Portuguese bainha.
The change of the onset from Vulgar Latin /v/ to Old French /(ɡ)w/ is due to Germanic influence. One theory sees in it a confluence with Frankish *wāgi (“cup”, compare Old English wǣġe). Alternatively it might be simply that as a military term the word was used most frequently among the Frankish warrior class and therefore came to be generalised in the form corresponding to their accent.