different between nin vs nen

English

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpudlian) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

Synonyms

• nan, nana, nanna

Anagrams

• INN, NNI, inn

Abinomn

Noun

nin

1. food

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• nine, nüün

Etymology

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Numeral

nin

1. (Alsatian) nine

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñin (conjunction)

Conjunction

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either

Interjection

nin

1. right? (used as a kind of tag question)

Bikol Central

Preposition

nin

1. of; Expressing possession.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?nin/

Noun

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of nen

Further reading

• “nin” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nin” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “nin” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nin” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nin

1. accusative of ni

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni?/

Conjunction

nin

1. nor
2. neither

Derived terms

• nin que

Adverb

nin

1. not even

References

• “nin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “nin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “nin” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “nin” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “nin” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Adverb

nin

1. in

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Japanese

Romanization

nin

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

nin (Zhuyin ????)

1. Nonstandard spelling of nín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of n?n.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Numeral

nin

1. Alternative form of nyne

Somali

Noun

nin ?

1. man

Volapük

Noun

nin (nominative plural nins)

1. contents

Declension

English

Pronoun

nen

1. (Tyneside) none

Anagrams

• NNE

Abinomn

Noun

nen

1. elder brother

Ainu

Etymology

From ne (“interrogatory root”) +? n (“person”). See nep, nekon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ne?n]

Pronoun

nen (Kana spelling ??)

1. (interrogative) who

Synonyms

• hunna

See also

Catalan

Alternative forms

• nin (“Mallorca”)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ninus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?n?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?n?n/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?nen/

Noun

nen m (plural nens, feminine nena)

1. boy, male child

Further reading

• “nen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nen” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “nen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

nen

1. ceiling

References

• http://www.cornishdictionary.org.uk/

Dutch

Article

nen

1. (Brabant) Alternative form of ne

Usage notes

See usage notes at ne.

German

Article

nen

1. Nonstandard form of 'n.

Japanese

Romanization

nen

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Ladin

Pronoun

nen

1. some

Mandarin

Romanization

nen (Zhuyin ???)

1. Nonstandard spelling of nèn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle Low German

Etymology

Probably shortened from Old Saxon nihen (“not one”).

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ê²
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /n??n/

Article

nên

1. no, none; used and inflected in the same way as the article ên.
   • ca. 1485, author unknown, Van deme quaden thyra?ne Dracole wyda., published by Bartholomaeus Gothan, verso of the 5th sheet:

     Gy ?ynt de ?node?te vn? de grote?te thiran. den men vinden mach in alle der werlnde_[sic]. vn? ik hebbe nene? min?che? ny ghe?een noch ghehort de iuw ye wat gudes na ?echt heft.

     You are the vilest and greatest tyrant that one might find in all the world, and I have not seen nor heard one human, that has ever said a good thing about you.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• n?n

Etymology

Blend of ne (“not”) +? ?n (“one”). Akin to Old English n?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?n/, [?n??n]

Determiner

n?n

1. no, not one

Pronoun

n?n

1. none, no-one, nobody

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: neen, naan
• West Frisian: neen

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?/

Adverb

nen

1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation or exclusion)

   • Nen ela outro??i anos de nõ pode Se deus Maiude dizer q? nõ rogue de coraçõ

     Not even she can’t tell us, if God helps me, that one shouldn’t beg heartily

Conjunction

nen

1. nor (introduces each except the first term of a series, indicating that none of them is true)

   • Porend a ?ant e?critura que non mente nen erra nos conta un gn? miragre que fez en Engra terra. A uirgen ?anta maria.

     However, the Holy Scripture, which doesn’t lie nor err, tells of a great miracle that Virgin Holy Mary worked in England.

Descendants

• Fala: nin
• Galician: nin
• Portuguese: nem

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English name.

Noun

nen

1. name

Derived terms

• deinen

Volapük

Preposition

nen

1. without

Welsh

Noun

nen f (plural nennau or nennoedd, not mutable)

1. heaven

Synonyms

• nef