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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Piame with n as a placeholder.

Symbol

pin

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

See also

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”).

Cognate with Dutch pin (“peg, pin”), Low German pin, pinne (“pin, point, nail, peg”), German Pinn, Pinne (“pin, tack, peg”), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (“sharpened point”), Danish pind (“pin, pointed stick”), Norwegian pinn (“stick”), Swedish pinne (“peg, rod, stick”), Icelandic pinni (“pin”). More at pintle.

No relation to classical Latin pinna (“fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather”), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna (“wing, feather”). More at feather and pen (Etymology 3).

Noun

pin (plural pins)

  1. A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
  2. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
  3. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
    Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
  5. (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
  6. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
  8. (informal, in the plural) A leg.
    I'm not so good on my pins these days.
  9. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
    The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
  10. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
  12. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
    Synonyms: lapel pin, badge
  13. (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
  14. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
  15. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
    The shot landed right on the pin.
  16. (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
  17. (obsolete) A mood, a state of being.
  18. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
  19. (medicine, obsolete) Caligo.
  20. A thing of small value; a trifle.
  21. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
  22. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
  23. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  24. (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
    • 1978, Hugh Verity, chapter 2, in We landed by moonlight, Manchester: Crécy Publishing, →ISBN, page 22=:
      Our ground crew were lodged in the main station, but they came to the cottage for a party when operations for the night had been cancelled and we had a new ‘gong’ (decoration) to celebrate. On these occasions we always installed a pin of bitter.
  25. (informal) A pinball machine.
    I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.
    • 1949, Billboard, volume 61, page 82:
      Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
  26. (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
  27. (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from pin (noun)
Descendants
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: pins
  • → Polish: pin
  • → Spanish: pin
  • → Swahili: pini
  • → Swedish: pin, pins
  • → Malayalam: പിൻ (piṉ)
Translations
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Verb

pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)

  1. (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
  2. (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
  4. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
    He pinned his opponent on the mat.
  5. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
  6. (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
    Antonym: unpin
    to pin a folder to the taskbar
  7. (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
    Antonym: unpin
    When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.
    • 2012, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 5.0, page 244:
      […] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.
  8. (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
    Synonym: peg
    • 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:
      Now I need to pin those needles.
  9. (bodybuilding, slang, ambitransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
  10. (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
Derived terms
Translations
in chess

Etymology 2

Verb

pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)

  1. Alternative form of peen.

Etymology 3

Noun

pin (plural pins)

  1. A cataract of the eye.

Anagrams

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

  1. (electronics) lead
  2. pin (ornament)

Chuukese

Adjective

pin

  1. holy

Synonyms

Cimbrian

Verb

pin

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zèinan: am

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic [Term?], from Latin pīnus. Cognate with Breton and Welsh pin.

Noun

pin (collective, singulative pinen f)

  1. pines
    Synonym: sab

Derived terms

Mutation

More information unmutated, soft ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Danish

Verb

pin

  1. imperative of pine

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pinne, from Old Dutch *pinna, from Proto-West Germanic *pinnā, of obscure origin. Cognate with English pin, Low German pin, pinne (“pin, point, nail, peg”), German Pinn, Pinne (“pin, tack, peg”), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (“sharpened point”), Danish pind (“pin, pointed stick”), Norwegian pinn (“stick”), Swedish pinne (“peg, rod, stick”), Icelandic pinni (“pin”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pin f (plural pinnen, diminutive pinnetje n)

  1. peg, pin
Descendants
  • → Aukan: pina
  • ⇒ Dutch: pintje (diminutive form)
    • → Munsee: piinch

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of persoonlijk identificatienummer (“personal identification number”).

Noun

pin m or n (plural pins, diminutive pinnetje n)

  1. PIN (A number used to confirm an individual's identity, e.g. when using an ATM or a mobile phone, or when making payment using a credit card or debit card)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

pin

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

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

  1. pine, pine tree (Pinus)
    Hypernym: pinacée

Derived terms

  • grand pin
  • noix de pin
  • pin à crochets
  • pin à gros fruits
  • pin à l'encens
  • pin à trochets
  • pin blanc
  • pin bon
  • pin cembre
  • pin cembro
  • pin créen
  • pin cultivé
  • pin d'Alep
  • pin de Bordeaux
  • pin de Briançon
  • pin de Calabre
  • pin de Corse
  • pin de Jérusalem
  • pin de montagne
  • pin de pierre
  • pin d'Écosse
  • pin des Landes
  • pin des Pyrénées
  • pin doux
  • pin laricio
  • pin maritime
  • pin mugho
  • pin mugo
  • pin nain
  • pin nazarou
  • pin pignon
  • pin pinastre
  • pin pinceau
  • pin pinier
  • pin pleureur
  • pin sauvage
  • pomme de pin
  • torche-pin

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

  1. pine tree

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pin, from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- 'protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge'.

Pronunciation

Noun

pin

  1. pin
    1. (colloquial) a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening
      Synonym: peniti
    2. a slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling
  2. (colloquial) peg
    Synonym: pasak

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Japanese

Romanization

pin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピン

Kapampangan

Particle

pin

  1. a particle used to indicate affirmation
    Wapin.
    I agree.
    Istu yapin.
    It's indeed correct.
    Ikapin.
    Yeah, it's you.
  2. Used to question the listener
    1. for a response or affirmation
      Synonyms: wari, ka, ya, ne, na
      Ikapen?
      Is it you?
    2. that implies impatience.
      Nonakapin?
      Where are you? [I have been waiting for so long!]
    3. that implies dismay or disgust.
      Ninanu nepen?
      What the heck happen again?
  3. Used for emphasis
    Synonym: nga
    Alakupin agawa.
    I wasn't really able to do anything.
  4. Used to solicit pity from the listener
    Alakupin agawa e.
    [I'm sorry], I wasn't able to do anything.

See also

Latvian

Verb

pin

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

Mandarin

Romanization

pin

  1. nonstandard spelling of pīn
  2. nonstandard spelling of pín
  3. nonstandard spelling of pǐn
  4. nonstandard spelling of pìn

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.

Mapudungun

Verb

pin (Raguileo spelling)

  1. To say
  2. To tell (a story).
  3. first-person singular realis form of pin

Synonyms

Middle English

Noun

pin

  1. alternative form of pyne (“pain, torture”)

Ojibwe

Noun

pin anim (plural piniig, diminutive piniins, locative piniing, pejorative pinish)

  1. potato

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pīnus

Pronunciation

Noun

pīn ?

  1. (appears only in compounds) pine

Derived terms

Papantla Totonac

Noun

pin inan

  1. chili. chili pepper.

References

  • Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

pin m

  1. pine

Derived terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English pin, from Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn, from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint-, from Proto-Indo-European *bend-.

Pronunciation

Noun

pin m inan

  1. (electricity) lead, pin (any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector)

Declension

Declension of pin
More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

  • pin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rawang

Etymology

Compare Chinese 兵 (bīng).

Pronunciation

Noun

pin

  1. army.
  2. soldier.

Synonyms

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

Noun

pin m (plural pini)

  1. pine

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

See also

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Noun

pin m

  1. (Puter, Vallader) spruce, fir

Synonyms

Seta

Noun

pin

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpin/ [ˈpĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: pin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pin.

Noun

pin m (plural pines)

  1. pin, lapel pin, badge
    Synonym: insignia
  2. (electricity) pin (any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English PIN, acronym of personal identification number.

Alternative forms

Noun

pin m (plural pines)

  1. PIN, PIN number
    Synonym: número pin

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of pinsam, with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

Adjective

pin (comparative mer pin, superlative mest pin)

  1. (colloquial) embarrassing
    Så jäkla pin asså!
    So f--ing embarrassing!
Declension

Invariable, not used in the definite form.

Etymology 2

From pina.

Pronunciation

Noun

pin

  1. (mostly in (reference to) the phrase below) pain, torment
Derived terms

Adverb

pin (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very, really, super-
    Synonyms: jätte-, väldigt
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

Noun

pin n

  1. alternative form of pins
Usage notes

The form with -s is recommended since it's easier to decline in Swedish.

References

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • pim (Van)
  • pindik (Çorum)
  • pine (Kahramanmaraş, Sivas, Yozgat, Nevşehir, Adana)
  • pinelik (Ankara, Gümüşhane, Kayseri)
  • pines (Trabzon, Rize, Tekirdağ, Ankara, Adana)
  • pineslik (Ankara)
  • pinez (Trabzon)
  • pinezlik (Giresun)
  • pinik (Sinop, Ordu, Gümüşhane, Sivas, Yozgat)
  • pinlik (Kastamonu, Çorum, Sinop, Samsun, Tokat, Kırşehir, Kayserii)
  • pinnek (Tunceli, Gaziantep, Sivas)
  • pon (Gümüşhane)
  • pun (Artvin, Bitlis)
  • pündük (Ordu)
  • püne (Adana)
  • pünes (Antalya)
  • pünlük (Ordu)
  • pünnük (Ordu)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پین (pin), borrowed from a dialectal form of Armenian բույն (buyn, “nest”).

Noun

pin (definite accusative pini, plural pinler)

  1. (dialectal) coop for poultry

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Synonyms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979), “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “pin”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cục) pin

  1. battery
  2. the amount of electricity that a battery holds
    Điện thoại tao hết pin rồi.
    My phone is dead.
    (literally, “My phone has run out of "battery".”)

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Latin pīnus (compare Middle Irish pín).

Pronunciation

Noun

pin m or m pl (uncountable)

  1. pine (tree)
  2. pine (wood)
Usage notes

Modern Welsh orthography prefers the form pin to the superseded form pîn.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

pin m (plural pinnau)

  1. dated spelling of pìn

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

pin

  1. bee

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yapese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pin

  1. woman

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

pin

  1. to terminate; to come to an end
    Ọ̀nà ti pin ― The road has ended
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala kpẹ́

Pronunciation

Verb

pín

  1. to divide
    O fẹ́ tọ́ ọ wò àbí? Màá pín in sí méjì. ― Do you want to taste it? I'll divide it in two.
  2. to share out; to distribute
    Àwọn apẹja pín èyí tí wọ́n pa fún gbogbo abúlé ― The fishermen shared their catch with the village
Derived terms
  • ìpínkiri (“distribution”)
  • ìpín (“portion; share”)

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