whine

English

Etymology

Old English hwinan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wīn, IPA: /waɪn/, SAMPA: /waIn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Homophone: wine (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whine (plural whines)

1. a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
2. a complaint or criticism

Translations

a long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound

Danish: hvin (da) n. Dutch: zeuren (nl), huilen (nl), jammeren (nl) Finnish: ulvonta (fi) French: pleurnicherie (fr) f. German: Jaulen (de) n., Heulen (de) n., Jammern (de) n.

Norwegian: hvin (no) n., hyl (no) n. Russian: вой (ru) Spanish: gimoteo (es) m., lloriqueo (es) m. Turkish: inilti (tr), inleyiş (tr), inleme (tr), sızlanma (tr)

Verb

whine (third-person singular simple present whines, present participle whining, simple past and past participle whined)

1. to utter a whine

   The jet engines whined at take off.

2. to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things

   Kelly Queen was whining that the boss made him put on his tie.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:complain

Translations

to utter a whine

Czech: kňourat Danish: hvine (da) Finnish: ulvoa (fi) French: couiner (fr) German: jaulen (de), heulen (de), jammern (de)

Italian: piagnucolare (it) Norwegian: hvine (no), hyle (no) Russian: выть (ru), завывать (ru) Spanish: gimotear (es), lloriquear (es) m. Turkish: inlemek (tr)

to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things

Dutch: zeuren (nl) Finnish: kitistä (fi), vinkua (fi) French: pleurnicher (fr), geindre (fr) German: jaulen (de), heulen (de), jammern (de), quengeln (de)

Norwegian: sutre (no), syte (no), jamre (no) Russian: плакаться (ru), скулить (ru) Spanish: gimotear (es), lloriquear (es) m.