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English

Etymology

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tin?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?n, IPA^(key): /t?n/, [t??n]
• Rhymes: -?n
• Homophones: thin (with th-stopping), ten (with pin-pen merger)

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, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, 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.

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, especially silver money.

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

6. (slang, uncountable) Computer hardware.

Synonyms

• (airtight container): can (especially US), tin can

Derived terms

Translations

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.

Synonyms

• tinnen (obsolete)

Derived terms

• tin tabernacle
• tin bath

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To place into a metal can (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.
2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
3. (transitive) To coat with solder
   1. To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint
   2. To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire

Derived terms

• tinned dog

Coordinate terms

• bronze
• (to preserve): can, bottle
• (to prepare for soldering): wet, flux

Translations

See also

References

• (money): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Noun

tin (uncountable)

1. tin

Atong (India)

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tin?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin (Bengali script ???)

1. corrugated iron

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Azerbaijani

Noun

tin (definite accusative tini, plural tinl?r)

1. corner (the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point)
2. intersection

   Synonym: (South Azerbaijani) çaharrah

Declension

Danish

Noun

tin

1. tin (Sn)

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?n/
• Hyphenation: tin
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

tin n (uncountable)

1. tin (metal, metallic element)

Derived terms

• soldeertin
• tinnen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tin

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/

Etymology 1

From Middle French tin, tind.

Noun

tin m (plural tins)

1. a wooden support, often used on watercraft

Etymology 2

Interjection

tin

1. (Quebec, colloquial) (surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Noun

tin n (genitive singular tins, no plural)

1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?n]
• Hyphenation: tin

Etymology 1

From English tin, from Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tin?.

Noun

tin (first-person possessive tinku, second-person possessive tinmu, third-person possessive tinnya)

1. tin, an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.

   Synonyms: belek, kaleng

Alternative forms

• tim

Etymology 2

From Arabic ????? (t?n, “fig”).

Noun

tin (first-person possessive tinku, second-person possessive tinmu, third-person possessive tinnya)

1. fig, a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.

Further reading

• “tin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Verb

tin

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

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (t?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ti?n/

Noun

tin m (collective, singulative tina, plural tiniet)

1. fig, figs: (several fruits; fig as a mass or taste)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

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

Pronoun

tin (subjective þou)

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

Etymology 2

From Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tin?.

Alternative forms

• tyn, tynne, tyne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin (uncountable)

1. tin (metal)

Descendants

• English: tin
• Scots: tn

References

• “tin, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Navajo

Etymology

From the root -TIN (“to freeze”), from Proto-Athabaskan *t?n (“ice, frost”).

Cognates:

• Apachean: Western Apache t?h, Chiricahua t?’?, Lipan k?h
• Others: Hupa -ti?, Galice t??n, Chilcotin t??n, Slavey t??, -téné’, Dogrib t??, Dene S??iné t??n, Sarcee nistiní, Chipewyan tvn, Beaver istv?ni, Carrier tvn, Sekani t??n, Hän tán, Ahtna ten, Dena’ina t?n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tx??n]

Noun

tin

1. ice, frost

Noone

Numeral

tin

1. five

References

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ti?n. Compare West Frisian tsien, Sylt North Frisian tiin.

Numeral

tin

1. (Föhr-Amrum) ten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tìn n (definite singular tìnet)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by tinn

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tin?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tin/

Noun

tin n

1. tin

Declension

Derived terms

• tinen

Descendants

• Middle English: tin
  • English: tin

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tin?.

Noun

tin n

1. tin

Descendants

References

• tin in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

Verb

tin

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

Picard

Pronoun

tin m

1. your

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????? (tin) - Hanifi Rohingya script

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (tri, “three”)

Numeral

tin (Hanifi spelling ????????????)

1. three

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch tien.

Numeral

tin

1. ten

Swedish

Etymology

Syncopic form of tiden.

Noun

tin

1. (colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of tiden, definite singular of tid.

Usage notes

”Tiden” is only pronounced this way in the expression ”hela tiden”.

Anagrams

• int, nit

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (SV: tín).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [tin??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [tin??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [t?n??]

Verb

tin • (????, ????)

1. to believe or to trust

Noun

tin • (????, ????)

1. news

   Synonym: tin t?c

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tukn?, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-, see also English thigh, Scottish Gaelic tòin.

Noun

tin f (plural tinau)

1. (vulgar, offensive) arse

   Synonym: pen-ôl

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “tin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Catalan

Etymology

Latin canna.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ka.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ka.na/

Noun

cana f (plural canes)

1. Archaic form of canya.
2. (historical) unit of length of eight pams (“handspans”); ~1.60m

Derived terms

• acanar
• trescanar

Related terms

• canya

Further reading

• “cana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cana” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Classical Nahuatl

Adverb

cana

1. Alternative spelling of canah

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kana?/

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
   1. the stem of such plants
   2. (botany) giant reed (Arundo donax)
   3. (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)

      Synonym: cana de azucre

   4. fishing rod

      Synonym: cana de pescar

   5. a slender twig
      • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 194:

        outros que nõ an boca senõ tã estreyta [como] h?a cana de avelão

        and others that almost have no mouth, but one so narrow as a hazel twig

      Synonym: cimbra

   6. (nautical) tiller
   7. shaft
   8. shaft of a boot

Derived terms

• cana de azucre
• cana de bafordos
• cana de pescar
• cana do óso
• canal
• canedo
• canela
• cano
• cañoto

Related terms

• canavela

Etymology 2

From Latin canus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kana?/

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. white or gray hair

Adjective

cana

1. feminine singular of cano

References

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

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan??/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cana.

Noun

cana m (genitive singular canann)

1. cub, whelp
2. bardic poet of the fourth order

Declension

Synonyms

• (young animal): coileán, samhairle
• (poet): ánradh (“second-order bard”), clí (“third-order bard”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

cana

1. present subjunctive of can

Mutation

Further reading

• "cana" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka.na/
• Hyphenation: cà?na

Etymology 1

Clipping of canapa (“hemp”).

Noun

cana f (plural cane)

1. (rare) marijuana cigarette, joint

   Synonym: spinello

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

cana

1. feminine singular of cano

Anagrams

• anca, ANCA

Latin

Adjective

c?na

1. inflection of c?nus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative neuter plural

Adjective

c?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of c?nus

References

• cana in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cana in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• cana in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cano, cana, probably from Latin canis (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kan?/

Noun

cana m

1. cub

   Synonym: cuilén

2. puppy

   Synonym: cuilén

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: cana
• Irish: cana

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cana”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• canna (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?.na/, /?k?.n?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k?.n?/
• Hyphenation: ca?na

Etymology 1

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na).

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. (botany) cane, reed (any plant with a fibrous, elongated stalk, such as a sugarcane or bamboo)
2. (botany) sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum, tropical grass from which sugar is extracted)

   Synonym: cana-de-açúcar

3. (botany) canna (any plant of the genus Canna)
4. cane (walking stick)

   Synonym: bengala

5. (Brazil, informal) cachaça (Brazilian rum made of sugarcane)

   Synonyms: aguardente, aguardente de cana, cachaça, (Rio Grande do Sul) canha, pinga

Derived terms

• caninha, canazinha (diminutives)

Related terms

Etymology 2

Unknown, but compare Rioplatense Spanish cana.

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. (Brazil, slang) jail; prison

   Synonyms: cadeia, prisão, (Brazil, slang) xadrez

Noun

cana m, f (plural canas)

1. (Brazil, slang) cop; police officer

   Synonyms: polícia, policial, (slang) tira

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kana]

Noun

cana f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of can?

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?an?/

Etymology 1

According to MacBain, apparently related to sense 2 (“wolf pup”) by transference.

Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canachan)

1. killer whale, orca, grampus

   Synonym: mada-chuain

2. porpoise

   Synonyms: pèileag, puthag

3. sturgeon

   Synonyms: bradan-sligeach, bradan-cearr

4. Order of poets, inferior to an ollamh.

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish and Old Irish cana, from Proto-Celtic *kanaw? (compare Welsh cenau).

Noun

cana m

1. puppy, whelp

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English can.

Noun

cana m (genitive singular cana, plural canaichean)

1. can, tin

   Synonym: canastair

Mutation

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “cana”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN, page cana

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kana/, [?ka.na]
• Hyphenation: ca?na

Etymology 1

From Latin c?na, feminine of c?nus (“hoary”), or derived from the feminine of Spanish cano. Compare Portuguese cã.

Noun

cana f (plural canas)

1. white or gray hair

Related terms

Etymology 2

From a Lunfardo slang term for police.

Noun

cana f (uncountable)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) police force, police department
2. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay) jail, prison

Noun

cana m or f (plural canas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) policeman, policewoman

Etymology 3

Adjective

cana

1. feminine singular of cano

Further reading

• “cana” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Anagrams

• anca

References

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian ???? (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian ???????? (gi.na).

Noun

cana f (plural cane)

1. tube
2. pipe

Welsh

Alternative forms

• cân (literary, third-person singular present/future; literary, second-person singular imperative)
• canaf (first-person singular future)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?kana/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ka?na/, /?kana/

Verb

cana

1. inflection of canu:
   1. (colloquial) first-person singular future
   2. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future
   3. second-person singular imperative

Mutation