tins

See also: tîns

English

Noun

tins

1. plural of tin

Verb

tins

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tin

Anagrams

• Inst., NIST, NTIS, Tsin, inst, inst., ints, isn't, nits, snit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

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• Homophones: tain, teins, teint, thym, tint, tînt

Verb

tins

1. first/second-person singular past historic of tenir

Noun

tins m

1. plural of tin

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tensus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tins/

Verb

tins

1. past participle of tinde

Adjective

tins m or n (feminine singular tinsă, masculine plural tinși, feminine and neuter plural tinse)

1. extended, stretched
2. smooth, flat, even

Declension

Declension of tins

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	tins		tinsă	tinși	tinse
	definite	tinsul		tinsa	tinșii	tinsele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	tins		tinse	tinși	tinse
	definite	tinsului		tinsei	tinșilor	tinselor

Related terms

• întins

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French tens, tans, temps, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

Noun

tins m

1. times (inevitable passing of events)
2. weather.

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪns/

Noun

tins c (plural tinzen, diminutive tinsje)

1. (countable) thought

Further reading

• “tins (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011