nin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɪn/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun[edit]

nin (plural nins)

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

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Abinomn[edit]

Noun[edit]

nin

  1. food

Alemannic German[edit]

cardinal number
9 Previous: acht
Next: zää

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Numeral[edit]

nin

  1. (Alsatian) nine

Asturian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

nin

  1. neither, nor, (not) either

Interjection[edit]

nin

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

Bikol Central[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

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Preposition[edit]

nin (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. (formal) of (mostly for locations and occasions)
    Aldaw nin Pagkamuot
    Valentine's Day (Day of Love)
    Aldaw nin Kamahalan
    Easter (Day of Adoration)
  2. (Naga) of (expressing possession)
    Nagkakan nin sira an ikos.
    The cat ate a fish.
  3. (Naga) indirect marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
    Nagkakan sana kami nin pamahawan.
    We just ate breakfast.

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of nen

Further reading[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nin

  1. accusative of ni

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

nin

  1. nor
  2. neither

Derived terms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

nin

  1. not even

References[edit]

  • nin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • nin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • nin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • nin” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • nin” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hunsrik[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

nin

  1. in

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にん

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nin

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

Middle English[edit]

Numeral[edit]

nin

  1. Alternative form of nyne

Somali[edit]

Noun[edit]

nin ?

  1. man

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: nin

Conjunction[edit]

nin

  1. Obsolete form of ni.

Further reading[edit]

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nin

  1. Romanization of 𒎏 (nin)

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

nin (nominative plural nins)

  1. contents

Declension[edit]