gin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gin"

Translingual

Symbol

gin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Hinukh.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hinukh terms

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of geneva, alteration of Dutch genever (“juniper”) from Old French genevre (modern French genièvre), from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus (“juniper”). Hence gin rummy (first attested 1941).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĭn, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: djinn

Noun

gin (countable and uncountable, plural gins)

2. 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.
3. (uncountable) Gin rummy.
4. (poker) Drawing the best card or combination of cards.

   Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.

Derived terms

• bathtub gin
• Dutch gin
• gin and French
• Gin and Gospel Gazette
• gin and Italian
• gin and it, gin-and-It
• gin and tonic, gin tonic
• gin berry
• gin blossom
• gin bottle
• gin bucket
• gin fizz
• ginhouse
• gin joint
• ginless
• ginlike
• gin mill
• ginny
• gin palace
• gin pennant
• ginshop
• ginsoaked
• gin spinner
• gintini
• macaroni gin
• pink gin
• Ramos gin fizz
• sloe gin
• square gin
• tonic and gin

Related terms

• genever
• juniper

Translations

alcoholic beverage

• Arabic: جِين m (jīn)
• Armenian: ջին (hy) (ǰin)
• Belarusian: джын m (džyn)
• Bulgarian: джин (bg) m (džin)
• Burmese: ဂျင် (my) (gyang)
• Catalan: ginebra (ca) f, gin (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 氈酒 / 毡酒 (zin¹ zau²)

  Mandarin: 金酒 (zh) (jīn jiǔ)

• Czech: gin (cs)
• Dutch: gin (nl) m
• Esperanto: ĝino
• Estonian: džinn (et)
• Faroese: ginn
• Finnish: gini (fi)
• French: gin (fr) m
• Galician: xenebra f
• Georgian: ჯინი (ka) (ǯini)
• German: Gin (de) m
• Greek: τζιν (el) n (tzin)
• Hawaiian: kini
• Hebrew: ג׳ין (jin)
• Hindi: जिन (hi) (jin)
• Icelandic: gin (is) n
• Irish: biotáille Ghinéive f, jin m
• Italian: gin (it) m
• Japanese: ジン (ja) (jin)
• Khmer: ហ្សីន (žəyn)
• Korean: 진 (ko) (jin)
• Latvian: džins (lv)
• Lithuanian: džinas m
• Macedonian: џин (mk) m (džin)
• Malay: gin (ms)
• Maori: tīni
• Norman: dginne m (Jersey), génèvre m (Jersey)
• Polish: dżin (pl) m, gin (pl) m, jałowcówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: gim (pt) m
• Russian: джин (ru) m (džin)
• Scottish Gaelic: sineubhar m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џин m

  Roman: džin (sh) m

• Slovak: džin m
• Spanish: ginebra (es) f
• Swahili: jini (sw)
• Swedish: gin (sv) c or n
• Tagalog: hinebra
• Thai: จิน (jin)
• Turkish: cin (tr)
• Ukrainian: джин m (džyn)
• Vietnamese: rượu gin, gin (vi)
• Yiddish: דזשין (dzhin)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “gin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “gin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Partly from Middle English gin, ginne (“cleverness, scheme, talent, device, machine”), from Old French gin, an aphetism of Old French engin (“engine”); and partly from Middle English grin, grine (“snare, trick, stratagem, deceit, temptation, noose, halter, instrument”), from Old English grin, gryn, giren (“snare, gin, noose”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĭn, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: djinn

Noun

gin (plural gins)

Setting and triggering a "gin" or foothold trap, demonstrated at the Black Country Living Museum

1. (obsolete) A trick; a device or instrument.
2. (obsolete) A scheme; contrivance; artifice; a figurative trap or snare.
   • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 64, lines 91–94:

     The church dores were sparred,
     Fast boltyd and barryd,
     Yet wyth a prety gyn
     I fortuned to come in, […]

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     treason and deceiptfull gin

3. A snare or trap for game.
   • 1895, Thomas Hardy, “IV-ii”, in Jude the Obscure, London: Osgood:

     It was the cry of a rabbit caught in a gin.

4. A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc.
5. (mining) A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim.
6. A pile driver.
7. A windpump.
8. A cotton gin.
9. An instrument of torture worked with screws.

Derived terms

• (cotton gin): ginner, ginnery
• gin block
• gin pole
• ginwright
• pitfall and gin
• roller gin
• saw gin
• whip gin

Translations

snare or trap

• Bulgarian: капан (bg) m (kapan), клопка (bg) f (klopka)
• Finnish: ansa (fi), loukku (fi)
• Georgian: მახე (maxe), ხაფანგი (ka) (xapangi), სატყუარა (saṭq̇uara)
• German: Fangeisen (de) n, Tellereisen (de)
• Ottoman Turkish: طوزاق (tuzak), قپان (kapan), دام (dam)
• Russian: западня́ (ru) f (zapadnjá), капка́н (ru) m (kapkán), лову́шка (ru) f (lovúška), сило́к (ru) m (silók)

machine

• Bulgarian: скрипец m (skripec), лебедка (bg) f (lebedka)
• Finnish: kolmijalkanosturi, vintturi (fi), vinssi (fi)
• Russian: лебёдка (ru) f (lebjódka), во́рот (ru) (vórot)

Verb

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past and past participle ginned)

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

Derived terms

• gin up

Descendants

• → Italian: ginnare

Translations

to remove the seeds from cotton

• Finnish: loukuttaa (fi)
• Irish: scillig
• Italian: ginnare (it)
• Spanish: desmotar (es)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Middle English ginnen (“to begin”), contraction of beginnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪn/

Verb

gin (third-person singular simple present gins, present participle ginning, simple past gan, past participle gun)

1. (archaic, Early Modern) To begin.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 14:

     Gon. All three of them are deſperate : their great guilt / (Like poyſon giuen to worke a great time after) / Now gins to bite the ſpirits : […]

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Dharug dyin (“woman”), but having acquired a derogatory tone.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jĭn, IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn
• Homophone: djinn

Noun

gin (plural gins)

1. (Australia, now considered offensive, ethnic slur) An Aboriginal woman.
   • 1869, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, volume 1, page 273:

     His next shot was discharged amongst the mob, and most unfortunately wounded the gin already mentioned ; who, with a child fastened to her back, slid down the bank, and lay, apparently dying, with her legs in the water.

   • 1879 December 31, “Obituary”, in The Hobart Mercury, page 2:

     On December 28, in the same year [1828], he [John Allen] fought single handed a tribe of native blacks, numbering from thirteen to eighteen, besides "gins" to bring them spears, waddies, etc.

   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXI, [1]

     From my position I could see the gins pointing back, and as the men turned they looked for a moment and then made a wild rush for the entrance.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XXI, in Capricornia, D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 353:

     How they must have laughed about the strutting of her whose mother was a wanton and aunt a gin!

   • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 179:

     Dad said Shoesmith and Thompson had made one error that cost them their lives by letting the gins into the camp, and the blacks speared them all.

   • 2008, Bill Marsh, Jack Goldsmith, Goldie: Adventures in a Vanishing Australia, unnumbered page:

     But there was this gin there, see, what they called a kitchen girl.

Synonyms

• lubra

Derived terms

• blackgin
• gin burglar
• gin burglary
• gin hunter
• gin jockey
• gin shepherd
• gin stealer
• gin’s piss

Related terms

• blackgin

Etymology 5

Cognate to Scots gin (“if”): perhaps from gi(v)en, or a compound in which the first element is from Old English ġif (English if) and the second is cognate to English an (“if”) (compare iffen), or perhaps from again.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪn/

Conjunction

gin

1. (chiefly Scotland, Northern England, Southern US, Appalachia) If.
   • 1605, Richard Verstegan, Restitution of Decayed Intelligence, in Antiquities: Concerning the Most Noble, and Renowned English Nation:

     […] for pronouncing according as one would ſay at London I would eat more cheeſe if I had it, the Northern man ſaith, Ay ſuld eat mare cheeſe gin ay hadet, and the Weſterne man ſaith Chud eat more cheeſe an chad it.

   • 1804, Robert Couper, Poetry, I. 196:

     Gin the plough rests on the bank, / The loom, the nation, dies.

   • 1809, Thomas Donaldson, Poems, section 76:

     An' gin I'm weel and can keep sober / You may look for it in October.

   • 1815, Robert Anderson, Ballads in the Cumberland dialect, page 152:

     He's get han' and siller, / Gin he fancies me.

   • 1860, J. P. K. Shuttleworth, Scarsdale; Or, Life on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Border, Thirty Years Ago, page 158:

     yon felley at Barleigh has wrote farrantly (fairly) to my naunt; gin Robin could bur see ť letter he'd foind no fawt wi' me.

   • 1870, John Christopher Atkinson, Lost; or, What came of a slip from 'honour bright'., page 19:

     Wheeah, Ah thinks thee could, gin ye tried.

   • 1876, Mrs. George Linnaeus Banks, The Manchester Man, page 15:

     "Aw'd never ha slept i' mi bed gin that little un had bin dreawnded, an' me lookin' on loike a stump. Neay; that lass wur Bess, moi wench. We'n no notion wheer th' lad's mother is." Mr. Clough would have pressed the money upon him, but he put it back with a motion of his han.

   • 1880, Wooers, Banks, I. iv:

     […] gin schoo sets off in a tantrum an' flaah's t'mistress wiv her blutherin […]

Anagrams

• -ïng, Ing, IGN, @ing, ing, nig, NGI, -ing, GNI

Czech

Alternative forms

• džin

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒɪn]
• Hyphenation: gin
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

gin m inan

1. gin (alcoholic beverage)

Declension

Declension of gin (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	gin	giny
genitive	ginu	ginů
dative	ginu	ginům
accusative	gin	giny
vocative	gine	giny
locative	ginu	ginech
instrumental	ginem	giny

Further reading

• “gin”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “gin”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

< English gin

Noun

gin

1. (rare) alternative spelling of gini (“gin”)

Declension

Inflection of gin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		gin	ginit
genitive		ginin	ginien
partitive		giniä	ginejä
illative		giniin	gineihin
		singular	plural
nominative		gin	ginit
accusative	nom.	gin	ginit
	gen.	ginin
genitive		ginin	ginien
partitive		giniä	ginejä
inessive		ginissä	gineissä
elative		ginistä	gineistä
illative		giniin	gineihin
adessive		ginillä	gineillä
ablative		giniltä	gineiltä
allative		ginille	gineille
essive		gininä	gineinä
translative		giniksi	gineiksi
abessive		ginittä	gineittä
instructive		—	ginein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of gin (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ginini ginini accusative nom. ginini ginini gen. ginini genitive ginini ginieni partitive giniäni ginejäni inessive ginissäni gineissäni elative ginistäni gineistäni illative giniini gineihini adessive ginilläni gineilläni ablative giniltäni gineiltäni allative ginilleni gineilleni essive gininäni gineinäni translative ginikseni gineikseni abessive ginittäni gineittäni instructive — — comitative — gineineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ginisi ginisi accusative nom. ginisi ginisi gen. ginisi genitive ginisi giniesi partitive giniäsi ginejäsi inessive ginissäsi gineissäsi elative ginistäsi gineistäsi illative giniisi gineihisi adessive ginilläsi gineilläsi ablative giniltäsi gineiltäsi allative ginillesi gineillesi essive gininäsi gineinäsi translative giniksesi gineiksesi abessive ginittäsi gineittäsi instructive — — comitative — gineinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ginimme ginimme accusative nom. ginimme ginimme gen. ginimme genitive ginimme giniemme partitive giniämme ginejämme inessive ginissämme gineissämme elative ginistämme gineistämme illative giniimme gineihimme adessive ginillämme gineillämme ablative giniltämme gineiltämme allative ginillemme gineillemme essive gininämme gineinämme translative giniksemme gineiksemme abessive ginittämme gineittämme instructive — — comitative — gineinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative gininne gininne accusative nom. gininne gininne gen. gininne genitive gininne ginienne partitive giniänne ginejänne inessive ginissänne gineissänne elative ginistänne gineistänne illative giniinne gineihinne adessive ginillänne gineillänne ablative giniltänne gineiltänne allative ginillenne gineillenne essive gininänne gineinänne translative giniksenne gineiksenne abessive ginittänne gineittänne instructive — — comitative — gineinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative gininsä gininsä accusative nom. gininsä gininsä gen. gininsä genitive gininsä giniensä partitive giniään giniänsä ginejään ginejänsä inessive ginissään ginissänsä gineissään gineissänsä elative ginistään ginistänsä gineistään gineistänsä illative giniinsä gineihinsä adessive ginillään ginillänsä gineillään gineillänsä ablative giniltään giniltänsä gineiltään gineiltänsä allative ginilleen ginillensä gineilleen gineillensä essive gininään gininänsä gineinään gineinänsä translative ginikseen giniksensä gineikseen gineiksensä abessive ginittään ginittänsä gineittään gineittänsä instructive — — comitative — gineineen gineinensä

Further reading

• “gin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 5 April 2024

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒin/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophones: djinn, jean

Noun

gin m (plural gins)

1. gin

Further reading

• “gin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gein, verbal noun of gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟɪnʲ/

Noun

gin f (genitive singular gine, nominative plural ginte)

1. begetting, birth
2. fetus
3. offspring, child, person
4. generating source

Declension

Declension of gin (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative gin ginte vocative a ghin a ghinte genitive gine ginte dative gin ginte forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ghin na ginte genitive na gine na nginte dative leis an ngin don ghin leis na ginte

Derived terms

• aonghin
• athghin f (“counterpart”)

Verb

gin (present analytic gineann, future analytic ginfidh, verbal noun giniúint, past participle ginte)

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

Conjugation

conjugation of gin (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	giniúint
past participle	ginte
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	ginim	gineann tú; ginir†	gineann sé, sí	ginimid	gineann sibh	gineann siad; ginid†	a ghineann; a ghineas / a ngineann*	gintear
past	ghin mé; ghineas	ghin tú; ghinis	ghin sé, sí	ghineamar; ghin muid	ghin sibh; ghineabhair	ghin siad; ghineadar	a ghin / ar ghin*	gineadh
past habitual	ghininn / ngininn‡‡	ghinteá / nginteᇇ	ghineadh sé, sí / ngineadh sé, s퇇	ghinimis; ghineadh muid / nginimis‡‡; ngineadh muid‡‡	ghineadh sibh / ngineadh sibh‡‡	ghinidís; ghineadh siad / nginidís‡‡; ngineadh siad‡‡	a ghineadh / a ngineadh*	ghintí / ngint퇇
future	ginfidh mé; ginfead	ginfidh tú; ginfir†	ginfidh sé, sí	ginfimid; ginfidh muid	ginfidh sibh	ginfidh siad; ginfid†	a ghinfidh; a ghinfeas / a nginfidh*	ginfear
conditional	ghinfinn / nginfinn‡‡	ghinfeá / nginfeᇇ	ghinfeadh sé, sí / nginfeadh sé, s퇇	ghinfimis; ghinfeadh muid / nginfimis‡‡; nginfeadh muid‡‡	ghinfeadh sibh / nginfeadh sibh‡‡	ghinfidís; ghinfeadh siad / nginfidís‡‡; nginfeadh siad‡‡	a ghinfeadh / a nginfeadh*	ghinfí / nginf퇇
subjunctive
present	go ngine mé; go nginead†	go ngine tú; go nginir†	go ngine sé, sí	go nginimid; go ngine muid	go ngine sibh	go ngine siad; go nginid†	—	go ngintear
past	dá ngininn	dá nginteá	dá ngineadh sé, sí	dá nginimis; dá ngineadh muid	dá ngineadh sibh	dá nginidís; dá ngineadh siad	—	dá ngintí
imperative
–	ginim	gin	gineadh sé, sí	ginimis	ginigí; ginidh†	ginidís	—	gintear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• athghin (“regenerate”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gin	ghin	ngin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gainithir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Janday

Noun

gin

1. woman, girl

Further reading

• John Gladstone Steele, Aboriginal Pathways: in Southeast Queensland and the Richmond River

Japanese

Romanization

gin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぎん

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French gagner (“to earn, to gain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Verb

gin

1. (transitive) to have (to own, to possess)

   Mâ tant gin dé sœr. ― My aunt has two sisters.

2. (transitive) to have under one's control, in one's power
3. (transitive) to have (a condition), to be

   Mo gin swaf. ― I'm thirsty. (literally, “I have thirst.”)

   Mo gin pœr. ― I'm scared. (literally, “I have fear.”)

4. (transitive) to be (an age)

   Li gin 19 zan. ― She's 19 years old. (literally, “She has 19 years.”)

5. (copulative) to get, to become
6. (transitive) to get, to make (cause someone or something to do something)
7. (auxiliary) to have to

   Synonyms: bezwin, dwa, gin pou, ifo

8. (auxiliary) should

   Synonym: sé

9. (auxiliary) to be going to, will

   Synonyms: a, alé, kouri, va

Usage notes

• Mirrors the use of French avoir (“to have”) in some ways. For example, Louisiana Creole gin pou mirrors French avoir pour (“to be obligated to”).

Derived terms

• gin dan sâ tèt
• gin drwa
• gin in bo tem
• gin kèkènn
• gin lashans
• gin lè
• gin li byin
• gin mal
• gin pœr
• gin pou
• gin rézon
• gin swaf
• gin toupé
• pa gin ariyin
• pa gin tou
• to gin mò

Mandarin

Romanization

gin

1. nonstandard spelling of gīn

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.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲin/

Noun

gin m

1. alternative form of giun (“mouth”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲinʲ/

Noun

gin

1. genitive singular of gen (“smile”)
2. inflection of gen (“sword”):
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Mutation of gin

radical	lenition	nasalization
gin	gin pronounced with /ɣʲ-/	ngin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

Alternative forms

• dżin

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʐin/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: gin
• Homophones: dżin, dżinn

Noun

gin m inan

1. gin (alcoholic beverage)

Declension

Declension of gin

	singular	plural
nominative	gin	giny
genitive	ginu	ginów
dative	ginowi	ginom
accusative	gin	giny
instrumental	ginem	ginami
locative	ginie	ginach
vocative	ginie	giny

Further reading

• gin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gin.

Noun

gin m (invariable)

1. alternative spelling of gim

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Noun

gin n (plural ginuri)

1. gin

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gin	ginul		ginuri	ginurile
genitive-dative	gin	ginului		ginuri	ginurilor
vocative	ginule			ginurilor

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪn/

Etymology 1

Cognate to dialectal English gin (“if”), see English Etymology 5 for more.

Conjunction

gin

1. if (conditional; subjunctive)

   Gin A war ye, A wad gang. ― If I were you, I would go.

   • 1778, Alexander Ross, Fortunate Shepherdess, page 124:

     Then says the squire,
     Gin that be all your fear,
     She sanna want a man, for want of gear.
     A thousand pounds a year, well burthen free,
     I mak her sure of, gin she'll gang with me.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

From Old English [Term?].

Preposition

gin

1. Against; nearby; towards.

   gin night ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish gainithir (“is born”), from Proto-Celtic *ganyetor (compare Welsh geni (“be born, bear”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (compare English kin, Latin gignō (“beget, bear”), Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “become”), Sanskrit जनति (janati, “beget”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̊ʲin/

Verb

gin (past ghin, future ginidh, verbal noun gintinn, past participle ginte)

1. beget, produce, father
2. create, engender
3. procreate, reproduce
4. breed
5. (computing) generate

Derived terms

• ath-ghin

Pronoun

gin f

1. any, anything
2. anyone, anybody

   cha robh gin ann a-raoir ― there was nobody/none there last night

Mutation

Mutation of gin

radical	lenition
gin	ghin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “gin”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “gin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[4], Stirling, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝin/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃin/ [ˈʃĩn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒin/ [ˈʒĩn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -in

Noun

gin m (plural gines)

1. gin

   Synonym: ginebra

Further reading

• “gin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Sumerian

Romanization

gin

1. romanization of 𒁺 (gin)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪn/, /dʒɪn/

Noun

gin c or n

1. gin (liquor)

Declension

Declension of gin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gin	gins
	definite	ginen	ginens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of gin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gin	gins
	definite	ginet	ginets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• enbär (“juniper berry”)

References

• gin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -ing, Ing

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gen, gennyf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪn/

Pronoun

gin

1. (colloquial) (North Wales) first/second-person singular of gan

Wiradjuri

Noun

gin

1. alternative spelling of geen

Yola

Etymology

Compare Scots gin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪn/

Conjunction

gin

1. if

   Synonym: yith

   • 1927, “THE FORTH MAN'S GRACE AFTER A SCANTY DINNER”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 137, line 3:

     Gin we have no mo' maate, it maakes no mo' matter,

     [If we have no more meat, it makes no more matter,]

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[5], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 137

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡĩ̄/

Verb

gin

1. (Igbomina) to chip off a small part of something

   Synonym: yin

   ìyá gin uṣu lé ọmọ lọ́wọ́ ― The mother chipped off a small part of a yam to give to the child

2. (Igbomina) to trim the edges of something with a razor

   babá gin irun ọmọ náà ― The father trimmed the edges of the child's hair