bacin
Old French
Alternative forms
- bachin (northern)
Etymology
Probably of Gaulish origin. More at basin.
Noun
bacin m (oblique plural bacins, nominative singular bacins, nominative plural bacin)
- basin (container for liquids)
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
- En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
- They brought water in basins made of gold
- En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
- circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
Descendants
- French: bassin
- Norman: bachîn (Jersey)
- → Middle English: basin, bacin
- English: basin
- → Irish: báisín