different between tins vs pins

English

Noun

tins

1. plural of tin

Verb

tins

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

Anagrams

• Inst., NIST, NTIS, Tsin, inst, inst., ints, isn't, nits, snit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/
• Homophones: tin, tint, tînt

Verb

tins

1. first-person singular past historic of tenir
2. second-person singular past historic of tenir

Noun

tins m

1. plural of tin

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tensus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tins/

Verb

tins

1. past participle of tinde

Adjective

tins m or n (feminine singular tins?, masculine plural tin?i, feminine and neuter plural tinse)

1. extended, stretched
2. smooth, flat, even

Declension

Related terms

• întins

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French tens, tans, temps, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Noun

tins m

1. times (inevitable passing of events)
2. weather.

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ns/

Noun

tins c (plural tinzen, diminutive tinsje)

1. (countable) thought

Further reading

• “tins (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by pinse f, m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