nin

See also: NIN, Nin, nín, ñin, nǐn, and -nin

English

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪn/

  • Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

Synonyms

• nan, nana, nanna

Anagrams

• INN, NNI, inn

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Abinomn

Noun

nin

1. food

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Alemannic German

cardinal number

9	Previous:	acht
	Next:	zää

Alternative forms

• nine, nüün

Etymology

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Numeral

nin

1. (Alsatian) nine

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñin (conjunction)

Conjunction

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either

Interjection

nin

1. right? (used as a kind of tag question)

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Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• ning

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/ [n̪in̪]

Preposition

nin

1. (formal, Naga) of (expressing possession)

   Synonym: ki

See also

• kan
• kay

 

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnin]

Noun

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of nen

Further reading

• “nin” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nin”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nin” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nin” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Pronoun

nin

1. accusative of ni

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”). Akin to Portuguese nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niŋ/

Conjunction

nin

1. nor
2. neither

Derived terms

• nin que

 

Adverb

nin

1. not even

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Adverb

nin

1. in

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Japanese

Romanization

nin

1. Rōmaji transcription of にん

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Mandarin

Romanization

nin (nin⁵／nin⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄋㄧㄣ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of nín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǐn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

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Middle English

Numeral

nin

1. Alternative form of nyne

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Somali

Noun

nin ?

1. man

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Sumerian

Romanization

nin

1. Romanization of 𒎏 (nin)

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Volapük

Noun

nin (nominative plural nins)

1. contents

Declension

declension of nin

	singular	plural
nominative	nin	nins
genitive	nina	ninas
dative	nine	nines
accusative	nini	ninis
vocative 1	o nin!	o nins!
predicative 2	ninu	ninus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only