pine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 References 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 Maori 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Verb 5 West Frisian 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɑɪn/

  Rhymes: -aɪn

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

pine (plural pines) (countable) and (uncountable)

1. (countable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
2. (countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
3. (uncountable) The wood of pine tree.

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tree of the genus Pinus

• pine tree

wood of pine tree

• pinewood

[edit] Derived terms

• pineal
• pineapple
• pine beetle
• pinecone/pine cone
• pine needle
• pine nut
• pine tree
• stone pine
• yellow pine

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English pinian (“‘torment’”), from *pine “pain”, possibly from Latin poena (“‘punishment’”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinē), “‘penalty, fine, bloodmoney’”). Cognate to pain.

Entered Germanic with Christianity; cognate to Middle Dutch pinen, Old High German pinon, Old Norse pina.^[1]

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pine (plural pines)

1. (archaic) A painful longing.

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[edit] Verb

to pine (third-person singular simple present pines, present participle pining, simple past and past participle pined)

1. (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

   Laura was pining away for Bill all the time he was gone.

   • 1855, John Sullivan Dwight (translator), “Oh Holy Night”, as printed in 1871, Adolphe-Charles Adam (music), “Cantique de Noël”, G. Schirmer (New York), originally by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, 1847

     Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appear’d and the soul felt its worth

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• Notes:

1. ^ “pine” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] French

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pine

1. (slang) nob, penis

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[edit] Maori

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Probably English pin

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pine

1. pin, tack, brooch

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[edit] Norwegian

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pine

1. torment, torture

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[edit] West Frisian

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pine

1. pain, ache