nin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nin"

Translingual

Symbol

nin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ninzo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ninzo terms

English

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

Synonyms

• nan, nana, nanna

Anagrams

• INN, NNI, inn

Abinomn

Noun

nin

1. food

Alemannic German

cardinal number

9	Previous:	acht
	Next:	zää

Alternative forms

• nine, nüün

Etymology

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Numeral

nin

1. (Alsatian) nine

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñin (conjunction)
• ñi (interjection)
• ninu (interjection)
• ne (interjection)
• nen (interjection)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: nin

Conjunction

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 219:

     Nin en Viernes, nin en Martes
     cases les fies ni múes les vaques.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Interjection

nin

1. interjection, usually friendly, used at the end of a phrase when speaking usually to children

   Yá pues comer, nin

   You can eat now, kid

   ¿Que quies pa Navidá, nin?

   What do you want for Christmas, kid?

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “nin”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “nin”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• ning

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/ [n̪in̪]

Preposition

nin (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (formal) of (mostly for locations and occasions)

   Aldaw nin Pagkamuot

   Valentine's Day (Day of Love)

   Aldaw nin Kamahalan

   Easter (Day of Adoration)

2. (Naga) of (expressing possession)

   Nagkakan nin sira an ikos.

   The cat ate a fish.

3. (Naga) indirect marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names

   Nagkakan sana kami nin pamahawan.

   We just ate breakfast.

Synonyms

• ki

See also

• kan
• kay

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnin]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina, feminine plural nines)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of nen

Further reading

• “nin”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nin”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nin” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nin” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: nin

Pronoun

nin

1. accusative of ni

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi3	ilin iŝin3	ilia iŝia3
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ The second person familiar pronouns are archaic.

² The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

³ The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor, and not”). Akin to Portuguese nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniŋ/ [ˈnĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Hyphenation: nin

Conjunction

nin

1. nor
2. neither

Derived terms

• nin que

Adverb

nin

1. not even

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “nin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Adverb

nin

1. in

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Japanese

Romanization

nin

1. Rōmaji transcription of にん

Mandarin

Romanization

nin

1. nonstandard spelling of nín
2. nonstandard spelling of nǐn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Numeral

nin

1. alternative form of nyne

Quechua

Verb

nin

1. third-person singular present indicative of niy

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *nVm- (“man”). Cognates include Oromo nama and Afar numu.

Noun

nin m (plural niman)

1. man

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: nin

Conjunction

nin

1. obsolete form of ni

Further reading

• “nin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Sumerian

Romanization

nin

1. romanization of 𒎏 (nin)

Volapük

Noun

nin (nominative plural nins)

1. contents

Declension

Declension of nin

	singular	plural
nominative	nin	nins
genitive	nina	ninas
dative	nine	nines
accusative	nini	ninis
vocative 1	o nin!	o nins!
predicative 2	ninu	ninus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only