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English

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pins (sharpened steel wire with a head)
Wikimedia project lapel pins / badge

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”).

Cognate with Dutch 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 at pintle.

No relation to classical Latin pinna (“fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather”), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna (“wing, feather”). More at feather and pen (Etymology 3).

Noun

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pin (plural pins)

  1. A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
  2. A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
  3. A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
    Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
  5. (wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
  6. A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
  8. (informal, in the plural) A leg.
    I'm not so good on my pins these days.
  9. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
    The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
  10. A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
  12. (US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
    Synonyms: lapel pin, badge
  13. (chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
  14. (golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
  15. (curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
    The shot landed right on the pin.
  16. (archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
  17. (obsolete) A mood, a state of being.
  18. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
  19. (medicine, obsolete) Caligo.
  20. A thing of small value; a trifle.
  21. A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
  22. (engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
  23. The tenon of a dovetail joint.
  24. (UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
    • 1978, Hugh Verity, chapter 2, in We landed by moonlight, Manchester: Crécy Publishing, →ISBN, page 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 a pin of bitter.
  25. (informal) A pinball machine.
    I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.
    • 1949, Billboard, volume 61, page 82:
      Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
  26. (locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
  27. (bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.
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Derived terms
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Terms derived from pin (noun)
Descendants
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  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: pins
  • → Polish: pin
  • → Spanish: pin
  • → Swahili: pini
  • → Swedish: pin, pins
Translations
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Verb

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pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)

  1. (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
  2. (chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
  4. (wrestling) To pin down (someone).
    He pinned his opponent on the mat.
  5. To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
  6. (graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
    Antonym: unpin
    to pin a folder to the taskbar
  7. (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
    Antonym: unpin
    When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.
    • 2012, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 5.0, page 244:
      […] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.
  8. (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
    Synonym: peg
    • 1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:
      Now I need to pin those needles.
  9. (bodybuilding, slang, transitive, intransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
  10. (backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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pin (third-person singular simple present pins, present participle pinning, simple past and past participle pinned)

  1. Alternative form of peen

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin m (plural pins)

  1. (electronics) lead
  2. pin (ornament)

Chuukese

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Adjective

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pin

  1. holy

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Cimbrian

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Verb

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pin

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zèinan: am

Cornish

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Noun

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pin f (singulative pinen)

  1. pines

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Danish

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Verb

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pin

  1. imperative of pine

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch pinne, from Old Dutch *pinna, from Proto-West Germanic *pinnā, of obscure origin. Cognate with 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”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin f (plural pinnen, diminutive pinnetje n)

  1. peg, pin
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation of persoonlijk identificatienummer (“personal identification number”).

Noun

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pin m or n (plural pins, diminutive pinnetje n)

  1. 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)
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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pin

  1. inflection of pinnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French pin, from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin m (plural pins)

  1. pine, pine tree (Pinus)
    Hypernym: pinacée

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Further reading

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin pīnus.

Noun

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pin m (plural pins)

  1. pine tree

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch pin, from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- 'protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge'.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪn]
  • Hyphenation: pin

Noun

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pin

  1. pin
    1. (colloquial) a needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
      Synonym: peniti
    2. a slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
  2. (colloquial) peg.
    Synonym: pasak

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Japanese

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Romanization

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pin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピン

Kapampangan

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Particle

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pin

  1. a particle used to indicate affirmation
    Wapin.
    I agree.
    Istu yapin.
    it's indeed correct.
    Ikapin.
    Yeah, it's you.

Latvian

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Verb

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pin

  1. inflection of pīt:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pīt

Mandarin

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Romanization

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pin

  1. Nonstandard spelling of pīn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of pín.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of pǐn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of pìn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mapudungun

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Verb

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pin (Raguileo spelling)

  1. To say
  2. To tell (a story).
  3. first-person singular realis form of pin

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Ojibwe

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Noun

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pin anim (plural piniig, diminutive piniins, locative piniing, pejorative pinish)

  1. potato

Old English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin pīnus

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin ?

  1. (appears only in compounds) pine

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Papantla Totonac

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Noun

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pin inan

  1. chili. chili pepper.

References

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  • Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin m

  1. pine

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English pin, from Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn, from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint-, from Proto-Indo-European *bend-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin m inan

  1. (electricity) lead, pin (any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector)

Declension

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Declension of pin
singular plural
nominative pin piny
genitive pinu pinów
dative pinowi pinom
accusative pin piny
instrumental pinem pinami
locative pinie pinach
vocative pinie piny

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  • pin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rawang

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Etymology

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Compare Chinese 兵 (bīng).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin

  1. army.
  2. soldier.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

Noun

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pin m (plural pini)

  1. pine

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pin pinul pini pinii
genitive-dative pin pinului pini pinilor
vocative pinule pinilor

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin pīnus.

Noun

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pin m

  1. (Puter, Vallader) spruce, fir

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Seta

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Noun

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pin

  1. woman

References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpin/ [ˈpĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: pin

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English pin.

Noun

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pin m (plural pines)

  1. pin, lapel pin, badge
    Synonym: insignia
  2. (electricity) pin (any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English PIN, acronym of personal identification number.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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pin m (plural pines)

  1. PIN, PIN number
    Synonym: número pin

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of pinsam, with the same meaning.

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Adjective

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pin (comparative mer pin, superlative mest pin)

  1. (colloquial) embarrassing
    Så jäkla pin asså!
    So f--ing embarrassing!
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Invariable, not used in the definite form.

Etymology 2

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From pina.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin

  1. (mostly in (reference to) the phrase below) pain, torment
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Adverb

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pin (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very, really, super-
    Synonyms: jätte-, väldigt
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin n

  1. Alternative form of pins
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The form with -s is recommended since it's easier to decline in Swedish.

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Turkish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish پین (pin), borrowed from a dialectal form of Armenian բույն (buyn, “nest”).

Noun

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pin (definite accusative pini, plural pinler)

  1. (dialectal) coop for poultry

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative pin
Definite accusative pini
Singular Plural
Nominative pin pinler
Definite accusative pini pinleri
Dative pine pinlere
Locative pinde pinlerde
Ablative pinden pinlerden
Genitive pinin pinlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular pinim pinlerim
2nd singular pinin pinlerin
3rd singular pini pinleri
1st plural pinimiz pinlerimiz
2nd plural pininiz pinleriniz
3rd plural pinleri pinleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular pinimi pinlerimi
2nd singular pinini pinlerini
3rd singular pinini pinlerini
1st plural pinimizi pinlerimizi
2nd plural pininizi pinlerinizi
3rd plural pinlerini pinlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular pinime pinlerime
2nd singular pinine pinlerine
3rd singular pinine pinlerine
1st plural pinimize pinlerimize
2nd plural pininize pinlerinize
3rd plural pinlerine pinlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular pinimde pinlerimde
2nd singular pininde pinlerinde
3rd singular pininde pinlerinde
1st plural pinimizde pinlerimizde
2nd plural pininizde pinlerinizde
3rd plural pinlerinde pinlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular pinimden pinlerimden
2nd singular pininden pinlerinden
3rd singular pininden pinlerinden
1st plural pinimizden pinlerimizden
2nd plural pininizden pinlerinizden
3rd plural pinlerinden pinlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular pinimin pinlerimin
2nd singular pininin pinlerinin
3rd singular pininin pinlerinin
1st plural pinimizin pinlerimizin
2nd plural pininizin pinlerinizin
3rd plural pinlerinin pinlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular pinim pinlerim
2nd singular pinsin pinlersin
3rd singular pin
pindir 		pinler
pinlerdir
1st plural piniz pinleriz
2nd plural pinsiniz pinlersiniz
3rd plural pinler pinlerdir

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “pin”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(classifier cục) pin

  1. a battery
  2. the amount of electricity that a battery holds
    Điện thoại tao hết pin rồi.
    My phone is dead.
    (literally, “My phone has run out of "battery".”)

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Welsh

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Etymology 1

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From Latin pīnus (compare Middle Irish pín).

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Noun

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pin m or m pl (uncountable)

  1. pine (tree)
  2. pine (wood)
Usage notes
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Modern Welsh orthography prefers the form pin to the superseded form pîn.

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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin m (plural pinnau)

  1. Dated spelling of pìn.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of pin
radical soft nasal aspirate
pin bin mhin phin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pin”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pin

  1. bee

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

Yapese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman”).

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Noun

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pin

  1. woman

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pin

  1. to terminate; to come to an end
    Ọ̀nà ti pin ― The road has ended
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Etymology 2

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Cognate with Igala kpẹ́

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pín

  1. to divide
    O fẹ́ tọ́ ọ wò àbí? Màá pín in sí méjì. ― Do you want to taste it? I'll divide it in two.
  2. to share out; to distribute
    Àwọn apẹja pín èyí tí wọ́n pa fún gbogbo abúlé ― The fishermen shared their catch with the village
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