different between legs vs pins

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??z/

Noun

legs

1. plural of leg
2. (bingo) eleven
3. viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting

Derived terms

• land legs
• sea legs

Verb

legs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of leg

Anagrams

• ELGs, ElGs, gels

Danish

Noun

legs c

1. indefinite genitive singular of leg

French

Etymology

Alteration of lais, after Latin l?g?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?/, /l??/

Noun

legs m (plural legs)

1. inheritance
2. legacy

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gels

Icelandic

Noun

legs n

1. indefinite genitive singular of leg

Swedish

Noun

legs

1. indefinite genitive plural of leg
2. indefinite genitive singular of leg

Anagrams

• gles

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?nz/
• Homophone: pens (pin-pen merger)

Noun

pins

1. plural of pin

Verb

pins

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pin

Anagrams

• Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PSNI, nips, snip, spin

Catalan

Noun

pins

1. plural of pin

French

Noun

pins m

1. plural of pin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the English plural of pin.

Noun

pins m (definite singular pinsen, indefinite plural pins or pinsar, definite plural pinsane)

1. a lapel pin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

pins m (definite singular pinsen, indefinite plural pinsar, definite plural pinsane)
pins f (definite singular pinsa or pinsi, indefinite plural pinser, definite plural pinsene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by pinse f, m

References

• “pins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

pins m pl

1. plural of pin