chin

See also Chin, and chín

English

Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).

Pronunciation

• enPR: chĭn, IPA: /tʃɪn/, SAMPA: /tSIn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”) (cf. West Frisian/Dutch kin, German Kinn), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenHw-, *ǵnā(w)- (“jaw”) (cf. Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek génys 'jaw', Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit hánus).

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
2. (slang, US) talk.
3. (slang, UK) A falsehood.
4. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.

Synonyms

• mentum

Derived terms

Terms derived from chin

chin music chinstrap

chin up chin-up

double chin

Translations

bottom of a face

Afrikaans: ken (af) Albanian: mjekër (sq) Anglo-Norman: mentun Arabic: ذَقَن (ar) (dhaqn) f. Armenian: դունչ (hy) (dunč), կզակ (hy) (kzak) Aymara: k'achi (ay) Azeri: çənə (az) Basque: kokots (eu) Breton: elgezh (br) f., chik m. Bulgarian: брада (bg) f. Burmese: မေးစေ့ (my) Catalan: mentó (ca) m. Chinese: 頷, 颔 (hàn); 下巴 (xiàba), 下巴颏 (xiàba kē) Croatian: brada (hr) Czech: brada (cs) f. Danish: hage (da) Dutch: kin (nl) Esperanto: mentono (eo) Estonian: lõug (et) Finnish: leuka (fi) French: menton (fr) m. Galician: queixo m. Georgian: ნიკაპი (ka) German: Kinn (de) n. Greek: σαγόνι (el) n., πηγούνι (el) n. Hebrew: סנטר (he) (santér) Hindi: ठुड्डी (hi) (ṭhuḍḍī) f., चिबुक (hi) (cibuk) f., ठोड़ी (hi) (ṭhoṛī) f. Hungarian: áll (hu) Icelandic: haka (is) f. Ido: mentono Indonesian: dagu (id) Interlingua: mento Irish: smig (ga) f. Italian: mento (it) m. Japanese: 顎 (あご, ago) Kapampangan: baba Khmer: ចង្កា (jonggaa) Korean: 턱 (teok) Kurdish: چه‌ناگه‌ Lao: ຄາງ (lo) (khaang)

Latin: mentum (la) Latvian: zods (lv) Lithuanian: smakras (lt) m. Macedonian: брада (mk) (bráda) f. Maltese: ilħit (mt) Manx: smeg (gv) f., smeggin (gv) m., smeggyl (gv) m. Maori: kauwae (mi) Marathi: हनुवडी (mr) (hanuvaḍī) Navajo: ayaatsʼiin Norwegian: hake (no) Nottoway-Meherrin: ochag Occitan: menton (oc) m. Old English: cinn (ang) Old French: menton Persian: چانه (fa) (čâne) Polish: podbródek (pl) m., broda (pl) f. Portuguese: queixo (pt) m. Quechua: k'aki (qu) Romani: falka Romanian: bărbie (ro) Russian: подбородок (ru) (podboródok) m. Scottish Gaelic: smiogaid (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: brada, podbrada, podvaljak Sicilian: varvarottu m., babbarottu m. Slovak: brada (sk) f. Slovene: brada (sl) f. Sotho: seledu (st) Spanish: barbilla (es) f., mentón (es) m., pera (es) f. Swahili: tawa (sw), kidevu (sw) Swedish: haka (sv) c. Tagalog: baba (tl) Taos: ȍdénemą Telugu: గడ్డం (te), చుబుకం (te) (chubukaM) Thai: คาง (th) (kaang) Turkish: çene (tr) Vietnamese: cằm (vi) Volapük: cün (vo) West Frisian: kin (fy)  !Xóõ: dzàni Yiddish: גאמבע (yi)

Verb

chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

1. (slang, intransitive) To talk.
2. To perform a chin-up.
3. (UK, transitive) To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).

Synonyms

• (talk (slang)): gab

Etymology 2

Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. (endearing) a chinchilla.

Anagrams

• inch

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Aleut

Interjection

chin

1. an exclamation of dislike.

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Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [cɕin]

Noun

chin (hiragana ちん)

1. チン: the sound a microwave makes when it is finished cooking
2. 狆: a Pekinese dog (Note: the Pekinese & Japanese Chin are two similar but actually different dog breeds)

Proper noun

chin (hiragana ちん)

1. 朕: the royal We

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Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA: [tʃʰɪ̀n]

Noun

chin

1. filth, body dirt

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Romanian

Etymology

Hungarian kín

Pronunciation

• IPA: [cin]

Noun

chin n. (plural chinuri)

1. torture, pain

Declension

declension of chin

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un chin	chinul	niște chinuri	chinurile
genitive/dative	unui chin	chinului	unor chinuri	chinurilor

Synonyms

• durere

Derived terms

• a chinui

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Spanish

Noun

chin m. (plural chines)

1. (Dominican Republic, slang) small amount

   Dame un chin de café. (Give me a little coffee.)

References

• Orlando Alba, Cómo hablamos los dominicanos, Santo Domingo, Amigo del Hogar, 2003. (full text)