dine

Etymology

From Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Verb

dine (third-person singular simple present dines, present participle dining, simple past and past participle dined)

1. (intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
   • Walter Scott:

     A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To dine upon; to have to eat.
   • Chaucer:

     What wol ye dine?

Anagrams

• Enid, Iden, IndE, Nide, dein, deni, enid, iDEN, nide

Alternative forms

• dinne

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈdinə/

Adverb

dine

1. inside
   • 1903, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     I will doch go lose, was sie säge dinne.

     I just want to listen to what they're saying inside.

Pronoun

dine

1. (possessive) Plural form of din

Verb

dine

1. first-person singular present indicative of diner
2. third-person singular present indicative of diner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of diner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of diner
5. second-person singular imperative of diner

Anagrams

• déni
• Inde

Determiner

dine

1. inflection of dijn:
   1. feminine nominative and accusative singular
   2. nominative and accusative plural

Etymology

From Old Norse þínir.

Pronoun

dine pl

1. plural of din

Etymology

From Old Norse þínir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːnə/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

dine pl

1. plural of din

References

• “din” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.nɛ/

Adverb

dine

1. (Batangas) here

Noun

dīne

1. dative singular of din