different between zin vs zinfandel

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

English

Etymology

Unknown origin; wine sense used from 1896, grape sense from 1880.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?z?nfn?d?l/

Noun

zinfandel (countable and uncountable, plural zinfandels)

1. A dry red wine of California.
   • 2008, Danielle Corsetto, Girls with Slingshots: 419

     This zinfandel’s delish. Where’d you get it?

2. A small black grape from which zinfandel wine is made.

Synonyms

• Black St. Peters, Crljenak Kaštelanski, Gioia Del Colle, Locale, Morellone, Plavac Veliki, Primaticcio, Primativo, Primitivo, Primitivo Di Gioia, Primitivo Nero, Taranto, Uva Della Pergola, Uva Di Corato, Zeinfandall, Zenfendal, Zin / zin (informal), Zinfandal, Zinfardel, Zinfardell, Zinfindal, Zinfindel, ZPC

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