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tin

See also: тин, Tin, TIN, tín, țin, -tin, and tiⁿ

EnglishEdit

Chemical element
Sn
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin (countable and uncountable, plural tins)

  1. (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
  2. (New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Britain, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
    a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
    Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
    empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
    • 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
      When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
  3. (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
    muffin tin
    roasting tin
    baking tin
  4. (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
  5. (slang, dated, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
    • 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby
      The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know
    • 1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder (page 377)
      When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent
  6. (slang, uncountable) computer hardware.

SynonymsEdit

  • (airtight container): can (especially US), tin can

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from tin

TranslationsEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

tin (not comparable)

  1. Made of tin.
  2. Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
    • 1939, George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz.
      [I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

tin (third-person singular simple present tins, present participle tinning, simple past and past participle tinned)

  1. (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
  2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
  3. (transitive) To coat with solder
    1. To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
    2. To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire

Coordinate termsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • (money): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

Chemical element
Sn
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Next: antimoon (Sb)

NounEdit

tin (uncountable)

  1. tin

Atong (India)Edit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin (Bengali script তিন)

  1. corrugated iron

ReferencesEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinlər)

  1. corner (the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point)
  2. intersection
    Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) çaharrah

DeclensionEdit

    Declension of tin
singular plural
nominative tin
 tinlər
definite accusative tini
 tinləri
dative tinə
 tinlərə
locative tində
 tinlərdə
ablative tindən
 tinlərdən
definite genitive tinin
 tinlərin
    Possessive forms of tin
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tinim tinlərim
sənin (“your”) tinin tinlərin
onun (“his/her/its”) tini tinləri
bizim (“our”) tinimiz tinlərimiz
sizin (“your”) tininiz tinləriniz
onların (“their”) tini or tinləri tinləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tinimi tinlərimi
sənin (“your”) tinini tinlərini
onun (“his/her/its”) tinini tinlərini
bizim (“our”) tinimizi tinlərimizi
sizin (“your”) tininizi tinlərinizi
onların (“their”) tinini or tinlərini tinlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tinimə tinlərimə
sənin (“your”) tininə tinlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”) tininə tinlərinə
bizim (“our”) tinimizə tinlərimizə
sizin (“your”) tininizə tinlərinizə
onların (“their”) tininə or tinlərinə tinlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tinimdə tinlərimdə
sənin (“your”) tinində tinlərində
onun (“his/her/its”) tinində tinlərində
bizim (“our”) tinimizdə tinlərimizdə
sizin (“your”) tininizdə tinlərinizdə
onların (“their”) tinində or tinlərində tinlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tinimdən tinlərimdən
sənin (“your”) tinindən tinlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”) tinindən tinlərindən
bizim (“our”) tinimizdən tinlərimizdən
sizin (“your”) tininizdən tinlərinizdən
onların (“their”) tinindən or tinlərindən tinlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) tinimin tinlərimin
sənin (“your”) tininin tinlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”) tininin tinlərinin
bizim (“our”) tinimizin tinlərimizin
sizin (“your”) tininizin tinlərinizin
onların (“their”) tininin or tinlərinin tinlərinin

DanishEdit

NounEdit

tin

  1. tin (Sn)

DutchEdit

Chemical element
Sn
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Next: antimoon (Sb)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch tin, ten, from Old Dutch *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n (uncountable)

  1. tin (metal, metallic element)

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: tin
  • Negerhollands: den

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

  1. tin (chemical element)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tin (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative tin tinið
accusative tin tinið
dative tini tininum
genitive tins tinsins

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle French tin, tind.

NounEdit

tin m (plural tins)

  1. a wooden support, often used on watercraft

Etymology 2Edit

InterjectionEdit

tin

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens

Further readingEdit

IbanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English tin.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin

  1. tin
  2. can (an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.)

IcelandicEdit

 
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Chemical element
Sn
Previous: indín (In)
Next: antimon (Sb)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n (genitive singular tins, no plural)

  1. tin (chemical element)

DeclensionEdit

declension of tin
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative tin tinið
accusative tin tinið
dative tini tininu
genitive tins tinsins

IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɪn]
  • Hyphenation: tin

Etymology 1Edit

From English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

NounEdit

tin (first-person possessive tinku, second-person possessive tinmu, third-person possessive tinnya)

  1. tin, an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
    Synonyms: belek, kaleng
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Arabic تِين‎ (tīn, “fig”).

NounEdit

tin (first-person possessive tinku, second-person possessive tinmu, third-person possessive tinnya)

  1. fig, a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.

Further readingEdit

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

tin

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of tīt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of tīt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of tīt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of tīt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of tīt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of tīt

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic تِين‎ (tīn).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin m (collective, singulative tina, plural tiniet)

  1. fig, figs: (several fruits; fig as a mass or taste)

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

DeterminerEdit

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

  1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thy”)

PronounEdit

tin (subjective þou)

  1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thine”)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

tin

  1. Alternative form of tyn

NavajoEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From the root -TIN (“to freeze”), from Proto-Athabaskan *tən (“ice, frost”).

Cognates:

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin

  1. ice, frost

NooneEdit

NumeralEdit

tin

  1. five

ReferencesEdit

North FrisianEdit

North Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  >
    Cardinal : tin

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian tiān. Compare West Frisian tsien, Sylt North Frisian tiin.

NumeralEdit

tin

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) ten

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

tìn n (definite singular tìnet)

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of tinn

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n

  1. tin

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tin (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative tin —
accusative tin —
genitive tines —
dative tine —

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

NounEdit

tin n

  1. tin

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “tin”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

PapiamentuEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

VerbEdit

tin

  1. to have
  2. to possess
  3. there are

PicardEdit

PronounEdit

tin m

  1. your

RohingyaEdit

Rohingya cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  >
    Cardinal : tin

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

NumeralEdit

tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕)

  1. three

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Dutch tien.

NumeralEdit

tin

  1. ten

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

tin

  1. Romanization of 𒁷 (tin)

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Syncopic form of tiden.

NounEdit

tin

  1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of tiden, definite singular of tid.
    Han skriker hela tin! ― He's yelling all the time!

Usage notesEdit

”Tiden” is only pronounced this way in the expression ”hela tiden”.

AnagramsEdit

TàyEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Tai *tiːnᴬ (“foot”).

NounEdit

tin (𬦿)

  1. foot

Etymology 2Edit

From Vietnamese tin.

NounEdit

tin (信)

  1. news

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English tin.

NounEdit

tin

  1. tin, can

Derived termsEdit

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰃𐰤‎ (tïn, “spirit, breathe”).

NounEdit

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)

  1. soul (rare, re-introduced in 1934 during the TDK’s language reform)
    Synonym: ruh

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative tin
Definite accusative tini
Singular Plural
Nominative tin tinler
Definite accusative tini tinleri
Dative tine tinlere
Locative tinde tinlerde
Ablative tinden tinlerden
Genitive tinin tinlerin

Further readingEdit

  • tin in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 信 (SV: tín).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tin • (𪝮, 𠒷)

  1. to believe or to trust
    tin tưởng ― to believe in; to trust
    cả tin ― gullible

NounEdit

tin • (𪝮, 𠒷)

  1. news
    Synonym: tin tức
    tin nóng ― breaking news
    tin buồn ― sad news, especially about someone who's passed away
    tin dữ ― bad news
    tin mừng/vui ― good news
    đạo Tin Lành ― Protestantism (literally, “religion of good news; religion of the gospel; evangelical religion”)

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, see also English thigh, Scottish Gaelic tòin.

NounEdit

tin f (plural tinau)

  1. (vulgar, offensive) arse
    Synonym: pen-ôl

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tin din nhin thin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tin

  1. to be thin; to be skinny
    Synonyms: tín-ín-rín, pẹ́lẹ́ńgẹ́, tẹ́ẹ́rẹ́
    Bọ̀bọ́ yẹn tin lẹ́sẹ̀. ― That guy's legs are thin.
    Apá mi tin díẹ̀. ― My arms are a bit skinny.
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