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Line 4: ===Alternative forms=== * {{alter\|en\|wayn\|\|obsolete}} ~~===Etymology===~~ From {{inh\|en\|enm\|-}}, borrowed from {{bor\|en\|fro\|vain}}, from {{der\|en\|la\|vānus\|\|empty}}▼ {{root\|en\|ine-pro\|h₁weh₂-}}▼ ===Pronunciation=== {{enPR\|vān}}, {{IPA\|en\|/veɪn/}} * {{audio\|en\|en-us-vain.ogg\|~~Audio (~~a=US)}} * {{homophones\|en\|vane\|vein}} * {{rhymes\|en\|eɪn\|s=1}} ===~~Adjective~~Etymology 1=== ▲From {{inh\|en\|enm\|-veyn}}, ~~borrowed~~ from {{~~bor~~der\|en\|fro\|vain}}, from {{der\|en\|la\|vānus\|\|empty}}. ▲{{root\|en\|ine-pro\|h₁weh₂-}} ====Adjective==== {{en-adj\|er\|more}} # [[overly\|Overly]] [[proud]] of oneself, [[especially]] [[concerning]] [[appearance]]; having a [[high]] [[opinion]] of one's own ~~accomplishments~~[[accomplishment]]s with [[slight]] [[reason]]. # ~~'''1959''',~~ {{wquote-text\|en\|year=1959\|author=w:Leo Rosten~~}}, ''~~\|title=The return of HYMAN KAPLAN'' ~~#:~~ \|passage=Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is '''vain'''; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.}} # Having no [[real]] [[substance]], [[value]], or [[importance]]; [[empty]]; [[void]]; [[worthless]]; [[unsatisfying]]. #* {{RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona\|act=III\|scene=i\|passage=I will not hear thy '''vain''' excuse}} #* {{RQ:~~KJV~~King James Version\|Ephesians\|5\|6\|passage=Let no man deceive you with '''vain''' words.}} #* {{RQ:Milton PLParadise Lost\|book=2II\|passage='''Vain''' wisdom all, and false philosophy.\|year=1873}}▼ ~~#: Let no man deceive you with '''vain''' words.~~ ▲# {{RQ:Milton PL\|book=2\|passage='''Vain''' wisdom all, and false philosophy.}} # Effecting no purpose; pointless, [[futile]]. #: {{ux\|en\|'''vain''' toil&emsp;&emsp;&emsp; a '''vain''' attempt}} #* {{RQ:Dryden Aeneis\|passage='''Vain''' is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.}} #* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam\|XXX\|48\|At our old pastimes in the hall<br>⁠We gambol’d, making '''vain''' pretence<br>⁠Of gladness, with an awful sense<br>Of one mute Shadow watching all.}} ~~#: '''Vain''' is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.~~ # {{RQ:Travers Cuckoo in the Nest\|chapter=6\|passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' '''vain''' remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}▼ ~~#* {{quote-book\|en\|year=1922\|author={{w\|Ben Travers}}~~ # [[showy\|Showy]]; [[ostentatious]].▼ ~~\|chapter=6\|title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1521052W A Cuckoo in the Nest]~~ #* {{RQ:Pope Works\|volume=II\|title=Epistle 4\|lines=25–30\|page=40\|passage=Yet ſhall (my Lord) your juſt, your noble Rules / Fill half the land with imitating Fools: / VVho random dravvings from your ſheets ſhall take, / And of one beauty many blunders make; / Load ſome '''vain''' Church with old Theatric State, / Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate, {{...}}}} ▲\|passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' '''vain''' remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}} ▲# Showy; ostentatious. ~~#* {{RQ:Pope Burlington\|Load some '''vain''' church with old theatric state.}}~~ =====Synonyms===== * {{sense\|overly proud of oneself}} {{l\|en\|conceited}}; [[puffed up]]; [[inflated]] * {{sense\|pointless}} {{l\|en\|pointless}}, {{l\|en\|futile}}, {{l\|en\|fruitless}}, {{l\|en\|ineffectual}} Line 43 ⟶ 40: * See also [[Thesaurus:futile]] =====Derived terms===== * {{l\|en\|in vain}} {{l\|en\|Richard of York gave battle in vain}} {{l\|en\|take someone's name in vain}} * {{l\|en\|vainness}} * {{l\|en\|vainly}} =====Related terms===== * {{l\|en\|vanity}} =====Translations===== {{trans-top\|overly proud of one's appearance}} * Armenian: {{t+\|hy\|սնապարծ}} * Azerbaijani: {{t\|az\|şöhrətpərəst}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|суетен}}, {{t+\|bg\|тщеславен}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|vanitós}} * Danish: {{t\|da\|forfængelig}} * Dutch: {{t+\|nl\|ijdel}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|turhamainen}} * French: [[vaniteux]]. * Galician: {{t+\|gl\|vaidoso\|m}} * Georgian: {{t\|ka\|ფუქსავატი}}, {{t\|ka\|თავმომწონე}}, {{t\|ka\|პატივმოყვარე}} * German: {{t+\|de\|eitel}} Line 64 ⟶ 66: * Hebrew: {{t\|he\|גאוותן\|tr=ga'avtán}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|hiú}}, {{t+\|hu\|öntelt}}, {{t+\|hu\|önelégült}}, {{t+\|hu\|beképzelt}} * ~~Irish~~Ido: {{t+\|gaio\|~~arduallach~~vanitatoza}} * Irish: {{t\|ga\|arduallach}}, {{t\|ga\|mustrach}}, {{t\|ga\|díomasach}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Italian: {{t+\|it\|vanitoso}}, {{t+\|it\|vanesio}} * Kabuverdianu: {{t\|kea\|janóta}}, {{t\|kea\|bazófu}}, {{t\|kea\|bazofe}}, {{t\|kea\|intxide}} * Ladin: {{t\|lld\|sabe}} * Maori: {{t\|mi\|whakapehapeha}}, {{t\|mi\|whakahīhī}} * Persian: {{t\|fa\|ایفده\|tr=ifode~~\|sc=fa-Arab~~}} * Polish: {{t+\|pl\|próżny}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|vaidoso\|m}}, {{t+\|pt\|vão}} Line 82 ⟶ 85: {{trans-top\|based on very little substance}} * Armenian: {{t+\|hy\|դատարկ}} * Azerbaijani: {{t\|az\|puç}}, {{t+\|az\|boş}}, {{t\|az\|əbəs}}, {{t+\|az\|nahaq}}, {{t\|az\|bihudə}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|празен}}, {{t+\|bg\|безсъдържателен}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|va}} * Danish: {{t\|da\|overfladisk}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|turha}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|frivole}} * Georgian: {{t\|ka\|ცარიელი}}, {{t\|ka\|ამაო }}, {{t\|ka\|ფუჭი}} * Hindi: {{t+\|hi\|तुच्छ}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|alaptalan}}, {{t+\|hu\|üres}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Norwegian: {{t+\|no\|overfladisk}} * Portuguese: {{t+\|pt\|vazio}} Line 98 ⟶ 103: {{trans-top\|pointless, futile}} * Armenian: {{t+\|hy\|ունայն}} * Azerbaijani: {{t+\|az\|nahaq}}, {{t\|az\|əbəs}}, {{t+\|az\|boş}}, {{t\|az\|puç}}, {{t\|az\|bihudə}} * Bulgarian: {{t+\|bg\|напразен}}, {{t+\|bg\|безполезен}} * Catalan: {{t+\|ca\|va}} * Czech: {{t+\|cs\|marný\|m}} * Danish: {{t\|da\|forgæves}} * Dutch: {{t+\|nl\|nutteloos}}, {{t+\|nl\|tevergeefs}} * Esperanto: {{t+\|eo\|vana}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|turha}}, {{t+\|fi\|tyhjä}}, {{t+\|fi\|hyödytön}} * French: {{t+\|fr\|vain}}, {{t+\|fr\|futile}} Line 110 ⟶ 118: : Ancient: {{t\|grc\|ἀποφώλιος}}, {{t\|grc\|μάταιος}}, {{t\|grc\|τηΰσιος}} {{t\|grc\|ψαινύθιος}} Hebrew: {{t\|he\|חסר תועלת\|tr=khasár to'élet}} * Hindi: {{t+\|hi\|व्यर्थ}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|hiábavaló}}, {{t+\|hu\|céltalan}}, {{t+\|hu\|hiú}}, {{t+\|hu\|felesleges}} * Irish: {{t\|ga\|in aisce}}, {{t\|ga\|amú}} : Old Irish: {{t\|sga\|madae}}, {{t\|sga\|madach}} Italian: {{t+\|it\|vano}} * Latin: {{t\|la\|vānus}}, {{t\|la\|cassus}} * Norwegian: : Bokmål: {{t\|nb\|forgjeves}} Line 121 ⟶ 130: Russian: {{t+\|ru\|тще́тный}}, {{t+\|ru\|напра́сный}}, {{t+\|ru\|су́етный}} * Scottish Gaelic: {{t\|gd\|faoin}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|vano\|m}}, {{t+\|es\|vacuo\|m}} * Swedish: {{t+\|sv\|fåfäng}} * Welsh: {{t+\|cy\|gwag}}, {{t+\|cy\|ofer}} {{trans-bottom}} ===~~=Further~~Etymology ~~reading=~~2=== A converstion of the adjectival form of vain. The only use of this verb in English appears c. 1628 in the writings of {{w\|Owen Felltham}}. ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # {{lb\|en\|transitive\|rare\|dated\|obsolete}} To [[frustrate]]. {{rfquote-sense\|en}} =====Further reading===== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} * {{R:OneLook}} ===Anagrams=== * {{anagrams\|en\|a=ainv\|Vani\|Viña\|Vina\|Vian\|'avin'\|Ivan\|Na'vi\|~~Vani~~ivan\|~~Vina\|Viña~~vani\|vina}} {{C\|en\|Personality}} ~~----~~ ==Dalmatian== ===Alternative forms=== * {{lalt\|dlm\|ven}} ===Etymology=== Line 153 ⟶ 171: [[Category:dlm:Grapevines]] [[Category:dlm:Wine]] ~~----~~ ==Finnish== Line 162 ⟶ 178: ===Etymology=== Probably an old instructive plural of the stem {{m\|fi\|vajaa\|vaja-}} ({{m\|fi\|\|vajin}}). Cognate with {{cog\|et\|vaid}}. ===Pronunciation=== Line 171 ⟶ 187: # [[only]], [[merely]], [[exclusively]], [[solely]], [[just]] #: {{ux\|fi\|Olen '''vain''' ihminen.\|I am '''just/only''' a human.}} #: {{ux\|fi\|Paita maksoi '''vain''' kaksi euroa.\|The shirt cost '''just/only''' two euros.}} # [[ever]] {{gloss\|when used with an interrogative pronoun}} ~~#: {{m\|fi\|mikä vain}}, {{m\|fi\|milloin vain\|\|whenever}}~~ #: {{syn\|fi\|tahansa}} #: {{coi\|fi\|mikä '''vain'''\|what'''ever'''}} #: {{coi\|fi\|milloin '''vain'''\|when'''ever'''}} # {{n-g\|An emphatic word used with the negative verb and {{m\|fi\|-ko\|-kö}}.}} #: {{ux\|fi\|Kävit siellä, etkö '''vain'''?\|You went there, didn't you?}} #: {{ux\|fi\|Tämä on se, eikö '''vain'''?\|This is it, right?}} # {{lb\|fi\|with a verb in imperative}} [[go ahead]], [[be my guest]] {{q\|in positive}}; [[definitely]] {{q\|in negative}} #: {{syn\|fi\|sen kuin\|sen kun\|ihmeessä}}▼ #: {{ux\|fi\|"Saanko syödä viimeisen suklaapalan?" "Syö '''vain'''."\|"May I eat the last piece of chocolate?" "'''Go ahead''' (and eat it)."}} #: {{ux\|fi\|Älä '''vain''' oleta minun syöneen viimeistä kakkupalaa.\|'''Definitely''' don't assume I ate the last slice of cake.}} ▲#: {{syn\|fi\|sen kuin\|sen kun}} ====Derived terms==== {{l\|fi\|kuka vain}} * {{l\|fi\|mikä vain}} ===Further reading=== * {{R:KTSK\|accessdate=2023-07-04}} ===Anagrams=== * {{anagrams\|fi\|a=ainv\|inva-\|ivan\|niva\|vian}} ~~----~~ ==French== ===Etymology=== ~~From~~ {{inh+\|fr\|fro\|vain}}, from {{inh\|fr\|la\|vānus}}, from {{der\|fr\|ine-pro\|h₁weh₂-\|\|empty}}. ===Pronunciation=== {{audio\|fr\|Fr-vain.ogg\|audio}}▼ * {{fr-IPA}} ▲* {{audio\|fr\|Fr-vain.ogg~~\|audio~~}} * {{hmp\|fr\|vainc\|vaincs\|vains\|vin\|vingt\|vingts\|vins\|vint\|vînt}} Line 204 ⟶ 225: # [[useless]], [[ineffective]], [[fruitless]] #: {{synsee\|fr\|inutile}} # ~~[[#English~~{{l\|en\|vain]]}}, [[shallow]] #: {{syn\|fr\|frivole}} ====~~Synonyms~~Derived terms==== * {{l\|fr\|~~inutile~~en vain}} ====Related terms==== Line 214 ⟶ 237: ===Further reading=== * {{R:fr:TLFi}} {{C\|fr\|Personality}} ~~----~~ ==Norman==