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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tindi.

Symbol

tin

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

See also

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tin (countable and uncountable, plural tins)

  2. (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
  4. (metonymic) Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
    Synonym: tinplate
    The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.
  6. (chiefly UK, Commonwealth, countable) An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
    Synonym: can (chiefly US and Canada)
    a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish
    Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.
    empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
    • 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
      When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
  7. (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
    muffin tin
    roasting tin
    baking tin
    • 2023 October 28, Ashlie D. Stevens, ““Great British Bake Off” shocks viewers with a dramatic double-elimination round”, in Salon‎:
      And, indeed, after a tense round of rolling, shaping and filling delicate pastry dough, Rowan can’t even pull his overstuffed pies out of the tins without them bleeding and oozing fruit filling.
  8. (countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
  9. (slang, dated, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
    • 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby:
      The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know
    • 1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder, page 377:
      When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent
  10. (slang, uncountable) computer hardware.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

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Adjective

tin (not comparable)

  1. Made of tin.
  2. Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
    • 1939, George Orwell, Coming up for Air, London: Victor Gollancz:
      [I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
  3. Made of aluminum.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

tin (third-person singular simple present tins, present participle tinning, simple past and past participle tinned)

  1. (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
  2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
  3. (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

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Derived terms

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See also

References

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

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

Noun

tin (uncountable)

  1. tin

Atong (India)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tin (Bengali script তিন)

  1. corrugated iron

References

Azerbaijani

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Pronunciation

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Noun

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinlər)

  1. corner (the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point)
  2. intersection
    Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) çaharrah

Declension

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Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِين (tīn).

Noun

tin m (collective)

  1. 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

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Etymology

From Old Norse tin. Compare German Zinn.

Noun

tin n (singular definite tinnet, not used in plural form)

  1. tin (metal, metallic element)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tin n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. tin (metal, metallic element)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tin
  • Negerhollands: den
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Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

  1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

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Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *teum. Doublet of ton (possessive determiner).

Pronoun

tin (feminine singular tina, masculine plural tins, feminine plural tines) (ORB, broad)

  1. yours (second-person singular possessor)

See also

More information nominative, accusative ...

1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   2 Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

  • tin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle French tin, tind.

Noun

tin m (plural tins)

  1. a wooden support, often used on watercraft

Etymology 2

Interjection

tin

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

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Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin.

Pronunciation

Noun

tin

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

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, no plural)

  1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tin (plural tin-tin)

  1. 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 (plural tin-tin)

  1. fig, a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics
    Synonym: ara (“fig”)

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Latvian

Verb

tin

  1. inflection of tīt:
    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 tīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of tīt

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic تِين (tīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

tin m (collective, singulative tina, plural tiniet)

  1. fig, figs: (several fruits; fig as a mass or taste)
  2. (humorous) buttocks
    Alternative form: tint
    Synonyms: natka (natika), tebqa tas-sorm

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

  1. (chiefly Northern and Northeast Midland) alternative form of þin (“thy”)

Pronoun

tin (subjective þou)

  1. (chiefly Northern and Northeast Midland) alternative form of þin (“thine”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tin

  1. alternative form of tyn

Mizo

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tin (“every”).

    Determiner

    tin

    1. every, all

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tin (“nail, claw”).

      Noun

      tin

      1. nail (of an animal), including also:
        1. fingernail
        2. talon
        3. hoof
        4. claw

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      Navajo

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      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

      Noun

      tin

      1. ice, frost

      Nigerian Pidgin

      Etymology

      From English thing.

      Noun

      tin (plural tins)

      1. thing

      Noone

      Numeral

      tin

      1. five

      References

      North Frisian

      North Frisian cardinal numbers
       <  9 10 11  > 
          Cardinal : tin

      Etymology

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

      Numeral

      tin

      1. (Föhr-Amrum) ten

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Noun

      tìn n (definite singular tìnet)

      1. (pre-1938) alternative form of tinn

      Old English

      Etymology

      From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      tin n

      1. tin

      Declension

      Strong a-stem:

      More information singular, plural ...

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Old Norse

      Etymology

      From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

      Noun

      tin n

      1. tin

      Descendants

      Further reading

      • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

      Old Tupi

      Noun

      tin

      1. Lamy spelling of tĩ

      Papiamentu

      Etymology

      From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

      Verb

      tin

      1. to have
      2. to possess
      3. there are

      Picard

      Pronoun

      tin m

      1. your

      Rohingya

      Rohingya cardinal numbers
       <  2 3 4  > 
          Cardinal : tin

      Etymology

      From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

      Numeral

      tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕)

      1. three

      Sranan Tongo

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Dutch tien.

      Numeral

      tin

      1. ten

      Sumerian

      Romanization

      tin

      1. romanization of 𒁷 (tin)

      Swedish

      Etymology

      Syncopic form of tiden.

      Noun

      tin

      1. (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

      Tày

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Tai *tiːnᴬ (“foot”).

      Noun

      tin (Nôm form 𬦿)

      1. foot
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From Vietnamese tin.

      Noun

      tin (Nôm form 信)

      1. news

      Tok Pisin

      Etymology

      From English tin.

      Noun

      tin

      1. tin, can

      Derived terms

      Turkish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtin/, [t̪ʰin̪]
      • Rhymes: -in

      Etymology 1

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

      Noun

      tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)

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

      Etymology 2

      Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تین, from Arabic تِين (tīn).

      Noun

      tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)

      1. (archaic) fig
        Synonym: incir
      Declension
      More information singular, plural ...

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • “tin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
      • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

      Vietnamese

      Etymology

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

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        tin • (信, 𪝮, 𠒷)

        1. to believe; to trust; to have faith
          niềm tin ― trust
          trị bệnh bằng niềm tin ― faith healing

        Derived terms

        Noun

        tin • (信, 𪝮, 𠒷)

        1. 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”)

        Derived terms

        Welsh

        Etymology

        From Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with English thigh and Scottish Gaelic tòin.

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        tin f (plural tinau)

        1. (vulgar, offensive) arse
          Synonym: pen-ôl

        Derived terms

        • bys y din (“middle finger”)
        • dan din (“underhand, behind someone's back”)
        • llysiau'r din, gofid tin (“arsesmart, water pepper”)
        • tingoch (“redstart”)
        • tin dros ben (“arse over tit”)
        • tinagored (“open-arsed, open-ended; medlar”)
        • tinboeth (“lecherous; arsesmart, water-pepper; redstart”)
        • tindroed (“grebe, arsefoot”)
        • twll tin (“arsehole”)

        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.

        Further reading

        • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tin”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
        • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

        Yoruba

        Pronunciation

        Verb

        tin

        1. 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.

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