chin

See also: Chin, chín, chỉn, and -chin

English

Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: chĭn, IPA(key): /tʃɪn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English chyn, from Old English cin or ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn and Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه‎ (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).

Noun

chin (plural chins)

  1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
    • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:
      Our English ch (pronounced tch) for original c (as in chin for Old English cin, child for cild) is due probably to Norman influence, but here, as often, it is difficult to differentiate the results of the many disturbing causes which have operated upon our language.
  2. (slang, US) Talk.
  3. (slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
  4. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
Synonyms
  • (central area of the jaw, below the mouth): mentum (anatomy)
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Verb

chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To talk.
  2. To perform a chin-up.
  3. (Britain, transitive) To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
Synonyms
  • (talk (slang)): gab

Etymology 2

Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

  1. (affectionate) a chinchilla.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pīnus. Compare Daco-Romanian pin.

Noun

chin

  1. pine

See also

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin canem, accusative singular of canis.

Noun

chin m (plural chins)

  1. dog

Japanese

Romanization

chin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of チン

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃʰɪ̀n]

Noun

chin

  1. grime, filth, body dirt

Synonyms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kín.

Pronunciation

Noun

chin n (plural chinuri)

  1. torture, pain

Declension

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References

  1. ↑ Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (DEX) Online :

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃin/, [t͡ʃĩn]

Noun

chin m (plural chines)

  1. (regional, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic) small amount
    Dame un chin de café.
    Give me a little coffee.

Synonyms

References

  • Orlando Alba, Cómo hablamos los dominicanos, Santo Domingo, Amigo del Hogar, 2003. (full text)
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