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Etymology 1

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    From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

    Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.

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    Pronoun

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    mine (plural mine)

    1. That or those belonging to me.
      1. Used predicatively.
        The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
        These books are mine.
        • 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread , chapter 7:
          "Ah, but how beautiful (my baby boy) is! And he is mine, mine for ever. Even if he hates me he will be mine. He cannot help it, he is made out of me; I am his father."
      2. Used substantively, with an implied noun.
        Mine has been a long journey.
        • 1953, Ian Fleming, “Rouge et Noir”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 50:
          ‘My name’s Felix Leiter,’ said the American. ‘Glad to meet you.’ ‘Mine’s Bond - James Bond.’
      3. Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
        Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
      5. (informal) My house or home.
        We had the party at mine.
      6. As double possessive.
        This house of mine is over 100 years old.
        You have something of mine.
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    English personal pronouns

    Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.

    personal pronoun possessive
    pronoun    		 possessive
    determiner
    subjective objective reflexive
    first
    person    		 singular I
    me (colloquial)    		 me myself
    me
    mysen    		 mine my
    mine (before vowels, archaic)
    me
    plural we us ourselves
    ourself
    oursen    		 ours
    ourn (obsolete outside dialects)    		 our
    second
    person    		 singular standard
    (historically
    formal)     		you you yourself
    yoursen    		 yours
    yourn (obsolete outside dialects)    		 your
    archaic
    (historically
    informal)     		thou thee thyself
    theeself
    thysen    		 thine thy
    thine (before vowels)
    plural standard you
    ye (archaic)    		 you yourselves yours
    yourn (obsolete outside dialects)    		 your
    colloquial you all
    y'all
    you guys
    yous    		 you all
    y'all
    you guys
    yous    		 y'allselves all yours
    y'all's
    you guys'
    your guys'    		 all your
    y'all's
    your all's (nonstandard)
    you guys'
    your guys'
    informal /
    dialectal     		(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
    third
    person         		singular masculine he him himself
    hisself (archaic)
    hissen    		 his
    hisn (obsolete outside dialects)    		 his
    feminine she her herself
    hersen    		 hers
    hern (obsolete outside dialects)    		 her
    neuter it
    hit    		 it
    hit    		 itself
    hitself    		 its
    his (archaic)    		 its
    his (archaic)
    hits
    genderless1 they them themself, themselves theirs their
    nonspecific
    (formal)     		one one oneself – one's
    plural they them
    hem, 'em    		 themselves
    theirsen    		 theirs
    theirn (obsolete outside dialects)    		 their

    1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronouns.

    Determiner

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    mine

    1. (archaic or nonstandard) My; belonging to me.
      • 1936 December 23, Hazel Livingston, “‘Love’s Litany’”, in Walter V. Hogan, editor, The Daily Reporter, volume XX, number 53, White Plains, N.Y.: White Plains Publishing Company, →OCLC, chapter IX, page 18, column 4:
        Well, then, fix it up nice, waiter, and make mine baked hash an’ mashed ’taters and stewed corn and waiter!—plain white bread, no fancy rolls!
      • 2023 December 18, “Galactus VS Unicron (Marvel Comics VS Transformers)” (16:08 from the start), in DEATH BATTLE!‎[1], season 10, episode 16, spoken by Unicron (Brent Mukai):
        Beg not for mercy. Behold, blackened sky. Against mine chaos, even gods will die!
      1. Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
      2. Used attributively before a vowel.
        • 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume IX, number LII, page 10:
          Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]
        • 1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6,
          Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...
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    • My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases, as may be seen in most of the usage examples and quotations above. In this respect, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns (e.g. your vs. yours), as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone.
    • Historically, my came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above, and in the most formal of writing even into the 20th century. In later archaic use, the restriction against mine being used before nouns starting with a consonant is no longer reliably respected, as may be seen in the 1936 and 2023 quotations above.
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    Etymology 2

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      From Middle English [Term?], from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

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      mine (plural mines)

      Entrance to a gold mine in Victoria, Australia
      Cutaway view of an anti-tank landmine
      2. An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
        Hypernyms: place, site
        Hyponyms: coal mine, coalmine; drift mine; gold mine, goldmine; open-pit mine; salt mine; strip-mine, strip mine; iron mine; powder mine; silver mine, silvermine; tin mine; urban mine
        Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car
        This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
        He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
        Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
      4. (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
        She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics.
        • 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
          To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.
      6. (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
        The most famous mine of the American Civil War led to the Battle of the Crater.
      8. (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
        Hypernyms: munition < weapon
        Hyponyms: Bangalore mine; bounding mine; butterfly mine; land mine, landmine; limpet mine; magnetic mine; naval mine; proximity mine; proxy mine
        Holonym: minefield
        His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
        The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
        • 1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302:
          Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].
      10. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
      12. (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
      14. (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
        A change to the blockchain method was contemplated to allow mines to hog less electric power.
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      • → Esperanto: mino
      • → Māori: maina
      • → Samoan: maina
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      Verb

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      mine (third-person singular simple present mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined)

      1. (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
        Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
      2. To dig into, for ore or metal.
        • 1837, Andrew Ure, Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines:
          Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.
      3. (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
        We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
      4. (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
      5. (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
        the mining cony
      6. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
      7. (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
      8. (by extension, figurative) To tap into.
      9. (slang) To pick one's nose.
      11. (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
        Coordinate term: mint
        • 2021 March 9, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Bitcoin's Climate Problem”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN:
          Bitcoin supporters say that estimates of its carbon footprint are overstated. And if the computers that mine and help transact bitcoins are attached to an electric grid that uses wind and solar power, they add, mining and using it will become cleaner over time.
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      Etymology 3

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        Borrowed from French mine.

        Noun

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        mine (plural mines)

        1. Alternative form of mien.

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        Aromanian

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        Pronoun

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        mine

        1. alternative form of mini

        Crimean Gothic

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Germanic *mēnô.

        Noun

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        mine

        1. moon
          • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
            Mine. Luna.

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        mine

        1. third-person singular future indicative of minout

        Danish

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /miːnə/, [ˈmiːnə], [ˈmiːn̩]

        Noun

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        mine c (singular definite minen, plural indefinite miner)

        1. look, air, mien
        2. (military) mine
        3. pit

        Inflection

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        Declension of mine
        common
        gender         		singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative mine minen miner minerne
        genitive mines minens miners minernes

        Pronoun

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        mine

        1. (possessive) plural of min

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        Danish personal pronouns
        Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
        common neuter plural
        Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
        Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
        formal (uncommon) De Dem Deres
        Third masculine (person) han ham hans
        feminine (person) hun hende hendes
        common (noun) den dens
        neuter (noun) det dets
        indefinite man en ens
        reflexive – sig sin sit sine
        Plural First modern vi os vores
        archaic / formal vor vort vore
        Second – I jer jeres
        Third – de dem deres
        reflexive – sig

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-
        Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis
        Proto-Celtic *meinis
        Gaulish *meinabor.
        Vulgar Latin *mina
        French mine

          Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mina, Gaulish *meina (see also Welsh mwyn, Middle Irish míanach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

          Noun

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          mine f (plural mines)

          1. mine (excavation or explosive)
          2. pencil lead
          3. (soccer) piledriver, scorcher
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          Etymology tree
          Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-
          Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis
          Proto-Celtic *meinisder.
          Breton minbor.
          Latin miniōder.
          Italian minader.
          French mine

            Borrowed from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”) (from Proto-Celtic *meinis, in the sense of "red"),[1] or from Italian mina, from Latin miniō (“to redden”).[2]

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            mine f (plural mines)

            1. appearance, physical aspect; expression
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            Etymology 3

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              From miner.

              Verb

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              mine

              1. inflection of miner:
                1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
                2. second-person singular imperative

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              1. ^ Rea, J. & Rea, C. B. (1973): Circa instans, p. 401
              2. ^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 727, mine1

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              Adjective

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              mine

              1. inflection of mion:
                1. genitive feminine singular
                2. comparative degree

              Noun

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              mine f

              1. genitive singular of min

              Mutation

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              Mutated forms of mine
              radical lenition eclipsis
              mine mhine not applicable

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

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              1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 194

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              Noun

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              mine f

              1. plural of mina

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              mine

              1. Rōmaji transcription of みね

              Middle Dutch

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              Borrowed from Old French mine.

              Noun

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              mine f

              1. ore vein, mine
              Inflection
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              Weak feminine noun
              singular plural
              nominative mine minen
              accusative mine minen
              genitive mine, minen minen
              dative mine, minen minen
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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              Determiner

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              mine

              1. inflection of mijn:
                1. feminine nominative/accusative singular
                2. nominative/accusative plural

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              Determiner

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              mine (subjective pronoun I)

              1. alternative form of min

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              mine (subjective I)

              1. alternative form of min

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              mine

              1. to exist

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              • Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[3], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 153
              • Harrison, Sheldon P. (1976), Mokilese Reference Grammar‎[4], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii

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              • (etymologies 1–3 and 5) IPA(key): /²miːnə/, [ˈmîːnə]
                • Rhymes: -iːnə
                • Hyphenation: mi‧ne

              Etymology 1

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              Examples of facial expressions.

              Borrowed from German Miene (“facial expression”), from French mine (“appearance; facial expression”). The French word's further origin is uncertain; it has been connected with min (“mouth; muzzle; facial expression”).

              Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mine, Danish mine, Swedish min, German Miene and Dutch mine (“facial expression”). Compare also English mien, whose development was influenced by the French word.

              Noun

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              mine f or m (definite singular mina or minen, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)

              1. expression, look; the appearance of the face as conveying a feeling or state of mind.
                Hun møtte oss med en alvorlig mine. ― She greeted us with a serious expression.
                Synonym: ansiktsuttrykk
                holde gode miner (literary) — to pretend that nothing is wrong; to keep up appearances
                Vi måtte holde gode miner selv om vi var skuffet. ― We had to keep up appearances even though we were disappointed.
                gjøre gode miner til slett spill — to conceal one's dissatisfaction; to put a good face on things[1]
                Hun var misfornøyd, men gjorde gode miner til slett spill. ― She was dissatisfied but put a good face on things.
                uten å fortrekke en mine — without changing one's expression; without batting an eyelid[2]
                Han tok imot kritikken uten å fortrekke en mine. ― He accepted the criticism without batting an eyelid.
                ikke fortrekke en mine — not to change one's expression; not to bat an eyelid
                gi seg mine av (now rare) — to give the impression of; to make oneself appear
                Han ga seg mine av å være misfornøyd. ― He made himself appear dissatisfied.
                gjøre miner — to make faces; to signal with facial expressions
                Hun gjorde miner til meg bak ryggen hans. ― She made faces at me behind his back.
                gjøre mine til — to show signs of; to look as though one is about to[3]
                Ingen gjorde mine til å gå. ― Nobody showed any sign of leaving.
                • 1867, Henrik Ibsen, chapter IV, in Peer Gynt‎[5], page 131:
                  Peer Gynt (tier lidt, støtter sig till en Stol og antager en fornem Mine).
                  Peer Gynt (is silent for a moment, leans on a chair and assumes a distinguished expression).
                • 1881, Kristian Elster, chapter VII, in Farlige Folk‎[6], page 132:
                  Alle søger at give sig Mine af, at de ingen Anelse har om hvad der forestaar
                  Everyone tries to appear as though they have no idea what is about to happen.
                • 1882, Alexander L. Kielland, Skipper Worse, page 270:
                  farveren [gjorde] miner til Sivert Jespersen
                  the dyer [made] faces at Sivert Jespersen
                • 1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden‎[7], page 62:
                  glemmer en bare det aller ringeste, – straks skal en se sure miner
                  if one forgets even the slightest thing, one immediately gets sour looks
                • 1890, Amalie Skram, chapter XII, in S.G. Myre‎[8], published 1924:
                  Petra slog paa Nakken og paatog sig en krænket Mine.
                  Petra tossed her head and put on an offended expression.
                • 1891, Arne Garborg, Trætte Mænd, page 184:
                  naturligvis holdt jeg gode miner, sa, at det betyder ikke det mindste
                  naturally I kept up appearances, said that it did not matter in the least
                • 1896, Thomas Krag, Ada Wilde, page 217:
                  [han hadde] noget næsten udfordrende i sin mine
                  [he had] something almost defiant in his expression
                • 1900, Vilhelm Krag, Isaac Seehuusen, page 148:
                  han forestillede sig sin moders krænkede mine ved at sidde i sligt selskab
                  he imagined his mother's offended expression at sitting in such company
                • 1918, Gabriel Scott, Kilden, page 102:
                  [de to] blunker med øinene og gjør miner og har plasér
                  [the two] wink and make faces and enjoy themselves
                • 1930, Kristian Elster d.y., Bonde Veirskjæg, page 193:
                  den gamle fortrak ikke en mine
                  the old man did not change his expression
                • 1956, Johan Borgen, De mørke kilder, page 181:
                  alltid med en opptatt mine på vei fra noe til noe
                  always with a preoccupied expression, on his way from one thing to another
                • 2000, Trude Marstein, Plutselig høre noen åpne en dør:
                  hun lyver uten å fortrekke en mine
                  she lies without batting an eyelid
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              Etymology 2

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              Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
              Wikipedia no
              A naval mine on display in Harstad.

              Borrowed from German Mine, from French mine, from Old French mine (“mine; excavation”), probably ultimately of Celtic origin; a proposed source is *meina (“raw metal”). The remoter origin is uncertain. The mining sense was also influenced by English mine. The Norwegian verb is derived from the noun.

              Compare Norwegian Nynorsk mine, Danish mine, Swedish mina, German Mine, Dutch mijn, Spanish mina and English mine.

              Noun

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              mine f or m (definite singular mina or minen, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)

              1. (mining) mine; an excavation, shaft or underground passage used to extract minerals.[4]
                Den gamle minen ble stengt da malmen tok slutt. ― The old mine closed when the ore ran out.
                Synonyms: gruve, gruvegang, sjakt
              2. (entomology) mine; a feeding tunnel or cavity made by an insect larva inside a leaf.
                Larven etterlot en lys mine i bladet. ― The larva left a pale mine in the leaf.
                • 2026 February 4, Olina Søyland Bru, “bladminerere”, in Store norske leksikon‎[9]:
                  De fleste larvene forblir i minen gjennom hele larvestadiet
                  Most larvae remain in the mine throughout the larval stage.
              3. (military) mine; an explosive device placed on land or in water and designed to detonate when triggered.
                Skipet traff en mine utenfor kysten. ― The ship struck a mine off the coast.
                gå på en mine (especially of a vessel) — to strike or trigger a mine
                Skipet sank etter å ha gått på en mine. ― The ship sank after striking a mine.
                • 2024 April 24, Martin Lau Slåtten, “Den bosniske våren: 30 år siden en av de mest dramatiske epokene i nyere norsk militærhistorie”, in Forsvaret‎[10]:
                  Den 26. mars ble en britisk vognfører alvorlig såret da panservognen han satt i, […] kjørte på en mine.
                  On 26 March, a British driver was seriously wounded when the armoured vehicle he was in […] struck a mine.
              4. (mining, rare) an explosive charge used in blasting.
                Arbeiderne søkte dekning før minen ble tent. ― The workers took cover before the blasting charge was ignited.
                • 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 152:
                  det vil koste livet for den arbeider, som skal tænde minen
                  it will cost the life of the worker who is to ignite the charge
              5. lead; the writing core of a pencil.
                Minen knakk da jeg spisset blyanten. ― The lead broke when I sharpened the pencil.
                • 1976 November 8, “Din tjener blyanten”, in Våkn opp!‎[11], pages 13–14:
                  Den harde minen holder seg spiss og gjør det derved mulig å trekke meget fine og nøyaktige streker.
                  The hard lead keeps its point, thus making it possible to draw very fine and precise lines.
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              mine (imperative min, present tense miner, passive mines, simple past minet or mina or minte, supine minet or mina or mint, past participle minet or mina or mint, present participle minende, verbal noun mining)

              1. (mining) to mine; to excavate or extract by blasting.
                De begynte å mine ut en ny gang i fjellet. ― They began blasting a new passage through the rock.
                Synonym: minere
                • 1841, Henrik Wergeland, Steinbryter-Vise:
                  nisser og dverge bygge i bjerge, men vi skal mine dem alle herud
                  gnomes and dwarfs dwell in mountains, but we shall blast them all out of here
                • 1856 February 16, Arbeider-Foreningernes Blad, page 2, column 2:
                  [sluseverkene] bestaa af 5 sluser, den ene høiere end den anden og dette er minet ud i fjeldet for at forbinde indsjøerne med Hudsonfloden
                  [the lock works] consist of five locks, each higher than the next, and this has been blasted out of the rock to connect the lakes with the Hudson River
                • 1992 July 14, Tidens Krav, page 6:
                  Senere ble gruvegangene minet ut
                  Later, the mine passages were blasted out.
                • 2010 December 27, Tidens Krav, page 23:
                  fram til 1917 ble det minet ut omlag 500 tonn malm
                  up to 1917, approximately 500 tonnes of ore were mined
              2. (entomology) to mine; to excavate feeding tunnels in plant tissue.
                Larvene miner i bladene. ― The larvae mine the leaves.
                • 2026 February 4, Olina Søyland Bru, “bladminerere”, in Store norske leksikon‎[12]:
                  Noen arter av møll og biller miner også på nåler av bartrær.
                  Some species of moths and beetles also mine conifer needles.

              Etymology 3

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              Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ), ultimately from Akkadian manû (“a unit of weight”), related to manû (“to count”), belonging to the Semitic root m-n-w.

              Compare French mine, German Mine, Catalan mina and English mina (“historical unit of weight or money”).

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              • mina (historical weight and monetary unit)

              Noun

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              mine m (definite singular minen, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)

              1. (historical) mina; a unit of weight and monetary value used in the ancient Near East and Greece, varying with place and period.
                Beløpet tilsvarte ti miner sølv. ― The amount was equivalent to ten minas of silver.
                • 2024, “Lukas 19:16”, in Bibelen‎[13], Bibelselskapet:
                  Herre, den ene minen sølv du ga meg, har kastet av seg ti.
                  Lord, the one mina of silver you gave me has yielded ten.
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              An ancient Greek mine comprised 100 drachmas; a Syrian or Hebrew mine comprised 50 shekels. It was commonly one sixtieth of a talent. The later Greek royal mine was 1.5 kilograms, and the name was also used for the kilogram.[5]

              Etymology 4

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              Borrowed from English mine (“to mine cryptocurrency”), a figurative extension of mine (“to extract minerals”), ultimately from Old French mine (“mine; excavation”) and related to the noun under etymology 2.

              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /²maɪnə/, [ˈmâɪnə], /²miːnə/, [ˈmîːnə]
              • Rhymes: -aɪnə, -iːnə
              • Hyphenation: mi‧ne

              Verb

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              mine (present tense miner, simple past minet, supine minet, past participle minet, verbal noun mining)

              1. (computing, cryptocurrencies) to mine; to use computing power to validate transactions and obtain cryptocurrency.
                De bruker datamaskiner til å mine bitcoin. ― They use computers to mine bitcoin.
                • 2021 March 24, Skatteklagenemnda, “Spørsmål om skatteplikt på gevinst ved realisasjon av bitcoin, samt formuesverdsettelse av bitcoin”, in Skatteetaten‎[14]:
                  I dag kreves det spesialisert utstyr og større investeringer for å kunne mine bitcoin.
                  Today, specialized equipment and larger investments are required to mine bitcoin.

              Etymology 5

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              Etymology 5

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              Determiner

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              mine pl

              1. plural of min (“my”)

              Pronoun

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              mine pl

              1. plural of min (“mine”)

              References

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              1. ^ Dag Solstad (1987), Roman 1987, page 182; Pål Gerhard Olsen (1997), Manndomsprøven; cited in “mine” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB)..
              2. ^ Jens Bjørneboe (1957), Under en hårdere himmel, page 268; cited in “mine” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB)..
              3. ^ Vigdis Hjorth (1986), Gjennom skogen, page 116; Hans Olav Lahlum (2011), Satellittmenneskene; Thorvald Steen (2017), Det hvite badehuset, page 25; cited in “mine” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB)..
              4. ^ “mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
              5. ^
              • “mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
              • “mine” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).
              • “mine” in Store norske leksikon

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              Norwegian Nynorsk

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              Etymology 1

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              From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine.

              Noun

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              mine f (definite singular mina, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)

              1. a mine (excavation or explosive)
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              Verb

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              mine (present tense minar/miner, past tense mina/minte, past participle mina/mint, passive infinitive minast, present participle minande, imperative mine/min)

              1. alternative form of mina

              Etymology 3

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              Determiner

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              mine

              1. plural of min
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              Old English

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              Determiner

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              mīne

              1. inflection of mīn:
                1. accusative feminine singular
                2. instrumental masculine/neuter singular
                3. nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural

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              Etymology

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              From Proto-Nguni *miná.

              Pronoun

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              miné

              1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

              Portuguese

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              mine

              1. inflection of minar:
                1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
                2. third-person singular imperative

              Romanian

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              Alternative forms

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              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ne/
              • Rhymes: -ine
              • Hyphenation: mi‧ne

              Etymology 1

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              Inherited from Latin mē, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *mēne, or through analogy with cine, from *quene, from quem. It also possibly acquired this ending through adopting the common Latin accusative inflection -inem. Compare tine, sine. Compare also Aromanian mini, Dalmatian main, Neapolitan mene.

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              mine (stressed accusative form of eu)

              1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as pe, cu, la pentru) me
                Mă iubești pe mine? ― Do you love me?
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              Romanian personal pronouns
              number person nominative accusative dative accusative dative
              stressed unstressed
              singular
              1st eu mine mie mă îmi
              2nd tu, dumneata1, dumneavoastră2 tine, dumneata1, dumneavoastră2 ție, dumitale1, dumneavoastră2 te, vă2 îți, vă2
              3rd m el, dumnealui2 e, dumnealui2 lui, dumnealui2 îl îi
              f ea, dumneaei2 ei, dumneaei2 o
              plural
              1st noi nouă ne
              2nd voi, dumneavoastră2 vouă, dumneavoastră2 vă
              3rd m ei, dumnealor2 lor, dumnealor2 îi le
              f ele, dumnealor2 le

              1 Semi-polite.
              2 Polite.

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              Noun

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              mine

              1. inflection of mină (“mine”):
                1. indefinite plural
                2. indefinite genitive/dative singular

              Scots

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              Etymology

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              Inherited from Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

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              mine

              1. my (used before a vowel and h-)
                Synonym: my

              Pronoun

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              mine

              1. mine

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              Scots personal pronouns
              personal pronoun possessive
              pronoun              		 possessive
              determiner
              subjective objective reflexive
              first person singular A, I, Ik me mysel mine, mines mine, my
              plural we us, we oorsel, oorsels oors our
              second person singular standard (formal) ye
              you, yow              		 ye
              you, yow              		 yersel
              yoursel              		 yers
              yours              		 yer
              your
              Insular (informal) thoo thee thysel, theesel thines thy, thee, thees
              plural ye, yese
              you, youse              		 ye, yese
              you, youse
              theer              		 yesels
              yoursels              		 yers
              yours              		 yer
              your
              third person singular masculine he, e him, im himsel, hissel his, is his, is
              feminine scho, she, shu her, er hersel hers her, er
              neuter it
              hit              		 it
              hit              		 itsel
              hitsel              		 its
              hits              		 its
              hits
              genderless, nonspecific
              (formal)               		ane ane – – ane's
              plural thay thaim thaimsel, thaimsels thairs thair

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              Scottish Gaelic

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              Noun

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              mine f

              1. genitive singular of min

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              Mutation of mine
              radical lenition
              mine mhine

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

              Sidamo

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              Mine (1).

              Etymology

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              From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Oromo mana, Burji mina and Hadiyya mine.

              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /ˈmine/
              • Hyphenation: mi‧ne

              Noun

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              mine m (plural minna f)

              1. house
              2. household

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              • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62
              • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “mine”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

              Spanish

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              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /ˈmine/ [ˈmi.ne]
              • Rhymes: -ine
              • Syllabification: mi‧ne

              Verb

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              mine

              1. inflection of minar:
                1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
                2. third-person singular imperative

              Swazi

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              Etymology

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              From Proto-Nguni *miná.

              Pronoun

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              miné

              1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

              Turkish

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              mine

              Etymology

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              Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مینه, from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā), from Middle Persian 𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫇𐫃 (mynwg /⁠mēnōg⁠/, “heaven, paradise; *emerald; *glass”), from Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬎 (mainiiu, “spirit”).

              Pronunciation

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              • IPA(key): /miˈne/
              • Hyphenation: mi‧ne

              Noun

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              mine (definite accusative mineyi, plural mineler)

              1. glaze
                Synonyms: sır, cila
              2. enamel
                Synonym: sır
              3. enamel, the hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth
              4. ellipsis of mine çiçeği

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              Declension of mine
              singular plural
              nominative mine mineler
              definite accusative mineyi mineleri
              dative mineye minelere
              locative minede minelerde
              ablative mineden minelerden
              genitive minenin minelerin
              Possessive forms
              nominative
              singular plural
              1st singular minem minelerim
              2nd singular minen minelerin
              3rd singular minesi mineleri
              1st plural minemiz minelerimiz
              2nd plural mineniz mineleriniz
              3rd plural mineleri mineleri
              definite accusative
              singular plural
              1st singular minemi minelerimi
              2nd singular mineni minelerini
              3rd singular minesini minelerini
              1st plural minemizi minelerimizi
              2nd plural minenizi minelerinizi
              3rd plural minelerini minelerini
              dative
              singular plural
              1st singular mineme minelerime
              2nd singular minene minelerine
              3rd singular minesine minelerine
              1st plural minemize minelerimize
              2nd plural minenize minelerinize
              3rd plural minelerine minelerine
              locative
              singular plural
              1st singular minemde minelerimde
              2nd singular minende minelerinde
              3rd singular minesinde minelerinde
              1st plural minemizde minelerimizde
              2nd plural minenizde minelerinizde
              3rd plural minelerinde minelerinde
              ablative
              singular plural
              1st singular minemden minelerimden
              2nd singular minenden minelerinden
              3rd singular minesinden minelerinden
              1st plural minemizden minelerimizden
              2nd plural minenizden minelerinizden
              3rd plural minelerinden minelerinden
              genitive
              singular plural
              1st singular minemin minelerimin
              2nd singular minenin minelerinin
              3rd singular minesinin minelerinin
              1st plural minemizin minelerimizin
              2nd plural minenizin minelerinizin
              3rd plural minelerinin minelerinin
              Predicative forms
              singular plural
              1st singular mineyim minelerim
              2nd singular minesin minelersin
              3rd singular mine
              minedir               		mineler
              minelerdir
              1st plural mineyiz mineleriz
              2nd plural minesiniz minelersiniz
              3rd plural mineler minelerdir

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