tin

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

enPR: tĭn, IPA^(key): /tɪn/, [tʰɪn]
Rhymes: -ɪn
Homophones: thin (with th-stopping), ten (with pin-pen merger)

Noun

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, British, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
(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.
(slang, uncountable) computer hardware.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

tin (not comparable)

Made of tin.
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

Synonyms

tinnen (obsolete)

Derived terms

tin tabernacle
tin bath

Translations

Verb

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
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 terms

bronze
(to preserve): can, bottle
(to prepare for soldering): wet, flux

Derived terms

pre-tin
tinned dog

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

INT, ITN, i'n't, in't, int, int., nit

Afrikaans

Noun

tin (uncountable)

Atong (India)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin (Bengali script তিন)

corrugated iron

References

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Declension

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِين (tīn).

Noun

tin m (collective)

figs

References

Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177

Danish

Noun

tin

tin (Sn)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪn/
Hyphenation: tin
Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

tin n (uncountable)

tin (metal, metallic element)

Derived terms

soldeertin
tinnen

Descendants

Afrikaans: tin
Negerhollands: den

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

tin (chemical element)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

Etymology 1

From Middle French tin, tind.

Noun

tin m (plural tins)

a wooden support, often used on watercraft

Etymology 2

Interjection

tin

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

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin

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

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɪːn/
Rhymes: -ɪːn

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, no plural)

tin (chemical element)

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtɪn]
Hyphenation: tin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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.
Synonyms: belek, kaleng

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Arabic تِين (tīn, “fig”).

Noun

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.

Latvian

Verb

tin

inflection of tīt:
1. second/third-person singular present indicative
2. third-person plural present indicative
3. second-person singular imperative
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of tīt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of tīt

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic تِين (tīn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiːn/

Noun

tin m (collective, singulative tina, plural tiniet)

fig, figs: (several fruits; fig as a mass or taste)
(humorous) buttocks
Synonyms: natka (natika), tebqa tas-sorm

Alternative form: tint

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

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

Pronoun

tin (subjective þou)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

tin

Alternative form of tyn

Navajo

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [txɪ̀n]

Noun

tin

ice, frost

Noone

Numeral

tin

five

References

R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

North Frisian

Etymology

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

Numeral

tin

(Föhr-Amrum) ten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tìn n (definite singular tìnet)

(pre-1938) alternative form of tinn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin n

Declension

Derived terms

tinen

Descendants

Middle English: tyn, tin, tyne, tynne
- English: tin
  - → Atong (India): tin
  - → Iban: tin
  - → Indonesian: tin
  - → Norman: tinne
  - Tok Pisin: tin
- Scots: tin

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Noun

tin n

Descendants

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

Verb

tin

to have
to possess
there are

Picard

Pronoun

tin m

your

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

Numeral

tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕)

three

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tien.

Numeral

tin

Sumerian

Romanization

tin

Romanization of 𒁷 (tin)

Swedish

Etymology

Syncopic form of tiden.

Noun

tin

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

Usage notes

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

Anagrams

int, nit

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [tin˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [tin˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *tiːnᴬ (“foot”).

Noun

tin (𬦿)

foot

Derived terms

tin fạ
tin khôn

Etymology 2

From Vietnamese tin.

Noun

tin (信)

news

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English tin.

Noun

tin

tin, can

Derived terms

tinpis

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/, [t̪ʰin̪]
Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)

(spiritualism) soul, spirit(rare, re-introduced in 1934 during the TDK’s language reform)
Synonyms: ruh, can
(philosophy) The essence or entity which some metaphysicists claim that the universe was created by or originated from

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic تين (tīn, “fig”)

(archaic) fig
Synonym: incir

Declension

Derived Terms

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨn˧˧]

Verb

tin • (信, 𪝮, 𠒷)

to believe or to trust
tin tưởng ― to believe in; to trust

cả tin ― gullible

Noun

tin • (信, 𪝮, 𠒷)

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”)

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːn/

Noun

tin f (plural tinau)

(vulgar, offensive) arse
Synonym: pen-ôl

Derived terms

tin dros ben (“arse over tit”)
tingoch (“redstart”)
tinboeth (“lecherous; arsesmart, water-pepper; redstart”)
tindroed (“grebe, arsefoot”)

Mutation

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tĩ̄/

Verb

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.

tin

tin

English

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Afrikaans

Noun

Atong (India)

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Noun

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Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Noun

References

Danish

Noun

Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Faroese

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Noun

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Interjection

Further reading

Iban

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Latvian

Verb

Maltese

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Noun

Middle English

Etymology 1