EuroLex/F/Basin


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: bassin - 1. basin, 2. pond, 3. swimming pool, 4. dock, harbour and 5. bowl

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: ME bacin, from O.Fr. bacin, from V.L. *baccinum, from L. bacca "water vessel", perhaps originally Gaulish

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