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3-letter words (2 found)

NIP,PIN,

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Definitions and meaning of pin

pin

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĭn, IPA(key): /pɪn/, [pʰɪn]
  • Rhymes: -ɪn
  • Homophone: pen (pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1

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

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.
  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.
  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.
  9. (electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
  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)
  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.
  25. (informal) A pinball machine.
  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.
Synonyms
  • (small nail): nail, tack
  • (cylinder of wood or metal): peg
  • (games): skittle
  • (jewellery fastened with a pin): brooch
Hyponyms
  • (jewellery fastened with a pin): breastpin
  • (chess): absolute pin, relative pin, partial pin
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: pins
  • → Polish: pin
  • → Spanish: pin
  • → Swahili: pini
  • → Swedish: pin, pins
Translations
See also
  • needle

Verb

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. (computing, graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
    Antonym: unpin
  7. (programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
    Antonym: unpin
  8. (transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
    Synonym: peg
  9. (bodybuilding, slang, transitive, intransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of peen

Anagrams

  • NIP, NPI, Nip, nip

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpin]

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

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

Chuukese

Adjective

pin

  1. holy

Synonyms

  • fen

Cimbrian

Verb

pin

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

Cornish

Noun

pin f (singulative pinen)

  1. pines

Synonyms

  • sab

Danish

Verb

pin

  1. imperative of pine

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

  • Rhymes: -ɪn
  • IPA(key): /pɪn/

Noun

pin f (plural pinnen, diminutive pinnetje n)

  1. peg, pin
Descendants
  • → Aukan: pina
  • ⇒ Dutch: pintje (diminutive form)
    • → Munsee: piinch

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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)
Derived terms
  • pincode
  • pinkassa
  • pinnen

Etymology 3

Verb

pin

  1. inflection of pinnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

  • nip

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃/
  • Homophones: pain, pains, peins, peint, peints, pins

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

  1. pine, pine tree

Derived terms

  • noix de pin
  • pin de Briançon
  • pomme de pin

Further reading

  • “pin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

  1. pine tree

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

Further reading

  • “pin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

pin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピン

Kapampangan

Particle

pin

  1. a particle used to indicate affirmation

Latvian

Verb

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

Romanization

pin

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

Usage notes

  • 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

Verb

pin (Raguileo spelling)

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

Synonyms

  • (tell a story): nvxamyen

Ojibwe

Noun

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

  1. potato

Papantla Totonac

Noun

pin inan

  1. chili. chili pepper.

References

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piŋ/

Noun

pin m

  1. pine

Derived terms

  • pinera f

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pin/
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: pin
  • Homophone: PIN

Noun

pin m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

  • pin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rawang

Etymology

Compare Chinese 兵 (bīng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰin˧/

Noun

pin

  1. army.
  2. soldier.

Synonyms

  • (army): dap, pindap, sìl
  • (soldier): pinla, sìlsè

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

pin m (plural pini)

  1. pine

Declension

See also

  • brad

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • pign (Rumantsch Grischun)
  • pégn (Sursilvan)
  • pegn (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Noun

pin m

  1. (Puter, Vallader) spruce, fir

Synonyms

  • (spruce): (Vallader) petsch

Seta

Noun

pin

  1. woman

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pin.

Noun

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

Borrowed from English PIN, acronym of personal identification number.

Alternative forms

  • PIN

Noun

pin m (plural pines)

  1. PIN, PIN number
    Synonym: número pin

Further reading

  • “pin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of pinsam, with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːn/

Adjective

pin (comparative mer pin, superlative mest pin)

  1. (colloquial) embarrassing
Declension

Invariable, not used in the definite form.

Etymology 2

From pina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːn/

Noun

pin

  1. (mostly in (reference to) the phrase below) pain, torment
Derived terms
  • vill man vara fin får man lida pin

Adverb

pin (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very, really, super-
    Synonyms: jätte-, väldigt
Derived terms
  • på pin kiv
  • pinfull
  • pinfärsk
  • pinkär

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪn/

Noun

pin n

  1. Alternative form of pins
Usage notes

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

References

  • pin in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

pin (definite accusative pini, plural pinler)

  1. (dialectal) coop for poultry

Declension

Synonyms

  • kümes

References

  • 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

Etymology

Borrowed from French pile.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [pin˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [pin˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [pɨn˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cục) pin

  1. a battery
  2. the amount of electricity that a battery holds

Derived terms

  • đèn pin (“torch, flashlight”)

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Latin pīnus (compare Middle Irish pín).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Homophone: p'un (“which one?”) (South Wales)

Noun

pin m or m pl (uncountable)

  1. pine (tree)
  2. pine (wood)
Usage notes

Modern Welsh orthography prefers the form pin to the superseded form pîn.

Synonyms
  • pinwydd f pl
Derived terms
  • pinafal, afal pin (“pineapple”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪn/

Noun

pin m (plural pinnau)

  1. Dated spelling of pìn.

Mutation

References

  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pin̪/

Noun

pin

  1. bee

References

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

Yapese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪn/

Noun

pin

  1. woman

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k͡pĩ̄/

Verb

pin

  1. to terminate; to come to an end
    Ọ̀nà ti pin ― The road has ended
Derived terms
  • òpin (“end”)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Igala kpẹ́

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k͡pĩ́/

Verb

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
Derived terms
  • ìpínkiri (“distribution”)
  • ìpín (“portion; share”)

Source: wiktionary.org