tin

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną, of unknown origin. Cognates include Saterland Frisian Tin (“tin”), Dutch tin (“tin”), German Low German Tinn (“tin”), German Zinn (“tin”), Danish tin (“tin”), Swedish tenn (“tin”), Icelandic tin (“tin”).

• enPR: tĭn, IPA^(key): /tɪn/, [tʰɪn]

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

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, 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.

   muffin tin

   roasting tin

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

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6. (slang, uncountable) Computer hardware.

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

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.

• tinnen (obsolete)

• tin tabernacle
• tin bath

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

1. (transitive) To place into a tin in order to preserve.
2. (transitive) To cover with tin.
3. (transitive) To coat with solder in preparation for soldering.

• tinned dog

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

tin (uncountable)

1. tin

Borrowed from English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /tin/

tin

1. corrugated iron

tin

1. tin (Sn)

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

• Rhymes: -ɪn

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• IPA^(key): /tɪn/

tin n (uncountable)

1. tin

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

• IPA^(key): /tʰiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

tin n (genitive singular tins, uncountable)

1. tin (chemical element)

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̃/

From Middle French tin, tind.

tin m (plural tins)

1. a wooden support, often used on watercraft

tin

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪːn/
• Rhymes: -ɪːn

tin n

1. tin (chemical element)

tin

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

tin m (collective plural)

1. figs

From Old English þīn.

tin (subjective pronoun þou)

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

tin (subjective þou)

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

• “thin (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 May 2018.

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

• tyn, tynne, tyne

• IPA^(key): /tin/

tin (uncountable)

1. tin (metal)

• English: tin
• Scots: tn

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

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

Cognates:

• Apachean: Western Apache tįh, Chiricahua tį’‎, Lipan kįh
• Others: Hupa -tiŋ, Galice tʰɐn, Chilcotin tə̀n, Slavey tę̀, -téné’, Dogrib tǫ́, Dene Sųłiné tə̀n, Sarcee nistiní, Chipewyan tvn, Beaver istv́ni, Carrier tvn, Sekani tə̀n, Hän tán, Ahtna ten, Dena’ina tən.

• IPA^(key): [txɪ̀n]

tin

1. ice, frost

tin

1. five

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

From Old Frisian tiān. Compare West Frisian tsien, Sylt North Frisian tiin.

tin

1. (Föhr-Amrum) ten

From Proto-Germanic *tiną.

• IPA^(key): /tin/, [tin]

tin n

1. tin

• Middle English: tin
  • English: tin

From Portuguese ter and Spanish tener and Kabuverdianu têm.

tin

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

tin m

1. your

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”)

tin

1. three

Borrowed from Dutch tien.

tin

1. ten

Syncopic form of tiden.

tin

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

   Han skriker hela tin! ― He's yelling all the time!

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

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

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tin˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tɨn˧˧]

tin

1. to believe or to trust

   tin tưởng

   to believe in; to trust

   cả tin

   gullible

tin

1. news

   Synonym: tin tức

   tin nóng

   hot news

   tin buồn

   sad news

   tin dữ

   bad news

   tin mừng/vui

   good news

   đạo Tin Lành

   Protestantism

   (literally, “religion of good news; religion of the gospel; evangelical religion”)

tin f (plural tinau)

1. (vulgar) The rump, the arse.