English [ edit ]
Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).
Pronunciation [ edit ] Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Middle English chin Old English cin ċinn “ chin ” ), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz “ chin ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus “ chin, jaw ” ). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin Kinn kind kinn gen gena śanwem γένυς génus ) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ cnot ), Persian چانه čâne ), Sanskrit हनु hánu ).
chin (plural chins
The bottom of a face , ( specifically ) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth .
1876 , "C " in the Encyclopædia Britannica , 9th ed.Vol. IV , p. 616 :
Our English ch (pronounced tch ) for original c (as in chin cin , child for cild ) is due probably to Norman influence, but here, as often, it is difficult to differentiate the results of the many disturbing causes which have operated upon our language.
( slang , US ) Talk .( slang , Britain ) A lie , a falsehood .( boxing , uncountable ) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out .
Synonyms [ edit ]
( central area of the jaw, below the mouth ) : mentum ( anatomy )
Antonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
bottom of a face
Abaza: жа́гIв žā́gIv ), шIы́дзадза šIə́ʒāʒā )
Abkhaz: ацламҳәа āclāmḥwā )
Adyghe: жэкӏэпэпкъ žăč̣̍ăpăpq )
Afrikaans: ken
Alabama: notakfa
Albanian: mjekër (sq) f
Alemannic German: Koi ( Swiss ) Kehn ( Alsatian )
Southern Altai: ээк ääk )
Amharic: ሸንጎበት šängobät ), አገጭ ʾägäč̣ )
Arabic: ذَقْن f ḏaqn )
Egyptian Arabic: دقن daʾn )
Aragonese: mentón m barbeta f
Armenian: կզակ (hy) (kzak )
Asturian: barbadiella (ast) f cazu (ast) m
Avar: нилъу niłu )
Aymara: k'achi
Azeri: çənə (az)
Bambara: bonbon
Bashkir: эйәк eyäk )
Basque: kokots
Bau Bidayuh: siraka
Belarusian: падбаро́дак m padbaródak ), барада́ f baradá ) ( also "beard" )
Bengali: চিবুক cibuk )
Berber:
Central Atlas Tamazight: tamart Template:timġt
Breton: elgezh (br) f chik (br) m
Bulgarian: брада́ (bg) f bradá )
Burmese: မေးစေ့ (my) (me:ce. )
Catalan: mentó m
Chechen: чӀениг čʿenig )
Central Melanau: gaam
Chamorro: åchai
Chinese:
Cantonese: 下扒 haa6 paa4 )
Mandarin: 下巴 (zh) (xiàba ), 頷 (zh) , 颔 (zh) (hàn ), 下巴頦 下巴颏 (zh) (xiàbakē )
Chuvash: янах janah )
Coptic: ⲙⲟⲣⲧ f mord, mort )
Cornish: elgeth f
Corsican: méntu m
Cree:
Plains: ᒥᑖᐱᐢᑲᐣ mitâpiskan ), ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐤ mikwâskonêw ), ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐃᐧᑲᐣ mikwâskonêwikan )
Czech: brada (cs) f
Danish: hage (da) c
Dakota: iku
Dzongkha: མ་མཁལ ma mkhal )
Dutch: kin (nl)
Egyptian:
Old Egyptian:
jnˤ
Middle and Late Egyptian:
ˤnˤn
Emilian: gagia f
Erzya: уло ulo )
Esperanto: mentono
Estonian: lõug
Evenki: дег
Ewe: egla
Faroese: høka f
Finnish: leuka (fi) , alaleuka (fi)
French: menton (fr) m
Old French: menton m
Friulian: barbuč m barbìn m
Gagauz: çenä
Galician: queixo (gl) m
Georgian: ნიკაპი niḳaṗi )
German: Kinn (de) n
Central Franconian: Kenn
Greek: σαγόνι (el) n sagóni ), πηγούνι (el) n pigoúni )
Ancient: ἀνθερεών m anthereṓn )
Guaraní: tañykãpy
Haitian Creole: manton
Hausa: haɓā̀ f
Hebrew: סנטר (he) (santér )
Hindi: ठुड्डी (hi) f ṭhuḍḍī ), चिबुक (hi) f cibuk ), ठोड़ी (hi) f ṭhoṛī )
Hungarian: áll (hu)
Iban: dagu
Icelandic: haka (is) f
Ido: mentono (io)
Indonesian: dagu (id)
Ingush: чIанг čIang )
Interlingua: mento
Interlingue: menton
Inupiak: tavlu
Iranun: baka'
Irish: smig (ga) f
Italian: mento (it) m
Japanese: 頤 (ja) (おとがい , otogai顎 (ja) (あご , ago
Kabardian: жьэпкъ ẑăpq̇ )
Kalmyk: өргн örgn )
Kapampangan: baba
Karachay-Balkar: сакъал
Karakalpak:
Cyrillic: ийек буғақ алқым
Latin: iyek bug'aq alqım
Karelian: leugu
Kazakh: иек ïek )
Khakas: ээк eek )
Khmer: ចង្កា (km) (jonggaa )
Kimaragang: roo
Komi-Zyrian: тшöка tšöka )
Korean: 턱 (ko) (teok )
Kumyk: сакъал тюп
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: zenî (ku)
Sorani: چهناگه
Kyrgyz: ээк
Ladin: barboz m ( Cadorino dialect )
Ladino: keshada
Lak: лунттубакӀ lunt̄ubakӀ )
Lao: ຄາງ (lo) (khāng )
Latin: mentum n
Latvian: zods m
Laz: ნუკუ nuḳu ), ჩენგე čenge )
Lezgi: чана čana )
Ligurian: mento m
Lingala: mbángá lombángá
Lithuanian: smakras m
Lojban: xejni'a
Lombard: barbòs m barbozz m
Lotud: roo
Low German: Kinn
Lower Sorbian: pódguba f
Luxembourgish: Kënn m
Macedonian: брада f brada )
Malagasy: saoka (mg)
Malay: dagu mentum
Malayalam: താടി (ml) (tāṭi )
Maltese: ilħit geddúm m
Manx: smeg f smeggin m smeggyl m
Maori: kauwae
Mapudungun: ketre
Marathi: हनुवडी hanuvaḍī )
Mari: оҥылаш oҥylaš )
Mirandese: queixo m
Moksha: ула ula )
Mon: သၟိပ် həmɛp )
Mongolian: эрүү (mn) (erüü )
Neapolitan: varva f sguéssera f
Nanai: сэсхэ
Nahuatl: tenchalli
Navajo: ayaatsʼiin
Ngazidja Comorian: ilevu class 7 /8
Norman: moton m ( Jersey )
Norwegian: hake (no)
Nottoway-Meherrin: ochag
Occitan: menton m
Old English: ċinn n
Middle English: chin
Ossetian: роцъо roc’o ), зекъæ zek’æ ) ( Digor )
Ottoman Turkish: چانه çâne ), زقن zekan )
Pashto: زنه (ps) (zana )
Persian: چانه (fa) (čâne ), چکن (fa) (čakan )
Piedmontese: manton m
Plautdietsch: Kjen ( Palatine )
Polish: podbródek (pl) m broda (pl) f
Portuguese: queixo (pt) m mento (pt) m
Punjabi: ਠੋੜੀ ṭhoṛī )
Quechua: k'aki qhaqlli
Romani: falka
Romanian: bărbie (ro) f
Romansch: mintun m
Rungus: ro'o
Russian: подборо́док (ru) m podboródok )
Rwanda-Rundi: akananwa uru-sakanwa
Sabah Bisaya: ajai rowoh
Sanskrit: चिबुकम् cibukam )
Sardinian: baédhu m fabedhu m
Scottish Gaelic: smiogaid m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: брада f подбрада f подваљак m подбрадак m
Roman: brada (sh) f podbrada f podvaljak (sh) m podbradak (sh) m
Sicilian: varvarottu (scn) m babbarottu (scn) m
Sinhalese: නිකට nikaṭa )
Slovak: brada (sk) f
Slovene: brada (sl) f
Somali: gar
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: broda f
Sotho: seledu class 7 /8
Spanish: barbilla (es) f mentón (es) m pera (es) f
Sranan Tongo: kowru
Sumerian: te de4 sun4 sum4 sùl su6
Sundanese: angkeut (su)
Swahili: tawa kidevu (sw)
Swedish: haka (sv) c
Tabasaran: ккалккам k̄alk̄am ), чене čene )
Tagal Murut: jaa
Tagalog: baba (tl)
Tajik: манаҳ (tg) (manah ), чона čona ), занах zanax ), зақан zaqan )
Takia: awa-n to-n
Tambunan Dusun: roo
Tamil: நாடி (ta) (nāṭi )
Taos: ȍdénemą
Tatar: ияк (tt) (iyak )
Telugu: గడ్డం (te) (gaḍḍaṃ ), చుబుకం (te) (cubukaṃ )
Thai: คาง (th) (kaang )
Tibetan: ཀོ་ཀོ ko ko )
Tigrinya: መንከስ (ti) (mänkäs )
Timugon Murut: salura
Tswana: seledu
Turkish: çene (tr)
Turkmen: eňek
Tuvan: сегел sägäl )
Uyghur: كەڭېئ kengë' )
Ukrainian: підборі́ддя n pidboríddja ), борода́ (uk) f borodá ) ( also "beard" )
Urdu: ٹھڈی f ṭhuḍḍī ), چبک f cibuk ), ٹھوڑی f ṭhoṛī )
Uzbek: iyak (uz)
Venetian: sbèssola f barbizuòlo m
Vietnamese: cằm (vi)
Volapük: cün (vo)
Võro: lõug
Walloon: minton (wa) m
Welsh: gên (cy) f
West Coast Bajau: ajei langgar
West Frisian: kin (fy)
Woiwurrung: ngurnduk
Wolof: sikim (wo)
Xhosa: isilevu
Yakut: сэҥийэ seŋiye )
Yoruba: ìgbọn àgbọ̀n
Yucatec Maya: k'ono'ch
Yiddish: גאָמבע f gombe )
Zulu: isilevu (zu) class 7 /8
ǃXóõ: dzàni
chin (third-person singular simple present chins present participle chinning simple past and past participle chinned
( slang , intransitive ) To talk .To perform a chin-up .
( Britain , transitive ) To punch (someone)'s chin ( part of the body ) .
Synonyms [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] Shortening of chinchilla .
chin (plural chins
( affectionate ) a chinchilla .
Anagrams [ edit ] Aromanian [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Latin pīnus pin
chin
pine
See also [ edit ] Franco-Provençal [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Latin canem canis
chin
dog
Japanese [ edit ] Romanization [ edit ] chin
rōmaji reading of ちん
Pronunciation [ edit ] chin
grime , filth , body dirt
Romanian [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] Borrowing from Hungarian kín
Pronunciation [ edit ] chin n plural chinuri
torture , pain
Declension [ edit ] Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] References [ edit ]
^ Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (DEX) Online : [1]
Spanish [ edit ] chin m plural chines
( Dominican Republic, slang ) small amount
Dame un chin de café.
Give me a little coffee.
References [ edit ]
Orlando Alba, Cómo hablamos los dominicanos , Santo Domingo, Amigo del Hogar, 2003. (full text )
