nin

See also nín, and nǐn

English

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Celtic [[nana#Template:cel|nana]] (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpudlian) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

Synonyms

• nan, nana, nanna

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• nine

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nin/

Cardinal numeral

nin

1. (Alsatian) nine

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñin (conjunction)

Conjunction

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either

Interjection

nin

1. right? (used as a kind of tag question)

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• nen

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ninus.

Noun

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)

1. (dialectal) boy, male child

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Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

Pronoun

nin

1. accusative of ni

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Galician

Adverb

nin

1. nor
2. even

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Japanese

Romanization

nin

1. See にん

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Lojban

Rafsi

nin

1. rafsi of cnino.

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Mandarin

Romanization

nin

1. Nonstandard spelling of nín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǐn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Volapük

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. contents

Declension

declension of nin

	singular	plural
nominative	nin	nins
genitive	nina	ninas
dative	nine	nines
accusative	nini	ninis
predicative	ninu	ninus
vocative	o nin!	o nins!