tin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tin"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Tindi.

Symbol

tin

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

English

Chemical element
Sn
Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimony (Sb)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

tin

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

enPR: tĭn, IPA^(key): /tɪn/, [tʰɪn]
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (UK): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪn
Homophones: thin (th-stopping); ten (pin–pen merger)

Noun

tin (countable and uncountable, plural tins)

(uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
(metonymic) Iron or steel sheet metal that is coated with tin as an anticorrosion protectant.
Synonym: tinplate

The roof was made of tin, which had been cut with tin snips.
(chiefly UK, Commonwealth, countable) An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (called tinplate or tin), (formerly) tin, aluminium, or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.
Synonym: can (chiefly US and Canada)

a tin of baked beans; a tobacco tin; a tin of shoe polish

Several tins of paint were needed to paint the house.

empty tins, cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
- 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
  When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.
muffin tin

roasting tin

baking tin
- 2023 October 28, Ashlie D. Stevens, ““Great British Bake Off” shocks viewers with a dramatic double-elimination round”, in Salon‎^[1]:
  And, indeed, after a tense round of rolling, shaping and filling delicate pastry dough, Rowan can’t even pull his overstuffed pies out of the tins without them bleeding and oozing fruit filling.
(countable, squash) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
(slang, dated, uncountable) money, especially silver money.
- 1844, Benjamin Disraeli, Coningsby:
  The father is a cotton lord, and they all have loads of tin, you know
- 1861, Philip William Perfitt, The Pathfinder, page 377:
  When all your tin is gone and spent, / And you've not a mag for bread or rent
(slang, uncountable) computer hardware.

Synonyms

(airtight container): can (especially US), tin can

Derived terms

Translations

element

Afrikaans: tin (af)
Albanian: kallaj (sq) m
Altai:
Southern Altai: калай (kalay), телеҥир (teleŋir)
Amharic: ቆርቆሮ (ḳorḳoro)
Arabic: قَصْدِير m (qaṣdīr) or قِصْدِير m (qiṣdīr)
Egyptian Arabic: صفيح m (ṣafīḥ)

Hijazi Arabic: قَصْدير m (gaṣdīr)

Moroccan Arabic: قزدير m (qazdīr)
Aramaic:
Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡍࡊࡀ (anka)

Classical Syriac: ܐܵܢܟ݂ܵܐ (ʾānəḵāʾ)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: אָנְכָא (ʾānəḵāʾ)
Armenian: անագ (hy) (anag)
Assamese: ৰাং (raṅ)
Asturian: estañu (ast) m
Avar: гъалай (ğalaj)
Azerbaijani: qalay (az)
Basque: eztainua
Belarusian: во́лава f (vólava), цына f (cyna)
Bengali: টিন (bn) (ṭin)
Breton: staen (br) m
Bulgarian: кала́й (bg) m (kaláj)
Burmese: သံဖြူ (my) (samhpru)
Catalan: estany (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 錫 / 锡 (zh) (xí)
Coptic: ⲃⲁⲥⲛϭ (basnc) (Sahidic), ⲑⲣⲁⲛ (thran) (Bohairic)
Cornish: sten
Czech: cín (cs) m
Danish: tin (da) n
Dargwa: къалай (ɢalaj)
Dutch: tin (nl) n
Esperanto: stano (eo)
Estonian: tina (et)
Faroese: tin
Finnish: tina (fi)
French: étain (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: tin
Friulian: stagn
Galician: estano m, estaño (gl) m
Georgian: კალა (ka) (ḳala)
German: Zinn (de) n
Greek: κασσίτερος (el) m (kassíteros)
Ancient Greek: κασσίτερος m (kassíteros)
Hebrew: בְּדִיל (he) m (bdíl)
Hindi: त्रपु (hi) m (trapu)
Hungarian: ón (hu), cin (hu), bádog (hu)
Iban: bangkang, bangkoh
Icelandic: tin (is) n
Ido: stano (io)
Indonesian: timah (id)
Ingrian: tina
Interlingua: stanno
Irish: stán (ga)
Italian: stagno (it) m
Japanese: 錫 (ja) (すず, suzu), スズ (ja) (suzu)
Javanese: ꦠꦶꦩꦃ (jv) (timah)
Kannada: ತವರ (kn) (tavara)
Kashubian: cëna
Kazakh: қалайы (kk) (qalaiy)
Khmer: សំណប៉ាហាំង (sɑmnɑɑ paahang), ប៉ាហាំង (km) (paahang)
Korean: 주석 (ko) (juseok), 동납철 (dongnapcheol), 석 (ko) (seok)
Kyrgyz: калай (ky) (kalay)
Lao: ຊືນ (lo) (sư̄n), ດີບຸກ (dī buk)
Latin: stannum (la) n
Latvian: alva (lv) f
Lezgi: къеле (q̄ele)
Lithuanian: alavas (lt) m
Low German:
German Low German: Tinn n
Luxembourgish: Zënn (lb)
Macedonian: калај (mk) m (kalaj)
Malay: stanum, timah (ms)
Malayalam: വെളുത്തീയം (ml) (veḷuttīyaṁ), തകരം (ml) (takaraṁ)
Maltese: landa
Manchu: ᡨᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ (toholon)
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} а̄нах (ānah)
Manx: stainney
Mari:
Eastern Mari: вулно (vulno)
Melanau:
Central Melanau: timah
Mongolian: тугалга (mn) (tugalga)
Nahuatl: amochitl
Nanai: тохолгон (toholgon)
Navajo: béésh dildǫʼí
Norwegian: tinn (no)
Occitan: estanh (oc) m
Old English: tin n
Old Tupi: itaîyka
Oromo: qorqorroo
Ossetian:
Digor Ossetian: дзӕхуӕ (ʒæxwæ)

Iron Ossetian: къала (k’ala)
Persian: قلع (fa) (qal'), ارزیز (fa) (arziz)
Plautdietsch: Blajch n
Polish: cyna (pl) f
Portuguese: estanho (pt) m
Rohingya: zermóuni
Romanian: staniu (ro) n (as element), cositor (ro) n (as material)
Russian: о́лово (ru) n (ólovo), ста́ннум (ru) m (stánnum)
Santali: ᱴᱤᱬ (ṭiṇ)
Saurashtra: ꢡꣃ (tau)
Scottish Gaelic: staoin
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: калај m

Latin: kalaj (sh) m, kositar (sh) m (Croatia)
Sikkimese: ལྕགས་དཀར (lcags dkar), ལྕགས་ཀྲིན (lcags krin)
Slovak: cín (sk)
Slovene: kositer (sl) m, cin (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: cen m

Upper Sorbian: cyn m
Spanish: estaño (es) m
Sumerian: 𒀭𒈾 (anna)
Sundanese: ᮒᮤᮙᮂ (timah)
Swedish: tenn (sv) n
Tagalog: tinggaputi
Tajik: қалъ (qal')
Tamil: தகரம் (ta) (takaram)
Tatar: аккургаш (tt) (aqqurğaş)
Ternate: beleki
Thai: ดีบุก (th) (dii-bùk)
Tiwi: kilupi
Tok Pisin: tin
Turkish: kalay (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: قالای (kalay)
Turkmen: galaýy
Ukrainian: о́лово (uk) (ólovo)
Uyghur: قەلەي (qeley)
Uzbek: qalay (uz)
Cyrillic: калай (kalay)
Vietnamese: thiếc (vi)
Vilamovian: cejn
Welsh: tun (cy)
Yiddish: בלעך n (blekh), צין n (tsin)
Zhuang: sik

airtight container

Afrikaans: blikkie
Arabic: صَفِيحَة f (ṣafīḥa)
South Levantine Arabic: علبة f (ʕulbe), تنكة f (tánake)
Belarusian: бляша́нка f (bljašánka), кансе́рва f (kansjérva)
Bengali: টিন (bn) (ṭin)
Bulgarian: консе́рва f (konsérva), тенекия (bg) f (tenekija)
Catalan: llauna (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罐頭 / 罐头 (zh) (guàntou, guàntóu)
Czech: plechovka (cs), konzerva (cs)
Danish: konservesdåse c
Dutch: blik (nl) n, conservenblik (nl) n
Finnish: säilyketölkki (fi), säilykepurkki
French: conserve (fr) f, boîte de conserve (fr) f
Galician: lata (gl) f, canado (gl) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Büchse (de) f, Konservenbüchse (de) f, Blechbüchse (de) f, Dose (de) f, Konservendose (de) f
Greek: κονσέρβα (el) f (konsérva)
Hindi: टिन m (ṭin)
Hungarian: konzerv (hu), konzervdoboz (hu), bádogdoboz (hu), fémdoboz (hu), doboz (hu)
Indonesian: kaleng (id)
Italian: lattina (it) f, barattolo (it) m
Japanese: 罐詰 (かんずめ, kanzume), 缶 (ja) (かん, kan)
Khmer: កំប៉ុង (km) (kɑmpong), កំប៉ុងសំណប៉ាហាំង (kɑmpoŋ sɑmnɑɑ paahaŋ)
Kikuyu: mũkebe class 3
Korean: 깡통 (ko) (kkangtong)
Lao: ກະປ໋ອງ (ka pǭng)
Latvian: konservu kārba f
Macedonian: лименка f (limenka), конзе́рва f (konzérva)
Malay: tin (West Coast Peninsular), kupi (ms) (East Coast Peninsular), kaleng (ms) (Riau)
Meru: mkebe
Norman: tinne f
Persian: حلب (fa) (halab), قوطی (fa) (quti), پیت (fa) (pit)
Polish: puszka (pl) f, konserwa (pl) f
Portuguese: lata (pt) f
Russian: жестя́нка (ru) f (žestjánka), консе́рвная ба́нка (ru) f (konsérvnaja bánka), консе́рва (ru) f (konsérva)
Scottish Gaelic: cana (gd) m, canastair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ліменка f, конзерва f

Latin: limenka (sh) f, konzerva (sh) f
Slovak: plechovka f
Slovene: pločevinka (sl) f
Spanish: lata (es) f
Swahili: mkebe (sw)
Swedish: konserv (sv) c, konservburk (sv) c
Tagalog: lata
Thai: กระป๋อง (th) (grà-bpɔ̌ng), ปี๊บ (bpíip)
Tok Pisin: tin
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: تنكه (teneke)
Ukrainian: бляша́нка (uk) f (bljašánka), консе́рва f (konsérva)
Vietnamese: hộp (vi)

metal pan

Belarusian: бля́ха f (bljáxa)
Bulgarian: тига́н (bg) m (tigán)
Czech: plech (cs) m
Dutch: bakvorm (nl) m (for baking), taartvorm (nl) m (for cakes)
Finnish: vuoka (fi)
French: moule (fr) m, gamelle (fr) f
Galician: tixola (gl) f, pandoiro m, tique (gl) f
German: Backform (de) f (for baking), Kastenform f (for cakes), Kuchenform (de) f (for cakes)
Greek: ταψί (el) n (tapsí)
Hungarian: tepsi (hu)
Italian: gamella (it) f, teglia (it) f
Polish: blacha (pl) f
Portuguese: lata (pt) f, forma (pt) f, tarteira (pt) f
Russian: жесть (ru) f (žestʹ)
Slovak: plech m
Ukrainian: жерсть f (žerstʹ), бля́ха (uk) f (bljáxa)

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Breton: ^{(please verify)} boest (br) f, ^{(please verify)} boestoù pl, (2) ^{(please verify)} boest mir
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} კოლოფი (ka) (ḳolopi), ^{(please verify)} ქილა (ka) (kila)
Indonesian: (2,3) ^{(please verify)} kaleng (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} (cassa de) latta (2,3)
Māori: ^{(please verify)} tīni
Romanian: (3) ^{(please verify)} cositorit (ro)
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} kositer m

Adjective

tin (not comparable)

Made of tin.
Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.
- 1939, George Orwell, Coming up for Air, London: Victor Gollancz:
  [I]n fact he was a big noise, literally, in the Baptist Chapel, known locally as the Tin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
Made of aluminum.

Synonyms

tinnen (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

made of tin

Belarusian: алавя́ны (alavjány), валавя́ны (valavjány), цы́навы (cýnavy)
Breton: staen (br)
Bulgarian: калае́н (kalaén), тенеки́ен (tenekíen)
Czech: cínový (cs)
Dutch: tinnen (nl)
Finnish: tinainen, peltinen (fi)
French: d'étain (fr), en étain
German: Zinn- (de), zinnen (de) (rare)
Hungarian: ón- (hu), cin- (hu), bádog- (hu)
Interlingua: de latta, de stanno
Italian: di stagno (it)
Macedonian: калаен (kalaen), тенекиен (tenekien)
Polish: cynowy (pl)
Portuguese: de lata, de estanho
Romanian: de cositor, din cositor
Russian: оловя́нный (ru) (olovjánnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лѝмен

Latin: lìmen (sh)
Slovak: cínový (sk)
Slovene: kositrni
Ukrainian: олов'я́ний (olovʺjányj), цино́вий (cynóvyj)

made of galvanized iron

Belarusian: бляшаны (bljašany)
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: жестяной (ru) (žestjanoj)

Verb

tin (third-person singular simple present tins, present participle tinning, simple past and past participle tinned)

(transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
(transitive) To cover with tin.
(transitive) To coat with solder
1. To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
2. To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire

Coordinate terms

bronze
(to preserve): can, bottle
(to prepare for soldering): wet, flux

Derived terms

Translations

to place into a tin in order to preserve

Armenian: պահածոյացնել (hy) (pahacoyacʻnel)
Bulgarian: консерви́рам (bg) impf or pf (konservíram)
Dutch: inblikken (nl), conserveren (nl)
Finnish: purkittaa (fi), tölkittää (fi)
French: mettre en conserve, conserver (fr)
German: eindosen (de), einmachen (de)
Greek: κονσερβοποιώ (el) (konservopoió)
Hungarian: konzervál (hu), befőz (hu), eltesz (hu)
Macedonian: конзерви́ра impf or pf (konzervíra)
Portuguese: enlatar (pt)
Russian: консерви́ровать (ru) (konservírovatʹ)
Spanish: enlatar (es)

to cover with tin

Bulgarian: калайди́свам impf (kalajdísvam), калайдисам pf (kalajdisam)
Dutch: vertinnen (nl)
Finnish: tinata (fi)
French: étamer (fr)
German: verzinnen (de)
Greek: γανώνω (el) (ganóno)
Hungarian: ónoz (hu), bádoggal bevon
Macedonian: калаисува (kalaisuva)
Polish: bielić (pl) impf, cynować (pl) pf
Portuguese: estanhar (pt)
Romanian: cositori (ro)
Russian: луди́ть (ru) impf (ludítʹ), полуди́ть (ru) pf (poludítʹ)
Spanish: estañar (es)
Turkish: kalaylamak (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: قالایلامق (kalaylamak)

to coat with solder

Bulgarian: калайди́свам impf (kalajdísvam), калайдисам pf (kalajdisam)
Dutch: vertinnen (nl)
Finnish: tinata (fi)
French: étamer (fr)
German: vorverzinnen
Hungarian: forrasztóónnal bevon, forrasszal bevon, forraszt (hu)
Macedonian: залемува (zalemuva), леми (lemi)
Spanish: estañar (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: (1) ^{(please verify)} staenañ
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} stannar

References

(money): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

INT, ITN, i'n't, in't, int, int., nit

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Sn
Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimoon (Sb)

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

tin (uncountable)

tin

Atong (India)

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin (Bengali script তিন)

corrugated iron

References

van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		тин
Arabic

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Audio: (file)

Noun

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinlər)

corner (the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point)
intersection
Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) çaharrah

Declension

Declension of *tin*
	singular	plural
nominative	tin	tinlər
definite accusative	tini	tinləri
dative	tinə	tinlərə
locative	tində	tinlərdə
ablative	tindən	tinlərdən
definite genitive	tinin	tinlərin

Possessive forms of *tin*
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tinim	tinlərim
sənin (“your”)	tinin	tinlərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	tini	tinləri
bizim (“our”)	tinimiz	tinlərimiz
sizin (“your”)	tininiz	tinləriniz
onların (“their”)	tini or tinləri	tinləri

	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tinimi	tinlərimi
sənin (“your”)	tinini	tinlərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	tinini	tinlərini
bizim (“our”)	tinimizi	tinlərimizi
sizin (“your”)	tininizi	tinlərinizi
onların (“their”)	tinini or tinlərini	tinlərini

	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tinimə	tinlərimə
sənin (“your”)	tininə	tinlərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	tininə	tinlərinə
bizim (“our”)	tinimizə	tinlərimizə
sizin (“your”)	tininizə	tinlərinizə
onların (“their”)	tininə or tinlərinə	tinlərinə

	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tinimdə	tinlərimdə
sənin (“your”)	tinində	tinlərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	tinində	tinlərində
bizim (“our”)	tinimizdə	tinlərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	tininizdə	tinlərinizdə
onların (“their”)	tinində or tinlərində	tinlərində

	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tinimdən	tinlərimdən
sənin (“your”)	tinindən	tinlərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	tinindən	tinlərindən
bizim (“our”)	tinimizdən	tinlərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	tininizdən	tinlərinizdən
onların (“their”)	tinindən or tinlərindən	tinlərindən

	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tinimin	tinlərimin
sənin (“your”)	tininin	tinlərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	tininin	tinlərinin
bizim (“our”)	tinimizin	tinlərimizin
sizin (“your”)	tininizin	tinlərinizin
onların (“their”)	tininin or tinlərinin	tinlərinin

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِين (tīn).

Noun

tin m (collective)

figs

References

Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

tin

Wikipedia ^da

Chemical element
Sn
Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimon (Sb)

Etymology

From Old Norse tin. Compare German Zinn.

Noun

tin n (singular definite tinnet, not used in plural form)

tin (metal, metallic element)

Declension

Declension of *tin*
neuter gender	singular
neuter gender	indefinite	definite
nominative	tin	tinnet
genitive	tins	tinnets

Derived terms

References

“tin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Chemical element
Sn
Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimoon (Sb)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tin, ten, from Old Dutch *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪn/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: tin
Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

tin n (uncountable, no diminutive)

tin (metal, metallic element)

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: tin
Negerhollands: den

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

tin (chemical element)

Declension

n3s	singular
n3s	indefinite	definite
nominative	tin	tinið
accusative	tin	tinið
dative	tini	tininum
genitive	tins	tinsins

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

tio, tino

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *teum. Doublet of ton (possessive determiner).

Pronoun

tin (feminine singular tina, masculine plural tins, feminine plural tines) (ORB, broad)

yours (second-person singular possessor)

References

tin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle French tin, tind.

Noun

tin m (plural tins)

a wooden support, often used on watercraft

Etymology 2

Interjection

tin

(Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin

tin
can (an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.)

Icelandic

Icelandic Wikipedia has an article on:

tin

Wikipedia ^is

Chemical element
Sn
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Etymology

From Old Norse tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰɪːn/
Rhymes: -ɪːn

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, no plural)

tin (chemical element)

Declension

Declension of *tin* (sg-only neuter)
	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	tin	tinið
accusative	tin	tinið
dative	tini	tininu
genitive	tins	tinsins

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtin/ [ˈt̪in]
Rhymes: -in
Syllabification: tin

Etymology 1

From English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Noun

tin (plural tin-tin)

tin, an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food
Synonyms: belek, kaleng

Alternative forms

tim

Etymology 2

From Arabic تِين (tīn, “fig”).

Noun

tin (plural tin-tin)

fig, a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics
Synonym: ara (“fig”)

Latvian

Verb

tin

inflection of tīt:
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of tīt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of tīt

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic تِين (tīn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

tin m (collective, singulative tina, plural tiniet)

fig, figs: (several fruits; fig as a mass or taste)
(humorous) buttocks
Alternative form: tint

Synonyms: natka (natika), tebqa tas-sorm

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

(chiefly Northern and Northeast Midland) alternative form of þin (“thy”)

Pronoun

tin (subjective þou)

(chiefly Northern and Northeast Midland) alternative form of þin (“thine”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tin

alternative form of tyn

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tin (“every”).

Determiner

tin

every, all

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tin (“nail, claw”).

Noun

tin

nail (of an animal), including also:
1. fingernail
2. talon
3. hoof
4. claw

Navajo

Navajo Wikipedia has an article on:

tin

Wikipedia ^nv

Etymology

From the root -TIN (“to freeze”), from Proto-Athabaskan *tən (“ice, frost”).

Cognates:

Apachean: Western Apache tįh, Chiricahua tį’, Lipan kįh
Others: Hupa -tiŋ, Galice tʰɐn, Chilcotin tə̀n, Slavey tę̀, -téné’, Dogrib tǫ́, Dene Sųłiné tə̀n, Sarcee nistiní, Chipewyan tvn, Beaver istv́ni, Carrier tvn, Sekani tə̀n, Hän tán, Ahtna ten, Dena’ina tən.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʰɪ̀n]

Noun

tin

ice, frost

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English thing.

Noun

tin (plural tins)

thing
- 2024 September 5, Helen Oyibo, “'Except crase enta na di kain tin I don do before, I go do if I become govnor of Edo State' - Asue Ighodalo”, in BBC News Pidgin:
  "So if you dey tok about pipo wey dey mentor pipo dey guide dem, its not a bad tin to have a mentor but no be say you go get pesin wey go dey tell you say go here, go here, do dis, do dis, how?"
  "So if you talk about people who mentor people and guide them, its not a bad thing to have a mentor but you can't say you understand a person who tells you to go here, go here, do this, do this, how?"
- 2025 February 4, “Bianca Censori Grammys dress and oda looks from events wey make pipo open mouth”, in BBC News Pidgin:
  Some stars don really push di line between shocking and stylish even as pipo start to wonder wen di fashion dey finish and di unexpected tins dey start.
  Some stars have really pushed the line between shocking and stylish even as people start to wonder when the fashion ends and the unexpected things begin.

Noone

Numeral

tin

five

References

R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

North Frisian

**North Frisian cardinal numbers**
< 9	10	11 >
Cardinal : tin

Etymology

From Old Frisian tiān. Compare West Frisian tsien, Sylt North Frisian tiin.

Numeral

tin

(Föhr-Amrum) ten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tìn n (definite singular tìnet)

(pre-1938) alternative form of tinn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin n

tin

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tin	—
accusative	tin	—
genitive	tines	—
dative	tine	—

Derived terms

tinen

Descendants

Middle English: tyn, tin, tyne, tynne
- English: tin
  - → Atong (India): tin
  - → Iban: tin
  - → Indonesian: tin
  - → Norman: tinne
  - Tok Pisin: tin
- Scots: tin

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Noun

tin n

tin

Descendants

Icelandic: tin
Faroese: tin
Norwegian Nynorsk: tinn
Norwegian Bokmål: tinn
Old Swedish: tin, tēn
- Swedish: tenn
Danish: tin
Jamtish: tin

Old Tupi

Noun

tin

Lamy spelling of tĩ

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

Verb

tin

Picard

Pronoun

tin m

your

Rohingya

**Rohingya cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tin

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

Numeral

tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕)

three

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tien.

Numeral

tin

ten

Sumerian

Romanization

tin

romanization of 𒁷 (tin)

Swedish

Etymology

Syncopic form of tiden.

Noun

tin

(colloquial) pronunciation spelling of tiden, definite singular of tid
Han skriker hela tin! ― He's yelling all the time!

Usage notes

”Tiden” is only pronounced this way in the expression ”hela tiden”.

Anagrams

int, nit

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [tin˧˥]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [tin˦]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *tiːnᴬ (“foot”).

Noun

tin (Nôm form 𬦿)

foot

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Vietnamese tin.

Noun

tin (Nôm form 信)

news

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English tin.

Noun

tin

tin, can

Derived terms

tinpis

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtin/, [t̪ʰin̪]
Rhymes: -in

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰃𐰤 (tïn, “spirit, breath”).

Noun

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)

soul, spirit (rare, re-introduced in 1934 during the TDK’s language reform)
Synonyms: ruh, can
(philosophy) The essence or entity which some metaphysicists claim that the universe was created by or originated from

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تین, from Arabic تِين (tīn).

Noun

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinler)

(archaic) fig
Synonym: incir

Declension

Declension of *tin*
	singular	plural
nominative	tin	tinler
definite accusative	tini	tinleri
dative	tine	tinlere
locative	tinde	tinlerde
ablative	tinden	tinlerden
genitive	tinin	tinlerin

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 信 (SV: tín).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [tɨn˧˧]

Verb

tin • (信, 𪝮, 𠒷)

to believe; to trust; to have faith
niềm tin ― trust

trị bệnh bằng niềm tin ― faith healing

Derived terms

Noun

tin • (信, 𪝮, 𠒷)

news
Synonym: tin tức

tin nóng ― breaking news

tin buồn ― sad news, especially about someone who's passed away

tin dữ ― bad news

tin mừng/vui ― good news

đạo Tin Lành ― Protestantism (literally, “religion of good news; religion of the gospel; evangelical religion”)

Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tuknā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. Cognate with English thigh and Scottish Gaelic tòin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiːn/

Noun

tin f (plural tinau)

(vulgar, offensive) arse
Synonym: pen-ôl

Derived terms

bys y din (“middle finger”)
dan din (“underhand, behind someone's back”)
llysiau'r din, gofid tin (“arsesmart, water pepper”)
tingoch (“redstart”)
tin dros ben (“arse over tit”)
tinagored (“open-arsed, open-ended; medlar”)
tinboeth (“lecherous; arsesmart, water-pepper; redstart”)
tindroed (“grebe, arsefoot”)
twll tin (“arsehole”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tin*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tin	din	nhin	thin

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tĩ̄/

Verb

tin

to be thin; to be skinny
Synonyms: tín-ín-rín, pẹ́lẹ́ńgẹ́, tẹ́ẹ́rẹ́

Bọ̀bọ́ yẹn tin lẹ́sẹ̀. ― That guy's legs are thin.

Apá mi tin díẹ̀. ― My arms are a bit skinny.

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	tonic¹	possessive²
singular	1^st person		jo	mè			min
	2^nd person		te	tè			tin
	3^rd person	masculine	il	lo / le	lui		sin
		feminine	el	la	lyé
		neuter	o		y	—
		reflexive	—	sè

plural	1^st person		nos				noutro
	2^nd person		vos				voutro
	3^rd person	masculine	ils	los / les	lor		lor
		feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
		reflexive	—	sè

Translingual

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English

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

Atong (India)

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Noun

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Further reading

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

Noun

References

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

References

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Interjection

Further reading

Iban

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation