Meaning

5 senses

  1. A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.

    Fleck, Schmutzspur, Fehler

    пятно́pjatnó

    пля́маpljáma

  2. A blemish on one's character or reputation.

    Schandfleck, Makel, Stigma

    пятно́pjatnó, пятно́ позораpjatnó pozora

  3. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

    Tinte, Beize, Färbemittel

    кра́скаkráska, морилкаmorilka

  4. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.

    (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

  5. One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.

Examples

259 sentences

  1. His shirt was stained with sauce.

    На його сорочці були плями від соуса. — ascolto

    deAuf seinem Hemd war ein Soßenfleck. — MUIRIEL

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  2. This stain won't come out easily.

    Цю пляму буде не так просто видалити. — oromashka

    deDieser Fleck wird sich nicht so leicht entfernen lassen. — brauchinet

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  3. Your collar has a stain on it.

    В тебе пляма на комірі. — Sashka

    ruУ тебя на воротнике пятно. — Wezzel

    deDu hast einen Fleck am Kragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. This ink stain will not wash out.

    Ця пляма від чорнила не сходить. — aandrusiak

    ruПятно от чернил не отмоется. — Hellerick

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  5. Tom's house has one stained glass window.

    У будинку Тома є один вітраж. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
discoloured spot or area:
Русский
By meaning 3
discoloured spot or area:
blemish on one's character or reputation:
substance used to soak into a surface and colour it:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
discoloured spot or area:
blemish on one's character or reputation:
substance used to soak into a surface and colour it:

Origin

From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin

From Middle English steinen, steynen (“to stain, colour, paint”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse steina (“to stain, colour, paint”), from steinn (“stone, mineral blue, colour, stain”), from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”). Cognate with Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone.

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Forms

plural: stains
Singularstain
Pluralstains

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

34 related words
Derivedantistainbestainbloodstainblue staincockstaincrapstaincumstaincuntstaindickstainfuckstaingreen staingreen-stainhypostainimmunostaininkstainmilkstainmudstainoncostainpet stainphosphostainport-wine stainpukestainring stainsap stain

Collocations

7 patterns
  • this ink stain
  • ink stain
  • stains will come
  • a stain on
  • blood stains
  • has a stain
  • was stained with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stagnantstagnatestagnationstainlessstairA2staircase
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