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English

Alternative forms

• faine (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophones: feign, fane, foehn

Etymology 1

From Middle English fain, from Old English fægen, from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (“glad”), from Proto-Indo-European *pe?- (“to make pretty, please oneself”); akin to Old Norse feginn (“glad, joyful”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (fagin?n, “to rejoice”), Old Norse fagna (“to rejoice”).

Adjective

fain (comparative more fain, superlative most fain)

1. (archaic) Well-pleased, glad.
2. (archaic) Satisfied, contented.
3. (archaic) Eager, willing or inclined to.
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act II scene i^[1]:

     Men and birds are fain of climbing high.

   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     To a busy man, temptation is fain to climb up together with his business.

4. (archaic) Obliged or compelled to.

Quotations

• 1900, Ernest Dowson, To One in Bedlam, lines 9-10

  O lamentable brother! if those pity thee, / Am I not fain of all thy lone eyes promise me;

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fain, fayn, feyn, from the adjective (see above).

Adverb

fain (comparative fainer, superlative fainest)

1. (archaic) With joy; gladly.
   • c. 1598-99, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act III scene v^[2]:

     Leonato: I would fain know what you have to say.

   • 1633, John Donne, Holly Sonnets, XIV:

     Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain, / But am betroth’d unto your enemy

   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:

     The second thing I fain would have had was a tobacco-pipe, but it was impossible to me to make one…
2. (archaic) By will or choice.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene i^[4]:

     Gonzalo: Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground— long heath, brown furze, anything. The wills above be done, but I would fain die a dry death.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English fainen, from Old English fæ?enian, from Proto-West Germanic *fagin?n, from Proto-Germanic *fagin?n?.

Verb

fain (third-person singular simple present fains, present participle faining, simple past and past participle fained)

1. (archaic) To be delighted or glad; to rejoice.
2. (archaic) To gladden.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• an if, fina, naif, naïf

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin f?nis, f?nem.

Noun

fain m

1. end

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fæ?en, from Proto-Germanic *faganaz (“glad”). The adverb is transferred from the adjective.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?i?n/

Adjective

fain

1. joyful, happy
2. willing, eager
3. pleasing, enjoyable, attractive

Alternative forms

• fagen, vain, fawe, fawen, vawe, fein, fane, fayn, fayne, vayn, feyn

Adverb

fain

1. gladly, joyfully
2. willingly, eagerly

Alternative forms

• fayn, fa?e, fawe, fawen, vawe, fene, vain, vayn, vein, veyn, vane, wane

Descendants

• English: fain
• Scots: fain

References

• “fain, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “fain, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French foin, fein, from Latin faenum.

Noun

fain m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) hay

Derived terms

• fagot d'fain (“bundle of hay”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• faim

Etymology

From Latin fam?s.

Noun

fain f (nominative singular fain)

1. hunger

Descendants

• French: faim

Related terms

• famine

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German fein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fajn/

Adjective

fain m or n (feminine singular fain?, masculine plural faini, feminine and neuter plural faine)

1. cool, fine, of good quality

Declension

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) fein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fagn

Etymology

From Latin faenum.

Noun

fain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) hay

Derived terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) far fain
• (Puter) fer cul fain
• (Vallader) far cun fain

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan) fanar

Siar-Lak

Noun

fain

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

English

Etymology

In the Coverdale Bible in 1535, in Genesis and Exodus about 1250 as Middle English sunnesine; synchronically sun +? shine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?a?n/
• Hyphenation: sun?shine

Noun

sunshine (usually uncountable, plural sunshines)

1. The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.

   Synonyms: sun, sunlight

2. A location on which the sun's rays fall.
3. (figuratively) Geniality or cheerfulness.
4. A source of cheerfulness or joy.
5. The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.
6. (Britain) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.

7. (Britain) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.

8. (humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sunbeam

Translations

Adjective

sunshine (not comparable)

1. (chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• sunshine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References