Almain

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Germany.

Noun

• A German.
• A kind of dance. See allemande.

Adjective

• German.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman Allemaine, Almaine et al., Old French Alemaigne, from Late Latin Alamannia ("territory of the Alamanni tribe"), from Alemanni, of Germanic origin probably corresponding to all + men. Compare Alemannic.
• Cognates include Breton Alaman ("Germany"), French allemand (and hence Asturian alemán, Galician alemán, Spanish alemán), Catalan alemany, Portuguese alemão, and Welsh Almaen ("Germany"), as well as Northern Kurdish almanî and Persian آلمانی, Arabic أَلْمَانِيّ, Basque aleman, and Turkish Alman ("a German").