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Is zin a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word zin is a Scrabble US word. The word zin is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

Z10I1N1

Is zin a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word zin is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

Z10I1N1

Is zin a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word zin is a Words With Friends word. The word zin is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

Z10I1N2

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3-letter words (1 found)

ZIN,

2-letter words (1 found)

IN,

You can make 2 words from zin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of zin

zin izn zni nzi inz niz

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Definitions and meaning of zin

zin

Alternative forms

  • Zin

Etymology

Clipping of zinfandel.

Noun

zin (countable and uncountable, plural zins)

  1. (informal) Zinfandel wine.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪn/
  • Hyphenation: zin
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sin, from Old Dutch sin, from Proto-West Germanic *sinn.

Noun

zin m (plural zinnen, diminutive zinnetje n)

  1. meaning, significance
    Synonym: betekenis
  2. point, sense
  3. (grammar) sentence
    Synonym: frase
  4. sense (means of perceiving reality)
    Synonym: zintuig
  5. sense, comprehension
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. desire, appetite; intention
    Synonyms: lust, trek, goesting
    Ik heb zin om iets te doen. ― I feel like doing something.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sin
  • Negerhollands: sin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zin

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

Anagrams

  • inz.

Latvian

Verb

zin

  1. alternative form of verb form zina

Matal

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ʒín]

Verb

zin

  1. (intransitive) to smell

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French juin.

Noun

zin

  1. June

Middle Dutch

Noun

zin

  1. Alternative spelling of sin

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English sonne, from Old English sunne, from Proto-West Germanic *sunnā (compare West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪn/

Noun

zin (plural zins)

  1. sun

Derived terms

  • zin-zetteen

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 81

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