amain

Senso (Inglese)

Adv

1. (archaic, literary) With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.
2. (archaic) At full speed; also, in great haste.
3. (British, dialectal) Out of control.
4. (obsolete) Exceedingly; overmuch.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail).
2. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To decrease or reduce (something).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.

Concetti

molto

sinonimi

violently

extremely

exceedingly

greatly

grossly

highly

hugely

keenly

largely

mickle

mighty

much

remarkably

sorely

urgently

vehemently

very

big time

like blue murder

enormously

Traduzioni

δυνατά

βίαια

γρήγορα

grandement

multum

krachtig

ras

snel

sterk

vlug

grandemente

muy

a escape

şiddetle

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/əˈmeɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: mayn

Ereditato da inglese antico: mæġen

In summary

From a- (prefix with the sense ‘at; in; on; with’, used to show a state, condition, or manner) + main (“force, power, strength”). Main is derived from Middle English mayn (“strength”), from Old English mæġen (“strength”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might, power, strength”), *maginaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”).