tine

See also Tine, and ţine

English

Etymology

Old English tind. Cognate with German Zinne.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /taɪn/

• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

tine (plural tines)

1. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
2. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn

Translations

prong

Dutch: punt (nl) m. Finnish: piikki (fi) French: dent (fr) m., fourchon (fr) m. German: Zinke (de) f. Italian: rebbio (it) m., dente (it) m., punta (it) f.

Norwegian: tann f./m. Old English: tind (ang) m. Russian: зубец (ru) (zubéts) m. Spanish: diente m., púa f. (on a pitchfork) Swedish: tand (sv) c.

on antler

Finnish: haara (fi) French: andouiller (fr) m.

German: Ende (de) n., Sprosse (de) f. Italian: ramificazione corna cervidi (it)

See also

• prong
• tooth
• tool

Anagrams

• nite

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish teine, from Proto-Celtic *teφnet- (“fire”) (compare Breton and Cornish tan, Welsh tân).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈtʲinʲə]

Noun

tine f.

1. fire

Declension

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative tine tinte Vocative a thine a thinte Genitive tine tinte Dative tine tinte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tine na tinte Genitive na tine na dtinte Dative leis an tine don tine leis na tinte

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tine	thine	dtine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norwegian

Verb

tine

1. thaw

Noun

tine m.

1. Traditional bentwood box

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tē, as with mine, sine.

Pronoun

tine (stressed accusative form of tu)

1. (direct object) you

   te iubesc pe tine - I love you

Related terms

• te (unstressed form)

See also

• mine
• sine