gin

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĭn, , Template:SAMPA

Homophones

• djinn

Etymology 1

Aphetism of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) engin.

Noun

gin (plural gins)

1. Template:obsolete A trick; a device or instrument.
2. A snare or trap for game.
3. A machine for hoisting or moving heavy objects.
4. A pile driver.
5. A windpump.
6. A cotton gin.

Verb

gin (third-person singular simple present gin, present participle n, simple past and past participle ed)

1. Template:transitive To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin.
2. Template:transitive To trap something in a gin.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of (deprecated template usage) geneva or alternatively from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) genever from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) genevre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) iūniperus. Hence Gin rummy first attested 1941.

Noun

gin (uncountable)

1. A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.
2. gin rummy

Related terms

• genever
• sloe gin

Translations

alcoholic beverage

• Chinese:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Estonian: džinn

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “gin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 3

From Template:Dharuk. language (deprecated template usage) diyin or (deprecated template usage) dyin, but acquiring a derogatory tone. (Reference: R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words, Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0-19-553099-3, page 167.)

Noun

gin (plural gins)

1. (deprecated template usage) An Aboriginal woman.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see [[Citations:gin#|Citations:gin]].

Derived terms

• gin burglar
• gin burglary
• gin hunter
• gin jockey
• gin shepherd
• gin stealer
• gin's piss

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Irish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish (deprecated template usage) gainithir < Template:proto (cf. Welsh (deprecated template usage) geni) < Template:proto (cf. English (deprecated template usage) kin, Latin (deprecated template usage) gignō, Greek (deprecated template usage) , Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) जनति (janati)).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪnʲ/

Verb

gin (present analytic {{{pres}}}, future analytic {{{fut}}}, verbal noun {{{vn}}}, past participle {{{pp}}})

1. To give birth to (used only in the autonomous form).
2. To generate or produce.
3. To beget, procreate.
4. To germinate, sprout or spring forth.

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Japanese

Noun

1. Silver, Ag
2. Cash, money, wealth

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Scots

Etymology

Apparently reduced from (deprecated template usage) gien, under the influence of (deprecated template usage) gif.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

Conjunction

gin

1. if

• Gin A war ye, A wad gang = If I were you, I would go

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

(deprecated template usage) gin (present participle a' gineadh, simple past ghin, past participle ginte)

1. To generate, reproduce.

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Wiradhuri

Noun

(deprecated template usage) gin

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)