mine
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish min, Swedish min, Icelandic mín.
PronounEdit
mine
- My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
- Used predicatively.
- The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
- Used substantively, with an implied noun.
- Mine has been a long journey.
- Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
- Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
- (archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
- a. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1:
- […] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]
- a. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1:
- (archaic) Used attributively before a vowel.
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
- Used predicatively.
Usage notesEdit
- My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases, as may be seen in most of the usage examples and quotations above. In this respect, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns (e.g. your vs. yours), as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone.
- Historically, my came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above.
TranslationsEdit
that which belongs to me
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See alsoEdit
English personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Type | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive adjective | Possessive pronoun |
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| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my, mine (archaic) |
mine |
| Second | — | you | you | yourself | your | yours, yourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Archaic | thou | thee | thyself, theeself |
thy, thine |
thine | ||
| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself, hisself (archaic) |
his | his, hisn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers, hern (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Neuter | it | itself | its | its | |||
| Indefinite | one | oneself | one's | — | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours, ourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) |
you | yourselves | your | yours, yourn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs, theirn (obsolete outside dialects) |
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Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore, metal”).
NounEdit
mine (plural mines)
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
- Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
- The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from mine (noun)
TranslationsEdit
place from which ore is extracted
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tunnel packed with explosives
exploding device
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VerbEdit
mine (third-person singular simple present mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined)
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- Ure
- Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.
- Ure
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- the mining cony
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- Hayward
- They mined the walls.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers […] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.
- Hayward
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
remove from the ground
sow mines in
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damage with a mine
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Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
mine (plural mines)
- Alternative form of mien
StatisticsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AromanianEdit
Crimean GothicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *mēnô.
NounEdit
mine
- moon
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- Mine. Luna.
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mine c (singular definite minen, plural indefinite miner)
InflectionEdit
Inflection of mine
PronounEdit
mine
- (possessive) Plural form of min
See alsoEdit
Danish personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Inflection | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Reflexive | Reflexive possessive |
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| Singular | First | common | jeg | mig | min | ||
| neuter | mit | ||||||
| plural | mine | ||||||
| Second | common | du | dig | din | |||
| neuter | dit | ||||||
| plural | dine | ||||||
| formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | masculine | han | ham | hans | sig | sin | |
| feminine | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
| common | den | den | dens | ||||
| neuter | det | det | dets | sit | |||
| plural | sine | ||||||
| Plural | First | — | vi | os | vores | ||
| common | vor | ||||||
| neuter | vort | ||||||
| plural | vore | ||||||
| Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
| formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
| Third | – | de | dem | deres | sig | ||
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin *mina, French *meina.
NounEdit
mine f (plural mines)
- mine (excavation or explosive)
- pencil lead
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowing from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”).
NounEdit
mine f (plural mines)
- appearance, physical aspect; expression
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From miner
VerbEdit
mine
- first-person singular present indicative of miner
- third-person singular present indicative of miner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miner
- second-person singular imperative of miner
AnagramsEdit
External linksEdit
- “mine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mine
NounEdit
mine f
MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| mine | mhine | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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ItalianEdit
JapaneseEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine
NounEdit
mine f, m (definite singular mina or minen, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)
- a mine (excavation or explosive)
Derived termsEdit
DeterminerEdit
mine
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mine f (definite singular mina, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)
- a mine (excavation or explosive)
Derived termsEdit
DeterminerEdit
mine
ReferencesEdit
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
mine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of minar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of minar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of minar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of minar
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ine
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin mē, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root mēne, or through analogy with cine, from *quene, from quem. It also possibly acquired this ending through adopting the common Latin accusative inflection -inem. Compare tine, sine. Compare also Aromanian mini, Dalmatian main.
PronounEdit
mine (stressed accusative form of eu)
- (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") me
Related termsEdit
- mă (unstressed form)
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
mine
ScotsEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
mine