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tin
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forTindi . FromMiddle English tin , fromOld English tin , fromProto-West Germanic *tin , fromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin (countable anduncountable ,plural tins )
( uncountable ) Amalleable ,ductile ,metallic element , resistant tocorrosion , with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.( metonymic ) Iron orsteel sheet metal that is coated withtin as an anticorrosion protectant.Synonym: tinplate The roof was made oftin , which had been cut withtin snips . ( chiefly UK , Commonwealth , countable ) An airtight container, made of tin-coated steel (calledtinplate ortin ), (formerly)tin ,aluminium , or another metal, used to preserve food, or hold a liquid or some other product.Synonym: can ( chiefly US and Canada ) atin of baked beans; a tobaccotin ; atin of shoe polish
Severaltins of paint were needed to paint the house.
emptytins , cans, and plastic containers are recycled in the blue bins.
1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, inRailway Magazine , page325 :When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosenetins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
( countable ) A metalpan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.muffintin
roastingtin
bakingtin
2023 October 28, Ashlie D. Stevens, ““Great British Bake Off” shocks viewers with a dramatic double-elimination round”, inSalon [1] :And, indeed, after a tense round of rolling, shaping and filling delicate pastry dough, Rowan can’t even pull his overstuffed pies out of thetins without them bleeding and oozing fruit filling.
( countable , squash ) The bottom part of thefront wall , which is "out" if a player strikes it with theball .( slang , dated , uncountable ) money , especiallysilver money.1861 , Philip William Perfitt,The Pathfinder , page377 :When all yourtin is gone and spent, / And you've not amag for bread or rent ( slang , uncountable ) computer hardware .element
Afrikaans:tin (af) Albanian:kallaj (sq) m Altai:Southern Altai:калай ( kalay ) ,телеҥир ( teleŋir ) Amharic:ቆርቆሮ ( ḳorḳoro ) Arabic:قَصْدِير m ( qaṣdīr ) orقِصْدِير m ( qiṣdīr ) Egyptian Arabic:صفيح m ( ṣafīḥ ) Hijazi Arabic:قَصْدير m ( gaṣdīr ) Moroccan Arabic:قزدير m ( qazdīr ) Aramaic:Classical Mandaic:ࡀࡍࡊࡀ ( anka ) Classical Syriac:ܐܵܢܟ݂ܵܐ ( ʾānəḵāʾ ) Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:אָנְכָא ( ʾānəḵāʾ ) Armenian:անագ (hy) ( anag ) Assamese:ৰাং ( raṅ ) Asturian:estañu (ast) m Avar:гъалай ( ğalaj ) Azerbaijani:qalay (az) Basque:eztainua Belarusian:во́лава f ( vólava ) ,цына f ( cyna ) Bengali:টিন (bn) ( ṭin ) Breton:staen (br) m Bulgarian:кала́й (bg) m ( kaláj ) Burmese:သံဖြူ (my) ( samhpru ) Catalan:estany (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:錫 / 锡 (zh) ( xí ) Coptic:ⲃⲁⲥⲛϭ ( basnč ) ( Sahidic ) ,ⲑⲣⲁⲛ ( thran ) ( Bohairic ) Cornish:sten Czech:cín (cs) m Danish:tin (da) n Dargwa:къалай ( ɢalaj ) Dutch:tin (nl) n Esperanto:stano (eo) Estonian:tina (et) Faroese:tin Finnish:tina (fi) French:étain (fr) m Frisian:West Frisian:tin Friulian:stagn Galician:estano m ,estaño (gl) m Georgian:კალა (ka) ( ḳala ) German:Zinn (de) n Greek:κασσίτερος (el) m ( kassíteros ) Ancient Greek:κασσίτερος m ( kassíteros ) Hebrew:בְּדִיל (he) m ( bdíl ) Hindi:त्रपु (hi) m ( trapu ) Hungarian:ón (hu) ,cin (hu) ,bádog (hu) Iban:bangkang ,bangkoh Icelandic:tin (is) n Ido:stano (io) Indonesian:timah (id) Ingrian:tina Interlingua:stanno Irish:stán (ga) Italian:stagno (it) m Japanese:錫 (ja) ( すず, suzu ) ,スズ (ja) ( suzu ) Javanese:ꦠꦶꦩꦃ (jv) ( timah ) Kannada:ತವರ (kn) ( tavara ) Kashubian:cëna Kazakh:қалайы (kk) ( qalaiy ) Khmer:សំណប៉ាហាំង ( sɑmnɑɑ paahang ) ,ប៉ាហាំង (km) ( paahang ) Korean:주석 (ko) ( juseok ) ,동납철 ( dongnapcheol ) ,석 (ko) ( seok ) Kyrgyz:калай (ky) ( kalay ) Lao:ຊືນ (lo) ( sư̄n ) ,ດີບຸກ ( dī buk ) Latin:stannum (la) n Latvian:alva (lv) f Lezgi:къеле ( q̄ele ) Lithuanian:alavas (lt) m Low German:German Low German:Tinn n Luxembourgish:Zënn (lb) Macedonian:калај (mk) m ( kalaj ) Malay:stanum ,timah (ms) Malayalam:വെളുത്തീയം (ml) ( veḷuttīyaṁ ) ,തകരം (ml) ( takaraṁ ) Maltese:landa Manchu:ᡨᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ ( toholon ) Mansi:Northern Mansi:(pleaseverify ) а̄нах ( ānah ) Manx:stainney Mari:Eastern Mari:вулно ( vulno ) Melanau:Central Melanau:timah Mongolian:тугалга (mn) ( tugalga ) Nahuatl:amochitl Nanai:тохолгон ( toholgon ) Navajo:béésh dildǫʼí Norwegian:tinn (no) Occitan:estanh (oc) m Old English:tin n Old Tupi:itaîyka Oromo:qorqorroo Ossetian:Digor Ossetian:дзӕхуӕ ( ʒæxwæ ) Iron Ossetian:къала ( k’ala ) Persian:قلع (fa) ( qal' ) ,ارزیز (fa) ( arziz ) Plautdietsch:Blajch n Polish:cyna (pl) f Portuguese:estanho (pt) m Rohingya:zermóuni Romanian:staniu (ro) n ( as element ) ,cositor (ro) n ( as material ) Russian:о́лово (ru) n ( ólovo ) ,ста́ннум (ru) m ( stánnum ) Santali:ᱴᱤᱬ ( ṭiṇ ) Saurashtra:ꢡꣃ ( tau ) Scottish Gaelic:staoin Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:калај m Latin:kalaj (sh) m ,kositar (sh) m ( Croatia ) Sikkimese:ལྕགས་དཀར ( lcags dkar ) ,ལྕགས་ཀྲིན ( lcags krin ) Slovak:cín (sk) Slovene:kositer (sl) m ,cin (sl) m Sorbian:Lower Sorbian:cen m Upper Sorbian:cyn m Spanish:estaño (es) m Sumerian:𒀭𒈾 ( anna ) Sundanese:ᮒᮤᮙᮂ ( timah ) Swedish:tenn (sv) n Tagalog:tinggaputi Tajik:қалъ ( qal' ) Tamil:தகரம் (ta) ( takaram ) Tatar:аккургаш (tt) ( aqqurğaş ) Ternate:beleki Thai:ดีบุก (th) ( dii-bùk ) Tiwi:kilupi Tok Pisin:tin Turkish:kalay (tr) Ottoman Turkish:قالای ( kalay ) Turkmen:galaýy Ukrainian:о́лово (uk) ( ólovo ) Uyghur:قەلەي ( qeley ) Uzbek:qalay (uz) Cyrillic:калай ( kalay ) Vietnamese:thiếc (vi) Vilamovian:cejn Welsh:tun (cy) Yiddish:בלעך n ( blekh ) ,צין n ( tsin ) Zhuang:sik
airtight container
Afrikaans:blikkie Arabic:صَفِيحَة f ( ṣafīḥa ) South Levantine Arabic:علبة f ( ʕulbe ) ,تنكة f ( tánake ) Belarusian:бляша́нка f ( bljašánka ) ,кансе́рва f ( kansjérva ) Bengali:টিন (bn) ( ṭin ) Bulgarian:консе́рва f ( konsérva ) ,тенекия (bg) f ( tenekija ) Catalan:llauna (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:罐頭 / 罐头 (zh) ( guàntou, guàntóu ) Czech:plechovka (cs) ,konzerva (cs) Danish:konservesdåse c Dutch:blik (nl) n ,conservenblik (nl) n Finnish:säilyketölkki (fi) ,säilykepurkki French:conserve (fr) f ,boîte de conserve (fr) f Galician:lata (gl) f ,canado (gl) m Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:Büchse (de) f ,Konservenbüchse (de) f ,Blechbüchse (de) f ,Dose (de) f ,Konservendose (de) f Greek:κονσέρβα (el) f ( konsérva ) Hindi:टिन m ( ṭin ) Hungarian:konzerv (hu) ,konzervdoboz (hu) ,bádogdoboz (hu) ,fémdoboz (hu) ,doboz (hu) Indonesian:kaleng (id) Italian:lattina (it) f ,barattolo (it) m Japanese:罐詰 ( かんずめ, kanzume ) ,缶 (ja) ( かん, kan ) Khmer:កំប៉ុង (km) ( kɑmpong ) ,កំប៉ុងសំណប៉ាហាំង ( kɑmpoŋ sɑmnɑɑ paahaŋ ) Kikuyu:mũkebe class3 Korean:깡통 (ko) ( kkangtong ) Lao:ກະປ໋ອງ ( ka pǭng ) Latvian:konservu kārba f Macedonian:лименка f ( limenka ) ,конзе́рва f ( konzérva ) Malay:tin ( West Coast Peninsular ) ,kupi (ms) ( East Coast Peninsular ) ,kaleng (ms) ( Riau ) Meru:mkebe Norman:tinne f Persian:حلب (fa) ( halab ) ,قوطی (fa) ( quti ) ,پیت (fa) ( pit ) Polish:puszka (pl) f ,konserwa (pl) f Portuguese:lata (pt) f Russian:жестя́нка (ru) f ( žestjánka ) ,консе́рвная ба́нка (ru) f ( konsérvnaja bánka ) ,консе́рва (ru) f ( konsérva ) Scottish Gaelic:cana (gd) m ,canastair m Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ліменка f ,конзерва f Latin:limenka (sh) f ,konzerva (sh) f Slovak:plechovka f Slovene:pločevinka (sl) f Spanish:lata (es) f Swahili:mkebe (sw) Swedish:konserv (sv) c ,konservburk (sv) c Tagalog:lata Thai:กระป๋อง (th) ( grà-bpɔ̌ng ) ,ปี๊บ ( bpíip ) Tok Pisin:tin Turkish:Ottoman Turkish:تنكه ( teneke ) Ukrainian:бляша́нка (uk) f ( bljašánka ) ,консе́рва f ( konsérva ) Vietnamese:hộp (vi)
metal pan
Belarusian:бля́ха f ( bljáxa ) Bulgarian:тига́н (bg) m ( tigán ) Czech:plech (cs) m Dutch:bakvorm (nl) m ( for baking ) ,taartvorm (nl) m ( for cakes ) Finnish:vuoka (fi) French:moule (fr) m ,gamelle (fr) f Galician:tixola (gl) f ,pandoiro m ,tique (gl) f German:Backform (de) f ( for baking ) ,Kastenform f ( for cakes ) ,Kuchenform (de) f ( for cakes ) Greek:ταψί (el) n ( tapsí ) Hungarian:tepsi (hu) Italian:gamella (it) f ,teglia (it) f Polish:blacha (pl) f Portuguese:lata (pt) f ,forma (pt) f ,tarteira (pt) f Russian:жесть (ru) f ( žestʹ ) Slovak:plech m Ukrainian:жерсть f ( žerstʹ ) ,бля́ха (uk) f ( bljáxa )
Translations to be checked
tin (notcomparable )
Made of tin. Made ofgalvanised iron or built ofcorrugated 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 theTin Tab[ernacle] - whereas my family were 'church' and Uncle Ezekiel was an infidel at that.
Made ofaluminum . made of tin
Belarusian:алавя́ны ( alavjány ) ,валавя́ны ( valavjány ) ,цы́навы ( cýnavy ) Breton:staen (br) Bulgarian:калае́н ( kalaén ) ,тенеки́ен ( tenekíen ) Czech:cínový (cs) Dutch:tinnen (nl) Finnish:tinainen ,peltinen (fi) French:d'étain (fr) ,en étain German:Zinn- (de) ,zinnen (de) ( rare ) Hungarian:ón- (hu) ,cin- (hu) ,bádog- (hu) Interlingua:de latta ,de stanno Italian:di stagno (it) Macedonian:калаен ( kalaen ) ,тенекиен ( tenekien ) Polish:cynowy (pl) Portuguese:de lata ,de estanho Romanian:de cositor ,din cositor Russian:оловя́нный (ru) ( olovjánnyj ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:лѝмен Latin:lìmen (sh) Slovak:cínový (sk) Slovene:kositrni Ukrainian:олов'я́ний ( olovʺjányj ) ,цино́вий ( cynóvyj )
made of galvanized iron
Belarusian:бляшаны ( bljašany ) Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can Russian:жестяной (ru) ( žestjanoj )
tin (third-person singular simple present tins ,present participle tinning ,simple past and past participle tinned )
( transitive ) To place into a metalcan (ie. a tin; be it tin, steel, aluminum) in order to preserve.( transitive ) To cover with tin.( transitive ) To coat withsolder To coat with solder, in preparation for soldering, to ensure a good solder joint To coat with solder, in order to consolidate braided wire, so as to make contact with all strands and reduce fragility of the fraying wire to place into a tin in order to preserve
Translations to be checked
( money ) : 1873 , John Camden Hotten,The Slang Dictionary tin (uncountable )
tin Borrowed fromEnglish tin , fromOld English tin , fromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin (Bengali script তিন )
corrugated iron This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!
tin (definite accusative tini ,plural tinlər )
corner ( the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point ) intersection Synonym: ( South Azerbaijani ) çaharrah FromArabic تِين ( tīn ) .
tin m (collective )
figs Borg, Alexander (2004 ),A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies;I.70 ), Leiden and Boston: Brill,page177 FromOld Norse tin . CompareGerman Zinn .
tin n (singular definite tinnet ,not used in plural form )
tin ( metal, metallic element ) FromMiddle Dutch tin ,ten , fromOld Dutch *tin , fromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin n (uncountable ,nodiminutive )
tin ( metal, metallic element ) Afrikaans:tin Negerhollands:den FromOld Norse tin , fromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin n (genitive singular tins ,uncountable )
tin (chemical element)Inherited fromVulgar Latin *teum .Doublet ofton ( possessive determiner ) .
tin (feminine singular tina ,masculine plural tins ,feminine plural tines )( ORB, broad )
yours ( second-person singular possessor ) 1 Disjunctive or object of a preposition. 2 Generally preceded by a definite article.
tin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu FromMiddle French tin ,tind .
tin m (plural tins )
awooden support , often used onwatercraft tin
( Quebec , colloquial ) (surprise, giving someone something)alternative form oftiens Borrowed fromEnglish tin .
tin
tin can ( an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food. ) FromOld Norse tin , fromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin n (genitive singular tins ,no plural )
tin ( chemical element ) FromEnglish tin , fromMiddle English tin , fromOld English tin , fromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin (plural tin -tin )
tin , an airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve foodSynonyms: belek ,kaleng FromArabic تِين ( tīn ,“ fig ” ) .
tin (plural tin -tin )
fig , a fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropicsSynonym: ara ( “ fig ” ) tin
inflection oftīt : second / third-person singular present indicative third-person plural present indicative second-person singular imperative ( with the particlelai ) third-person singular imperative oftīt ( with the particlelai ) third-person plural imperative oftīt FromArabic تِين ( tīn ) .
tin m (collective ,singulative tina ,plural tiniet )
fig ,figs :( several fruits; fig as a mass or taste ) ( humorous ) buttocks Alternative form: tint Synonyms: natka (natika ) ,tebqa tas-sorm tin (subjective pronoun þou )
( chiefly Northern and Northeast Midland ) alternative form ofþin ( “ thy ” ) tin (subjective þou )
( chiefly Northern and Northeast Midland ) alternative form ofþin ( “ thine ” ) tin
alternative form oftyn FromProto-Kuki-Chin *tin ( “ every ” ) .
tin
every ,all FromProto-Kuki-Chin *tin ( “ nail, claw ” ) .
tin
nail (of ananimal ), including also:fingernail talon hoof claw From the root-TIN ( “ to freeze ” ) , fromProto-Athabaskan *tən ( “ ice, frost ” ) .
Cognates:
Apachean: Western Apachetįh , Chiricahuatį’ , Lipankįh Others: Hupa-tiŋ , Galicetʰɐn , Chilcotintə̀n , Slaveytę̀ ,-téné’ , Dogribtǫ́ , Dene Sųłinétə̀n , Sarceenistiní , Chipewyantvn , Beaveristv́ni , Carriertvn , Sekanitə̀n , Häntán , Ahtnaten , Dena’inatən . tin
ice ,frost FromEnglish thing .
tin (plural tins )
thing 2024 September 5, Helen Oyibo, “'Except crase enta na di kain tin I don do before, I go do if I become govnor of Edo State' - Asue Ighodalo ”, inBBC News Pidgin :"So if you dey tok about pipo wey dey mentor pipo dey guide dem, its not a badtin to have a mentor but no be say you go get pesin wey go dey tell you say go here, go here, do dis, do dis, how?" "So if you talk about people who mentor people and guide them, its not a badthing to have a mentor but you can't say you understand a person who tells you to go here, go here, do this, do this, how?" tin
five FromOld Frisian tiān . CompareWest Frisian tsien , Sylt North Frisiantiin .
tin
( Föhr-Amrum ) ten tìn n (definite singular tìnet )
( pre-1938 ) alternative form oftinn FromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin n
tin Stronga -stem:
FromProto-Germanic *tiną .
tin n
tin Zoëga, Geir T. (1910 ), “tin ”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press ; also available at theInternet Archive tin
Lamy spelling oftĩ FromPortuguese ter andSpanish tener andKabuverdianu têm .
tin
tohave topossess there are tin m
your FromSanskrit त्रि ( tri ,“ three ” ) .
tin (Hanifi spelling 𐴃𐴞𐴕 )
three Borrowed fromDutch tien .
tin
ten tin
romanization of𒁷 ( tin ) Syncopic form oftiden .
tin
( colloquial ) pronunciation spelling oftiden ,definite singular oftid Han skriker helatin ! ―He's yelling allthe time ! ”Tiden” is only pronounced this way in the expression ”hela tiden”.
FromProto-Tai *tiːnᴬ ( “ foot ” ) .
tin (Nôm form 𬦿 )
foot FromVietnamese tin .
tin (Nôm form 信 )
news FromEnglish tin .
tin
tin ,can Learned borrowing fromOld Turkic 𐱅𐰃𐰤 ( tïn ,“ spirit, breath ” ) .
tin (definite accusative tini ,plural tinler )
soul ,spirit ( rare, re-introduced in 1934 during the TDK’s language reform ) Synonyms: ruh ,can ( philosophy ) Theessence or entity which somemetaphysicists claim that the universe was created by or originated fromInherited fromOttoman Turkish تین , fromArabic تِين ( tīn ) .
tin (definite accusative tini ,plural tinler )
( archaic ) fig Synonym: incir Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading ofChinese 信 ( SV :tín ) .
tin • (信 ,𪝮 ,𠒷 )
tobelieve ; totrust ; to havefaith niềmtin ―trust trị bệnh bằng niềmtin ―faith healing tin • (信 ,𪝮 ,𠒷 )
news Synonym: tin tức tin nóng ―breaking news tin buồn ―sad news, especially about someone who's passed away tin dữ ―bad news tin mừng/vui ―good news đạo Tin Lành ―Protestantism (literally, “religion of good news; religion of the gospel; evangelical religion ”)FromProto-Celtic *tuknā , fromProto-Indo-European *tewk- . Cognate withEnglish thigh andScottish Gaelic tòin .
tin f (plural tinau )
( vulgar , offensive ) arse Synonym: pen-ôl Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “tin ”, inGweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary , Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke,et al. , editors (1950–present), “tin ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies tin
to bethin ; to beskinny Synonyms: tín-ín-rín ,pẹ́lẹ́ńgẹ́ ,tẹ́ẹ́rẹ́ Bọ̀bọ́ yẹntin lẹ́sẹ̀. ―That guy's legsare thin . Apá mitin díẹ̀. ―My armsare a bitskinny .