tin
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Middle English tin, from Old English 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, Britain, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
- a tin of baked beans
- empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
- (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
- muffin tin
- roasting tin
- baking tin
- (countable, squash (sport)) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
- (slang, dated, uncountable) money
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaconsfield to this entry?)
- (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
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
Derived termsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
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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
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: çaharrah (South Azerbaijani)
DeclensionEdit
DanishEdit
NounEdit
tin
- tin (Sn)
DutchEdit
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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
- Afrikaans: tin
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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin n
- 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 (plural, 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”), from Proto-Semitic *tiʾin-.
NounEdit
tin (plural, 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik 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
tin m (collective, singulative tina, plural tiniet)
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
From Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tin (uncountable)
- tin (metal)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “tin, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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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)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by tinn
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
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Cardinal : tin | ||
Alternative formsEdit
- 𐴃𐴞𐴕 (tin) - Hanifi Rohingya script
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”)
NumeralEdit
tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕)
Sranan TongoEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumberEdit
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
VietnameseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 信 (SV: tín).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
NounEdit
- 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
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 |
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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