tain
pronunciation
How to pronounce tain in British English:
UK [teɪn]
How to pronounce tain in American English:
US [teɪn]
Word Origin
- tain (n.)
- "thin tin plate for mirrors, etc.," 1858, from French tain "tinfoil" (17c.), an alteration of étain "tin," from Latin stagnum, stannum "alloy of silver and lead," in Late Latin "tin" (see stannic).
Example
- 1. Mr mills went into the vote in tain with a lead of only about 23000 votes over his rival .
- 2. So the people of tain go back to vote ; there was some intimidation going on so a lot of people didn 't turn out .
- 3. Tain cook sailed to australia .
- 4. Do you think it 's going to tain tomorrow ?
- 5. When the second round doesn 't bring a clear winner , the electoral commission decide that tain was going to be the last deciding factor .