tin
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
- enPR: tĭn, IPA(key): /tɪn/, [tʰɪn]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
- Homophones: thin (with th-stopping), ten (with pin-pen merger)
NounEdit
tin (countable and uncountable, plural tins)
- (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
- (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.
- (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
- muffin tin
- roasting tin
- baking tin
- (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
- (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
- 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby
- (slang, uncountable) computer hardware.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- alpha tin
- beta tin
- black tin
- gray tin, grey tin
- indium tin oxide
- lead-tin
- organotin
- tetraethyl tin, tetraethyltin
- tetraphenyl tin, tetraphenyltin
- tin bath
- tin can
- tin chloride
- tin cry
- tin dichloride
- tin dioxide
- tin disease
- tin foil
- tinless
- tin Lizzie
- tin man
- tinnie
- tinny
- tin oxide
- tin pentachloride
- tin pest
- tin protochloride
- tin salt
- tin snips
- tin tabernacle
- tin tetrachloride
- tin tetraethyl
- tin tetraphenyl
- tin-plate
- tin-plated
- tin-white cobalt
- tributyl tin, tributyltin
- trimethyl tin, trimethyltin
- (do) what it says on the tin
- white tin
TranslationsEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
tin (not comparable)
- Made of tin.
- 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.
- 1939, George Orwell, "Coming up for Air", London: Victor Gollancz.
SynonymsEdit
- tinnen (obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
tin (third-person singular simple present tins, present participle tinning, simple past and past participle tinned)
- (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
- (transitive) To cover with tin.
- (transitive) To coat with solder
- To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
- 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 | |
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Sn | |
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NounEdit
tin (uncountable)
Atong (India)Edit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin (Bengali script তিন)
ReferencesEdit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
AzerbaijaniEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinlər)
- corner (the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point)
- intersection
- Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) çaharrah
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tin | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | tin |
tinlər | ||||||
definite accusative | tini |
tinləri | ||||||
dative | tinə |
tinlərə | ||||||
locative | tində |
tinlərdə | ||||||
ablative | tindən |
tinlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | tinin |
tinlərin |
DanishEdit
NounEdit
tin
- tin (Sn)
DutchEdit
Chemical element | |
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Sn | |
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch tin, ten, from Old Dutch *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin n (uncountable)
- tin (metal, metallic element)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)
- tin (chemical element)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tin (singular only) | ||
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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)
- a wooden support, often used on watercraft
Etymology 2Edit
InterjectionEdit
tin
- (Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens
Further readingEdit
- “tin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
IbanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin
IcelandicEdit
Chemical element | |
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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)
- tin (chemical element)
DeclensionEdit
IndonesianEdit
PronunciationEdit
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)
- tin, an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Arabic تِين (tīn, “fig”).
NounEdit
tin (first-person possessive tinku, second-person possessive tinmu, third-person possessive tinnya)
- fig, a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
Further readingEdit
- “tin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
LatvianEdit
VerbEdit
tin
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of tīt
- 3rd person singular present indicative form of tīt
- 3rd person plural present indicative form of tīt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of tīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of tīt
- (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of tīt
MalteseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
DeterminerEdit
tin (subjective pronoun þou)
- (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thy”)
PronounEdit
tin (subjective þou)
- (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin (“thine”)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tin
- Alternative form of tyn
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EtymologyEdit
From the root -TIN (“to freeze”), from Proto-Athabaskan *tən (“ice, frost”).
Cognates:
- Apachean: Western Apache tįh, Chiricahua tį’, Lipan kįh
- Others: Hupa -tiŋ, Galice tʰɐn, Chilcotin tə̀n, Slavey tę̀, -téné’, Dogrib tǫ́, Dene Sųłiné tə̀n, Sarcee nistiní, Chipewyan tvn, Beaver istv́ni, Carrier tvn, Sekani tə̀n, Hän tán, Ahtna ten, Dena’ina tən.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin
NooneEdit
NumeralEdit
tin
ReferencesEdit
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
North FrisianEdit
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Cardinal : tin | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian tiān. Compare West Frisian tsien, Sylt North Frisian tiin.
NumeralEdit
tin
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
tìn n (definite singular tìnet)
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin n
DeclensionEdit
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | tin | — |
accusative | tin | — |
genitive | tines | — |
dative | tine | — |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *tiną.
NounEdit
tin n
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
PicardEdit
PronounEdit
tin m
RohingyaEdit
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tin | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).
NumeralEdit
tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕)
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
tin
SumerianEdit
RomanizationEdit
tin
- Romanization of 𒁷 (tin)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
tin
- (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
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [tin˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [tin˦]
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Tai *tiːnᴬ (“foot”).
NounEdit
tin (𬦿)
Etymology 2Edit
From Vietnamese tin.
NounEdit
tin (信)
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
tin
Derived termsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰃𐰤 (tïn, “spirit, breathe”).
NounEdit
tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||
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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
NounEdit
- 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)
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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
- 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.