loins

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔɪnz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪnz

Noun

loins

1. plural of loin

Noun

loins pl (plural only)

1. (biblical, euphemistic) The pubic region.
   1. The reproductive organs.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 8:19, column 1:

        Neuertheleſſe, thou ſhalt not build the houſe, but thy ſonne that ſhall come foorth out of thy loynes, hee ſhall build the house vnto my Name.

Derived terms

Terms derived from loins

• fruit of one's loins
• gird one's loins, gird up one's loins

Related terms

• lumb-, lumbo-
• lumbago
• lumbar
• lumbosacral

Translations

the lower abdomen, groin and genitalia

• Arabic: صُلْب (ṣulb), حَقْو (ḥaqw), قَطَن (qaṭan)
• Dutch: lenden (nl) f pl (archaic also lendenen) pl, schaamstreek (nl) f
• French: lombes (fr) m pl, reins (fr) m pl
• German: Leistenbereich m
• Ingrian: sivut
• Italian: reni (it)
• Russian: поясни́ца (ru) f (pojasníca), чре́сла (ru) n pl (črésla)
• Spanish: entrañas (es) f pl (i.e. womb, guts, non-sexual), vergüenzas (es) f pl (sexual, euphemistic)
• Welsh: llwyn (cy) m or f
• Yiddish: לענדן f pl (lendn)

Anagrams

• Lions, Solin, linos, lions, losin', noils