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rain.

a raised border on a field or forest that serves as a boundary

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁɛ̃/
  1. a raised border on a field or forest that serves as a boundary

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French rain, from Old Dutch *rein, *rēn, from Proto-West Germanic *rain (“raised land, baulk, ridge”), from Proto-Germanic *rainaz, *rainō (“baulk, ridge”). Cognate with Dutch reen, rein, German Rain, English rean.

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