different between zin vs zis

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?s/

Adverb

zis (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

Determiner

zis (plural zese)

1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

Pronoun

zis

1. Pronunciation spelling of this.

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German zins, from Old High German zins (“tax, tribute, interest on a lease or rent”), from Latin c?nsus (“census”). Cognate with German Zins (“interest”).

Noun

zis m

1. (Luserna) rent

References

• “zis” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Romanian

Verb

zis (past participle of zice)

1. said

Declension

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-raX. Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] raol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?/

Noun

zis

1. urine

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)