English[edit]
Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English chin, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”) (compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenHw-, *ǵnā(w)- (“jaw”) (compare Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu)).
chin (plural chins)
- The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
- (slang, US) talk.
- (slang, UK) A falsehood.
- (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.
Synonyms[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 f
- Altai: ээк
- Allemanic:
- Alsatian: Kehn
- Swiss German: Koi
- Amharic: ሸንጎበት (šängobät), አገጭ (ăgäč)
- Arabic: ذَقَن f (ḏaqn)
- Egyptian Arabic: دقن (daʾn)
- Aragonese: mentón m, barbeta f
- Armenian: կզակ (kzak)
- Asturian: barbadiella (ast) f, cazu (ast) m
- Avar: нилъу (niłu)
- Aymara: k'achi
- Azeri: çənə (az)
- Bambara: bonbon
- Bashkir: эйәк (eyäk)
- Basque: kokots
- 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) (mei: zi.)
- Catalan: mentó m
- Chechen: чӀениг (čʿienig)
- Chamorro: åchai
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 下巴 (zh) (xiàba), 頷 (zh), 颔 (zh) (hàn), 下巴頦, 下巴颏 (zh) (xiàbakē)
- Chuvash: янах (janah)
- Circassian: жьэпкъ (ẑăpq̇)
- Coptic: ⲙⲟⲣⲧ f (mord, mort)
- Cornish: elgeth f
- Corse: méntu m
- Cree:
- Plains: ᒥᑖᐱᐢᑲᐣ (mitâpiskan), ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐤ (mikwâskonêw), ᒥᑳᐧᐢᑯᓀᐃᐧᑲᐣ (mikwâskonêwikan)
- Czech: brada (cs) f
- Danish: hage (da) c
- Dakota: iku
- Dzongkha: མ་མཁལ
- Dutch: kin (nl)
- Egyptian:
- Old Egyptian:
- jnˤ
-
- Middle and Late Egyptian:
- ˤnˤn
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- Emiliano: gagia f
- Erzya: уло (ulo)
- Esperanto: mentono
- Estonian: lõug
- Evenki: дег
- Ewe: egla
- Faroese: høka f
- Finnish: leuka (fi)
- French: menton (fr) m
- Old French: menton m
- Friulian: barbuč m, barbìn m
- Gagauz: çenä
- Galician: queixo (gl) m
- Georgian: ნიკაპი (nikapi)
- German: Kinn (de) n
- Greek: σαγόνι (el) n (sagóni), πηγούνι (el) n (pigoúni)
- Guarani: tañykãpy
- Haitian Creole: manton
- Hausa: haɓā̀ f
- Hebrew: סנטר (he) (santér)
- Hindi: ठुड्डी f (ṭhuḍḍī), चिबुक f (cibuk), ठोड़ी f (ṭhoṛī)
- Hungarian: áll (hu)
- Icelandic: haka (is) f
- Ido: mentono (io)
- Indonesian: dagu (id)
- Ingush: чIанг
- Interlingua: mento
- Interlingue: menton
- Inupiak: tavlu
- Irish: smig (ga) f
- Italian: mento (it) m
- Japanese: 顎 (ja) (あご, ago)
- Kapampangan: baba
- Karachay-Balkar: сакъал
- Karakalpak:
- Cyrillic: ийек, буғақ, алқым
- Latin: iyek, bug'aq, alqım
- Karelian: leugu
- Kazakh: иек (ïyek)
- Khakas: ээк
- Khalmyk: өргн (örgn)
- Khmer: ចង្កា (km) (jonggaa)
- Kirundi: uru-sakanwa
- Kölsch: Kenn
- Komi: тшöка
- Korean: 턱 (ko) (teok)
- Kumyk: сакъал тюп
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: zenî
- Sorani: چهناگه
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- Kyrgyz: ээк
- Ladin: barboz m (Cadorino dialect)
- Ladino: keshada
- Lak: лунттубакӀ (lunt̄ubakӀ)
- Lao: ຄາງ (lo) (khaang)
- Latin: mentum n
- Latvian: zods m
- Laz: ნუკუ (nuku), ჩენგე (č’enge)
- Lezgi: чана (čana)
- Ligurian: mento m
- Lingala: mbángá, lombángá
- Lithuanian: smakras m
- Lojban: xejni'a
- Lombard: barbòs m, barbozz m
- Low German: Kinn
- Lower Sorbian: pódguba f
- Luxembourgish: Kënn m
- Macedonian: бра́да f (bráda)
- Malagasy: saoka
- Malay: dagu
- Malayalam: താടി (tāṭi)
- Maltese: ilħit, geddúm m
- Manx: smeg f, smeggin m, smeggyl m
- Maori: kauwae
- Mapuche: ketre
- Marathi: हनुवडी (hanuvaḍī)
- Mari: оҥылаш (oҥylaš)
- Mirandês: queixo m
- Moksha: ула (ula)
- Mon: သၟိပ် (həmɛp)
- Mongolian: эрүү (erüü)
- Neapolitan: varva f, sguéssera f
- Nanai: сэсхэ
- Nahuatl: tenchalli
- Navajo: ayaatsʼiin
- Ngazidja Comorian: ilevu class 7/8
- 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 (zana)
- Persian: چانه (fa) (čâne), چکن (fa) (čakan)
- Piedmontese: manton m
- Plautdietsch: Kjen
- Polish: podbródek (pl) m, broda (pl) f
- Portuguese: queixo (pt) m, mento m
- Punjabi: ਠੋੜੀ
- Quechua: k'aki, qhaqlli
- Romani: falka
- Romanian: bărbie (ro) f
- Romansch: mintun m
- Russian: подборо́док (ru) m (podboródok), борода́ (ru) f (borodá) (also "beard")
- Rwanda: akananwa
- Sakha: сэҥийэ (seŋiye)
- Sanskrit: चिबुकम्
- Sardinian: baédhu m, fabedhu m
- Scottish Gaelic: smiogaid m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: брада f, подбрада f, подваљак m, подбрадак m
- Roman: brada f, podbrada f, podvaljak m, podbradak m
- Sicilian: varvarottu (scn) m, babbarottu (scn) m
- Sinhalese: නිකට (nikaṭa)
- Slovak: brada f
- Slovene: brada (sl) f
- Somali: gar
- 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
- Swahili: tawa, kidevu (sw)
- Swedish: haka (sv) c
- Tabasaran: ккалккам (k̄alk̄am), чене (čene)
- Tagalog: baba (tl)
- Tajik: манаҳ (manah), чона (čona), занах (zanax), зақан (zaqan)
- Takia: awa-n to-n
- Tamil: நாடி (ta) (nāṭi)
- Taos: ȍdénemą
- Tatar: ияк (tt) (iyak)
- Telugu: గడ్డం (te) (gaDDaM), చుబుకం (chubukaM)
- Thai: คาง (th) (kaang)
- Tibetan: ཀོ་ཀོ
- Tigrigna: መንከስ (menäkesä)
- Tswana: seledu
- Turkish: çene (tr)
- Turkmen: eňek
- Tuvan: сегел (segel)
- Uighur: كەڭېئ (kengë')
- Ukrainian: підборі́ддя n (pidboríddja), борода́ (uk) f ( borodá) (also "beard")
- Upper Sorbian: broda
- Urdu: ٹھڈی f (ṭhuḍḍī), چبک f (cibuk), ٹھوڑی f (ṭhoṛī)
- Uzbek: iyak
- Venetian: sbèssola f, barbizuòlo m
- Vietnamese: cằm (vi)
- Volapük: cün (vo)
- Võro: lõug
- Wallon: minton m
- Welsh: gên f
- West Frisian: kin (fy)
- Woiwurrung: ngurnduk
- Wolof: sikim
- Xhosa: isilevu
- Yoruba: ìgbọn, àgbọ̀n
- Yucatec Mayan: k'ono'ch
- Yiddish: גאָמבע f (gombe)
- Zulu: isilevu class 7/8
- ǃXóõ: dzàni
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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.
- (UK, transitive) To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of chinchilla.
chin (plural chins)
- (endearing) a chinchilla.
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pīnus. Compare Daco-Romanian pin.
chin
- pine
See also[edit]
Franco-Provençal[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin canem, accusative singular of canis.
chin
- dog
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
chin
- Rōmaji reading of ちん
Pronunciation[edit]
chin
- grime, filth, body dirt
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hungarian kín.
Pronunciation[edit]
chin n (plural chinuri)
- torture, pain
Declension[edit]
declension of chin
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singular |
plural |
| gender n |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative |
un chin |
chinul |
niște chinuri |
chinurile |
| genitive/dative |
unui chin |
chinului |
unor chinuri |
chinurilor |
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)
