mines

See also: mineš and minés

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪnz/
• Rhymes: -aɪnz

Etymology 1

Noun

mines

1. plural of mine

Verb

mines

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mine

Etymology 2

Variation of mine, formed with the final -s of the other possessive pronouns: ours, yours, theirs, etc.

Pronoun

mines

1. (nonstandard, proscribed, informal) Alternative form of mine (“belonging to me”).

Anagrams

• minse, miens, Nîmes, Meins

Asturian

Noun

mines

1. plural of mina

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmi.nes]

Noun

mines

1. plural of mina

Etymology 2

Verb

mines

1. second-person singular present indicative of minar

Danish

Noun

mines c

1. indefinite genitive singular of mine

Franco-Provençal

Pronoun

mines

1. feminine plural of min

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: mine, minent

Noun

mines f

1. plural of mine

Anagrams

• miens

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪ.neːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.nes]

Verb

minēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of minō

References

• “mines”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.nes/

Determiner

mīnes

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of mīn

Old High German

Determiner

mīnes

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of mīn

Portuguese

Verb

mines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of minar

Scots

Pronoun

mines

1. mine

See also

Scots personal pronouns

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive
first person	singular		A, I, Ik	me	mysel	mine, mines	mine, my
	plural		we	us, we	oorsel, oorsels	oors	our
second person	singular	standard (formal)	ye you, yow	ye you, yow	yersel yoursel	yers yours	yer your
		Insular (informal)	thoo	thee	thysel, theesel	thines	thy, thee, thees
	plural		ye, yese you, youse	ye, yese you, youse theer	yesels yoursels	yers yours	yer your
third person	singular	masculine	he, e	him, im	himsel, hissel	his, is	his, is
		feminine	scho, she, shu	her, er	hersel	hers	her, er
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itsel hitsel	its hits	its hits
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	ane	ane	–	–	ane's
	plural		thay	thaim	thaimsel, thaimsels	thairs	thair

References

• “mines, possess. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “mine, poss. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmines/ [ˈmi.nes]
• Rhymes: -ines
• Syllabification: mi‧nes

Verb

mines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of minar

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minəs/

Pronoun

mines

1. possessive of ik