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English

Etymology

New Latin Zea (“corn genus”) +? -in

Noun

zein (countable and uncountable, plural zeins)

1. A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.

Anagrams

• Inez, nize, zine

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?e?/, /s?ejn/

Pronoun

zein

1. (interrogative) what (in terms of a very specific item); who; which, which one

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• Zin

Etymology

Clipping of zinfandel.

Noun

zin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)

1. (informal) Zinfandel wine.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?n/
• Hyphenation: zin
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

Noun

zin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)

1. meaning, significance

   Synonym: betekenis

2. point, sense

3. (grammar) sentence

   Synonym: frase

4. sense (means of perceiving reality)

   Synonym: zintuig

5. sense, comprehension

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

6. desire, appetite; intention

   Synonyms: lust, trek, goesting

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zin

1. first-person singular present indicative of zinnen
2. imperative of zinnen

Anagrams

• inz.

Latvian

Verb

zin

1. incorrect form of verb form zina

Matal

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?ín]

Verb

zin

1. (intransitive) to smell

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French juin

Noun

zin

1. June

Middle Dutch

Noun

zin

1. Alternative spelling of sin

Yola

Etymology

From Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunn? (compare West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh?wl? (“sun”).

Noun

zin

1. sun