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zin

See also: zîn and zin-

English

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white zin

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Clipping of zinfandel.

Noun

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zin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)

  1. (informal) Zinfandel wine.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zɪn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

Noun

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zin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)

  1. meaning, significance
    Synonym: betekenis
    Wat is de zin van het leven?
    What is the meaning of life?
  2. point, the purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful
    Dat heeft geen zin.
    There's no point.
  3. (grammar) sentence, phrase
    Synonym: frase
  4. sense (means of perceiving reality)
    Synonym: zintuig
  5. sense, comprehension
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. desire, appetite; intention
    Synonyms: lust, trek, goesting
    Ik heb zin om iets te doen. ― I feel like doing something.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: sin
  • Negerhollands: sin

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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zin

  1. inflection of zinnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Verb

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zin

  1. alternative form of verb form zina

Matal

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ʒín] [1]

Verb

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zin

  1. (intransitive) to smell

References

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  1. ^ Rossing, Melvin Olaf (1978) “zin”, in Mafa-Mada: A Comparative Study of Chadic Languages in North Cameroun, Ann Arbor, Michigan: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, page 49

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French juin.

Noun

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zin

  1. June

Middle Dutch

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Noun

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zin

  1. Alternative spelling of sin

Yola

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Etymology

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From Middle English sonne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (compare West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zin (plural zins)

  1. sun
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:
      Ha deight ouse var gabble, tell ee zin go t'glade.
      You have put us in talk, 'till the sun goes to set.
    • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 14-15:
      till ee zin o'oure daies be var aye be ee-go t'glade.
      until the sun of our lives be gone down the dark valley (of death).

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References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 81
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