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tin

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

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EnglishEdit

Chemical element
Sn Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimony (Sb)
 
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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną, of unknown origin. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Tin (“tin”), Dutch tin (“tin”), German Low German Tinn (“tin”), German Zinn (“tin”), Danish tin (“tin”), Swedish tenn (“tin”), Icelandic tin (“tin”).

PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: tĭn, IPA(key): /tɪn/, [tʰɪn]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪn

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, Britain, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
  3. (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
    muffin tin
    roasting tin
  4. (countable, squash (sport)) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
  5. (slang, dated, uncountable) money
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaconsfield to this entry?)
  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

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VerbEdit

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

  1. (transitive) To place into a tin in order to preserve.
  2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
  3. (transitive) To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

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See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

Chemical element
Sn Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimoon (Sb)

NounEdit

tin (uncountable)

  1. tin

Atong (India)Edit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin

  1. corrugated iron

DanishEdit

NounEdit

tin

  1. tin (Sn)

DutchEdit

Chemical element
Sn Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimoon (Sb)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n (uncountable)

  1. tin

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

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n

  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

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

NounEdit

tin m (collective plural)

  1. figs

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old English þīn.

DeterminerEdit

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

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

PronounEdit

tin (subjective þou)

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

ReferencesEdit

Etymology 2Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin (uncountable)

  1. tin (metal)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit

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

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tin n

  1. tin

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tin
Case Singular Plural
nominative tin
accusative tin
genitive tines
dative tine

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle English: tin

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

  1. three

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Dutch tien.

NumberEdit

tin

  1. ten

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”.

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tin

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

NounEdit

tin

  1. news
    Synonym: tin tức
    tin nóng
    hot news
    tin buồn
    sad news
    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

NounEdit

tin f (plural tinau)

  1. (vulgar) The rump, the arse.

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.
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