pins (sharpened steel wire with a head) Wikimedia project lapel pins / badge FromMiddle English pinne Old English pinn ( “ pin, peg, bolt ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *pinnaz *pinnō *pint- ( “ protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bend- ( “ protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge ” ) . Related topen ( “ enclosure ” ) .
Cognate withDutch pin ( “ peg, pin ” ) ,Low German pin pinne ( “ pin, point, nail, peg ” ) ,German Pinn Pinne ( “ pin, tack, peg ” ) ,Bavarian Pfonzer Pfunzer ( “ sharpened point ” ) ,Danish pind ( “ pin, pointed stick ” ) ,Norwegian pinn ( “ stick ” ) ,Swedish pinne ( “ peg, rod, stick ” ) ,Icelandic pinni ( “ pin ” ) . More atpintle .
No relation to classicalLatin pinna ( “ fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather ” ) , which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (comparepinnacle ), and often confused withLatin penna ( “ wing, feather ” ) . More atfeather andpen (Etymology 3).
pin (plural pins
Aneedle without aneye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the otherflattened or rounded into a head, used forfastening .1667 John Milton , “Book IX”, inParadise Lost. [ … ] [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] →OCLC Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] 1873 ,→OCLC Withpins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
A smallnail with ahead and a sharp point. Acylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as abearing between two parts.Pull thepin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
( wrestling , professional wrestling ) victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such asskittles orbowling . ( informal , in theplural ) I'm not so good on mypins these days.
( electricity ) multipole electricalconnector .The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has threepins .
A piece ofjewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin. ( US ) accessory that can be attached toclothing with a pin orfastener , often round and bearing adesign ,logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.Synonyms: lapel pin badge ( chess ) scenario in whichmoving a lesserpiece to escape fromattack wouldexpose a morevaluable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece isimpossible as it would place theking incheck .( golf ) flagstick : theflag -bearingpole which marks the location of ahole ( curling ) house (the target area)The shot landed right on thepin .
( archery ) target , originally a literal pin thatfastened the target in place.c. 1587–1588 Christopher Marlowe ],Tamburlaine the Great. [ … ] The First Part [ … ] [ … ] [ R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [ … ] 1592 ,→OCLC Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press,1973 ,→ISBN Act II, scene iv :For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at,pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.
c. 1591–1595 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene iv] :the verypin of his heart cleft
( obsolete ) mood , astate of being.c. 1631–1633 John Clavell ], edited byJohn Henry Pyle Pafford andW[alter] W[ilson] Greg ,The Soddered Citizen 82 ), London: [ … ] [ F] or theMalone Society byJohn Johnson at theOxford University Press , published1936 ,→OCLC a ,page45 , lines1030–1032 :Hee settPromethius , on a merryepynn , / Whoe dranke soe devillishly, that there he gott / A terrible heartburninge,[ …]
1653 Henry More ,An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God , London: [ … ] Roger Daniel, [ … ] →OCLC he had made the sign of the Cross on his head; for he was then on a merrypin and full of jearing
One of a row ofpegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink. ( medicine , obsolete ) Caligo .c. 1610–1611 (date written)William Shakespeare , “The Winters Tale ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act I, scene ii] :Blind with thepin and web
A thing of small value; a trifle.1712 February 18 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison ;Richard Steele et al. ], “THURSDAY, February 7, 1711–1712”, inThe Spectator 295 ; republished inAlexander Chalmers , editor,The Spectator; a New Edition, [ … ] , volume III, New York, N.Y.:D[aniel] Appleton & Company ,1853 ,→OCLC He[ …] pin for her. The spelling has been modernized. Apeg inmusical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. ( engineering ) shaft , sometimes forming abolt , a part of which serves as ajournal .Thetenon of adovetail joint. ( UK , brewing ) brewery cask , equal to half afirkin , or eighth of abarrel .1978 Hugh Verity , chapter 2, inWe landed by moonlight , Manchester: Crécy Publishing,→ISBN 22= :Our ground crew were lodged in the main station, but they came to the cottage for a party when operations for the night had been cancelled and we had a new ‘gong’ (decoration) to celebrate. On these occasions we always installed apin of bitter.
( informal ) pinball machine .I spent most of my time in the arcade playingpins .
1949 Billboard , volume61 , page82 :Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily inpins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
( locksmithing ) ( bodybuilding , slang ) injection ofPEDs .Terms derived frompin (noun)
needle without an eye, used for fastening
Afrikaans:speld naald Albanian:gjilpërë me kokë Arabic:دَبُّوس m ( dabbūs ) Egyptian Arabic:دبوس m ( dabbūs ) Armenian:քորոց (hy) ( kʻorocʻ ) ,գնդասեղ (hy) ( gndaseġ ) Belarusian:шпі́лька f ( špílʹka ) ,була́ўка f ( buláŭka ) Breton:spilhenn (br) m Bulgarian:карфи́ца (bg) f ( karfíca ) ,топли́йка (bg) f ( toplíjka ) Burmese:ပင်အပ် (my) ( pang-ap ) Catalan:agulla de cap (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:別針 / 别针 (zh) ( biézhēn ) Czech:špendlík (cs) m Danish:knappenål (da) Dutch:pin (nl) f speld (nl) f Esperanto:pinglo Estonian:nööpnõel Finnish:nuppineula (fi) French:épingle (fr) f Georgian:ქინძისთავი (ka) ( kinʒistavi ) German:Stecknadel (de) f Nadel (de) f Greek:καρφίτσα (el) f ( karfítsa ) Gujarati:પિન f ( pin ) Hawaiian:kui pine Hebrew:סיכה \ סִכָּה (he) f ( siká ) Hindi:पिन (hi) f ( pin ) Hungarian:tű (hu) ,gombostű (hu) Icelandic:títuprjónn m Indonesian:jarum pentol (id) Ingrian:bulafka Irish:biorán m Italian:spillo (it) m Japanese:ピン (ja) ( pin ) ,鋲 (ja) ( びょう, byō ) Khmer:ម្ជុល (km) ( mcul ) Korean:핀 (ko) ( pin ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:دەمبوس ( dembus ) Lao:ເຂັມ (lo) ( khem ) Latin:acus (la) m Latvian:kniepadata f Lithuanian:segtukas m Macedonian:топуска f ( topuska ) ,шпена́дла f ( špenádla ) Malay:cemat (ms) Maltese:labra Maori:pine Mongolian:сүлбээр зүү ( sülbeer züü ) Neapolitan:spingula f Norman:êpîle f ( Jersey ) Norwegian:knappenål Occitan:espilla (oc) f Ottoman Turkish:ایكنه ( iğne ) ,ابره ( ibre ) ,سوزن ( suzen ) Persian:سنجاق (fa) ( sanjâq ) Plautdietsch:Spald f Polish:szpilka (pl) f Portuguese:alfinete (pt) m Romanian:ac cu gămălie bold (ro) n Russian:була́вка (ru) f ( bulávka ) ,( hairpin ) шпи́лька (ru) f ( špílʹka ) Scottish Gaelic:dealg f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:прибадача f чиода f Roman:pribadača (sh) f čioda (sh) f Spanish:alfiler (es) m aguja (es) f Swedish:knappnål (sv) c Tagalog:aspili aspile Taos:phìstuléna Tarifit:tisiyneft f Telugu:గుండుసూది (te) ( guṇḍusūdi ) Thai:เข็มหมุด (th) ( kěm-mùt ) ,เข็ม (th) ( kěm ) Ukrainian:була́вка (uk) f ( bulávka ) ,шпи́лька f ( špýlʹka ) Vietnamese:ghim (vi) ,đinh ghim Welsh:pin (cy) White Hmong:koob Yiddish:שפּילקע f ( shpilke )
cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
wrestling: certain victory condition
slender object specially designed for use in bowling
electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
jewellery attached with a pin
—see brooch US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
Bulgarian:значка (bg) f ( značka ) Catalan:pin (ca) m Cherokee:ᎠᎧᏁᏍᏗ ( akanesdi ) Dutch:speldje (nl) n pin (nl) f Finnish:pinssi (fi) French:pin’s (fr) m épinglette (fr) f broche (fr) f Galician:pin (gl) m German:Anstecker m Anstecknadel f Pin (de) m Italian:spilla (it) f spilletta f pin (it) m Japanese:バッジ (ja) ( bajji ) Macedonian:брош m ( broš ) Portuguese:pin (pt) m crachá (pt) m Russian:бро́шка (ru) f ( bróška ) ,брошь (ru) f ( brošʹ ) Spanish:pin (es) ,insignia (es) f
curling: spot at the exact centre of the house
one of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup
thing of small value; a trifle
peg in musical instrument
tenon of a dovetail joint
brewing: eighth of a barrel
Translations to be checked
pin (third-person singular simple present pins present participle pinning simple past and past participle pinned
( often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on" ) ( chess , usually passive voice ) ( wrestling ) pin down (someone).Hepinned his opponent on the mat.
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. ( graphical user interface , transitive ) Antonym: unpin ( programming , transitive ) fix (anarray inmemory , asecurity certificate , etc.) so that it cannot bemodified .Antonym: unpin When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy orpin the data being marshaled.
2012 Programming C# 5.0 , page244 :[ …] pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.
( transitive ) Synonym: peg 1979 Head Games Now I need topin those needles.
( bodybuilding , slang , ambitransitive ) inject forperformance enhancement .( backgammon ) blot , preventing the piece from further movement.to fasten/attach with a pin
Bulgarian:забождам (bg) ( zaboždam ) Catalan:clavat fixat (ca) Dutch:vastpinnen (nl) Finnish:kiinnittää (fi) French:épingler (fr) Icelandic:næla Italian:appuntare (it) ,spillare (it) ,inchiodare (it) ,affibbiare (it) ,fissare (con uno spillo) pinnare Japanese:留める (ja) ( とめる , tomeru) Maori:karatiti makatiti taratiti Ottoman Turkish:ایكنهلمك ( iğnelemek ) Polish:przyszpilać impf przyszpilić pf Portuguese:alfinetar (pt) Santali:ᱨᱳᱜ ( rok’ ) Spanish:clavar (es) ,prender (es) ,fijar (es) ,pegar (es) ,sujetar con Turkish:iliştirmek (tr) ,sabitlemek (tr) ,tutturmak (tr) ,pinlemek
pin (third-person singular simple present pins present participle pinning simple past and past participle pinned
Alternative form ofpeen pin (plural pins
Acataract of theeye . Borrowed fromEnglish pin
pin m plural pins
( electronics ) lead pin ( ornament ) pin
holy pin
first-person singular present indicative ofzèinan am FromProto-Brythonic [Term?] , fromLatin pīnus Breton Welsh pin
pin f singulative pinen
pines Synonym: sab pin
imperative ofpine FromMiddle Dutch pinne Old Dutch *pinna Proto-West Germanic *pinnā English pin Low German pin pinne ( “ pin, point, nail, peg ” ) ,German Pinn Pinne ( “ pin, tack, peg ” ) ,Bavarian Pfonzer Pfunzer ( “ sharpened point ” ) ,Danish pind ( “ pin, pointed stick ” ) ,Norwegian pinn ( “ stick ” ) ,Swedish pinne ( “ peg, rod, stick ” ) ,Icelandic pinni ( “ pin ” ) .
pin f plural pinnen diminutive pinnetje n
peg , pinAbbreviation ofpersoonlijk identificatienummer ( “ personal identification number ” ) .
pin m or n plural pins diminutive pinnetje n
PIN ( A number used to confirm an individual's identity, e.g. when using an ATM or a mobile phone, or when making payment using a credit card or debit card ) pin
inflection ofpinnen first-person singular present indicative (in case ofinversion )second-person singular present indicative imperative Inherited fromOld French pin Latin pīnus Proto-Indo-European *poi- ( “ sap, juice ” ) .
pin m plural pins
pine ,pine tree (Pinus Hypernym: pinacée FromLatin pīnus
pin m plural pins
pine treeFromDutch pin Proto-Germanic *pinnaz *pinnaz *pinnō *pint- ( “ protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *bend-
IPA (key ) : [ˈpɪn] Hyphenation:pin pin
pin ( colloquial ) Synonym: peniti a slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling ( colloquial ) peg Synonym: pasak pin
Rōmaji transcription ofピン pin
a particle used to indicate affirmation Istu yapin . it'sindeed correct. pin
inflection ofpīt second / third-person singular present indicative third-person plural present indicative second-person singular imperative ( with the particlelai ) third-person singular imperative ofpīt ( with the particlelai ) third-person plural imperative ofpīt pin
Nonstandard spelling ofpīn Nonstandard spelling ofpín Nonstandard spelling ofpǐn Nonstandard spelling ofpìn Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.pin ( Raguileo spelling )
Tosay Totell (a story). first-person singular realis form ofpin pin anim plural piniig diminutive piniins locative piniing pejorative pinish
potato Borrowed fromLatin pīnus
pin ?
( appears only in compounds ) pine pin inan
chili . chili pepper.Crescencio García Ramos,Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007) pin m
pine Borrowed fromEnglish pin Middle English pinne Old English pinn Proto-Germanic *pinnaz *pinnō *pint- Proto-Indo-European *bend-
pin m inan
( electricity ) lead ,pin ( any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector ) pin in Polish dictionaries at PWNCompareChinese 兵 bīng
pin
army .soldier .Inherited fromLatin pīnus Proto-Indo-European *poi- ( “ sap, juice ” ) .
pin m plural pini
pine FromLatin pīnus
pin m
( Puter , Vallader ) spruce ,fir pin
woman transnewguinea.org , citing D. C. Laycock,Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66IPA (key ) : /ˈpin/ [ˈpĩn] Rhymes:-in Syllabification:pin Borrowed fromEnglish pin
pin m plural pines
pin lapel pin ,badge Synonym: insignia ( electricity ) pin ( any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector ) Borrowed fromEnglish PIN p ersonali dentificationn umber
pin m plural pines
PIN ,PIN number Synonym: número pin Clipping ofpinsam
pin (comparative mer pinsuperlative mest pin
( colloquial ) embarrassing Så jäklapin asså! So f--ingembarrassing ! Invariable, not used in the definite form.
Frompina
pin
( mostly in (reference to) the phrase below ) pain ,torment pin notcomparable )
( colloquial ) very ,really ,super- Synonyms: jätte- väldigt Borrowed fromEnglish pin
pin n
Alternative form ofpins The form with -s is recommended since it's easier to decline in Swedish.
pim pindik pine pinelik pines pineslik pinez pinezlik pinik pinlik pinnek pon pun pündük püne pünes pünlük pünnük FromOttoman Turkish پین ( pin ) , borrowed from a dialectal form ofArmenian բույն ( buyn ,“ nest ” ) .
pin (definite accusative pini plural pinler
( dialectal ) coop forpoultry Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979 ) “բոյն Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary “pin ”, inTürkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey 1963–1982 Borrowed fromFrench pile
(classifier cục pin
abattery theamount ofelectricity that a battery holdsĐiện thoại taohết pin rồi. My phone is dead. (literally, “My phone has run out of "battery". ”) FromLatin pīnus Middle Irish pín
pin m or m pl uncountable
pine (tree)pine (wood)Modern Welsh orthography prefers the formpin pîn
pin m plural pinnau
Dated spelling ofpìn Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pin ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies pin
bee Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 )The Makian languages and their neighbours [1] FromProto-Oceanic *papine Proto-Austronesian *bahi ( “ woman ” ) .
pin
woman pin
toterminate ; tocome to an end Ọ̀nà tipin ―The road hasended Cognate withIgala kpẹ́
pín
todivide O fẹ́ tọ́ ọ wò àbí? Màápín in sí méjì. ―Do you want to taste it? I'lldivide it in two. toshare out ; todistribute Àwọn apẹjapín èyí tí wọ́n pa fún gbogbo abúlé ―The fishermenshared their catch with the village 
