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tine

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English tine, alteration of Middle English tinde, tind, from Old English tind, from Proto-West Germanic *tind, Proto-Germanic *tindaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tiende, Tiene (“prong, tine”), German Zind, Zint (“prong”). Compare also the related English tind and German Zinne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn
• Homophone: Tyne

Noun

tine (plural tines)

1. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.
2. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn.
3. (dialect) A wild vetch or tare.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• prong
• tooth
• tool

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly related to etymology 1.

Alternative forms

• tyne

Adjective

tine (comparative tiner, superlative tinest)

1. small, diminutive

Derived terms

• tiny

Etymology 3

See teen (“affliction”).

Noun

tine

1. (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.

Etymology 4

See tind.

Verb

tine (third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)

1. (obsolete) To kindle; to set on fire.
2. (obsolete) To rage; to smart.

Etymology 5

From Middle English tynen, from Old English tȳnan, from tūn (“enclosure”) (modern town).

Verb

tine (third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)

1. (archaic) To shut in, or enclose.

Derived terms

• betine

References

Anagrams

• Tien, neti, nite, tein

Aromanian

Pronoun

tine

1. Alternative form of tini

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic تِينَة (tīna).

Noun

tine f (plural tinát)

1. fig tree

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 178

Irish

Alternative forms

• teine (superseded)
• tinidh

Etymology

From Old Irish teine, from Proto-Celtic *teɸnets, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪnʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪnʲi/ (corresponding to the form tinidh)

Noun

tine f (genitive singular tine or tineadh, nominative plural tinte or tintreacha)

1. fire

Declension

Standard inflection (fourth declension):

Alternative inflection (fifth declension):

• Alternative plural: tintreacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “teine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 730
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Latin

Noun

tīne

1. vocative singular of tīnus

Middle English

Determiner

tine (subjective pronoun þou)

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

Pronoun

tine (subjective þou)

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þíðna.

Alternative forms

• tina (a-infinitive)

Verb

tine (present tense tinar/tiner, past tense tina/tinte, past participle tina/tint, passive infinitive tinast, present participle tinande, imperative tine/tin)

1. (ambitransitive) to thaw

Etymology 2

Through French from Latin tina (“wine-vessel”). Akin to Danish tejne.

Noun

tine f (definite singular tina, indefinite plural tiner, definite plural tinene)

1. a traditional bentwood box

Etymology 3

From Old Norse tína.

Alternative forms

• tina (a-infinitive)

Verb

tine (present tense tiner, past tense tinte, past participle tint, passive infinitive tinast, present participle tinande, imperative tin)

1. to pluck or rattle to remove fish from a fishing net
2. to remove the awn from the grain
3. to extract a nut from its shell

References

• “tine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• eint, -inet, IT-en, nite, tein, tien, Tine

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ne/

Noun

tine

1. dative singular of tin

Portuguese

Verb

tine

1. inflection of tinir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tē, as with mine, sine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ne/

Pronoun

tine (stressed accusative form of tu)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as pe, cu, la, or pentru) you

Related terms

• te (unstressed form)

See also

• mine
• sine

Yola

Alternative forms

• theene

Etymology

From Middle English tynen, from Old English tȳnan. Cognate with English teen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːn/, /t̪iːn/

Verb

tine

1. to shut, close

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 72

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