tin

Etymology

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną, of unknown origin. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Tin (“tin”), Dutch tin (“tin”), German Low German Tinn (“tin”), German Zinn (“tin”), Danish tin (“tin”), Swedish tenn (“tin”), Icelandic tin (“tin”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tĭn, IPA^(key): /tɪn/

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

tin (countable and uncountable, plural tins)

1. (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
2. (New Zealand, Britain, countable) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
3. (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.

   muffin tin

   roasting tin

4. (countable, squash (sport)) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the ball.
5. (slang, dated, uncountable) money

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Beaconsfield to this entry?)

6. (slang, uncountable) Computer hardware.

Adjective

tin (not comparable)

1. Made of tin.
2. 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.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To place into a tin in order to preserve.
2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
3. (transitive) To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.

See also

Anagrams

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

Noun

tin (uncountable)

1. tin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin

1. corrugated iron

Noun

tin

1. tin (Sn)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪn

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• IPA^(key): /tɪn/

Noun

tin n (uncountable)

1. tin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

1. tin (chemical element)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

Etymology 1

From Middle French tin, tind.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “tin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪːn/
• Rhymes: -ɪːn

Noun

tin n

1. tin (chemical element)

Verb

tin

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of tīt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of tīt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of tīt
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of tīt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of tīt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of tīt

Noun

tin m (collective plural)

1. figs

Determiner

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin.

Pronoun

tin (subjective þou)

1. (chiefly Northern and northern East Midland dialectal) Alternative form of þin.

References

• “thin, (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

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): [txɪ̀n]

Noun

tin

1. ice, frost

Numeral

tin

1. (cardinal) five

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

Etymology

From Old Frisian tiān. Compare West Frisian tsien.

Numeral

tin

1. (Föhr-Amrum, cardinal) ten

Etymology

From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

Verb

tin

1. to have
2. to possess
3. there are

Pronoun

tin m

1. your

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”)

Numeral

tin

1. three

Number

tin

1. (cardinal) ten

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 信 (“to believe; news”; SV: tín).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨ̞̠n˧˧]

Noun

tin

1. news

Verb

tin

1. believe

Noun

tin f (plural tinau)

1. (vulgar) The rump, the arse.

Mutation