mine
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mīn, IPA(key): /maɪ̯n/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪn
Etymology 1
From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian min, Icelandic mín.
Alternative forms
- myne (obsolete)
Pronoun
mine
- That which belongs to me.
- Used predicatively.
- The house itself is mine, but the land is not.
- Used substantively, with an implied noun.
- Mine has been a long journey.
- Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
- Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
- Used otherwise not directly before the possessed noun. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Used predicatively.
Translations
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See also
personal pronoun | possessive pronoun | possessive determiner | |||||
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subjective | objective | reflexive | |||||
first person | singular | I me (colloquial) | me | myself me mysen | mine | my mine (before vowels, archaic) me | |
plural | we | us | ourselves ourself oursen | ours | our | ||
second person | singular | standard, formal | you | you | yourself yoursen | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your |
archaic, informal | thou | thee | thyself theeself thysen | thine | thy thine (before vowels) | ||
plural | standard | you ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects) | your | |
colloquial | you all y'all you guys | you all y'all you guys | – | y'all's you guys's your guys's (proscribed) | y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys's your guys's (proscribed) | ||
informal / dialectal | (see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries) | ||||||
third person | singular | masculine | he | him | himself hisself (archaic) hissen | his hisn (obsolete outside dialects) | his |
feminine | she | her | herself hersen | hers hern (obsolete outside dialects) | her | ||
neuter | it hit | it hit | itself hitself | its his (archaic) | its his (archaic) hits | ||
genderless | they | them | themself, themselves | theirs | their | ||
genderless, nonspecific (formal) | one | one | oneself | – | one's | ||
plural | they | them hem, 'em | themselves theirsen | theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects) | their |
Determiner
mine
- My; belonging to me.
- (archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
- […] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]
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- (archaic) Used attributively before a vowel.
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]
- 1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6,
- Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
- (archaic) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
Usage notes
- My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases, as may be seen in most of the usage examples and quotations above. In this respect, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns (e.g. your vs. yours), as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone.
- Historically, my came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above, and in the most formal of writing even into the 20th century.
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore, metal”).
Noun
mine (plural mines)
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- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
- Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
- (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
- She's a mine of information.
- 1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418:
- To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine.
- The warship was destroyed by floating mines.
- 1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine, page 302:
- Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
Derived terms
- acoustic mine
- anti-personnel mine
- anti-tank mine
- bounding mine
- coal mine
- drift mine
- gold mine, goldmine
- land mine, landmine
- leaf miner
- limpet mine
- magnetic mine
- minecart, mine cart
- Minecraft
- minefield
- minelayer
- mine of information
- miner
- mineral
- mine run
- mine shaft, mineshaft
- minesweeper
- mineworker
- naval mine
- open-pit mine
- proximity mine
- proxy mine
- salt mine
- sea mine
- strip-mine, strip mine
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Verb
mine (third-person singular simple present mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined)
- (transitive, intransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- 1837, Andrew Ure, Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
- Lead veins have been traced […] but they have not been mined.
- 1837, Andrew Ure, Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- the mining cony
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, OCLC 1287143827:
- They mined the walls.
- 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 270129598:
- Too lazy, perhaps, to cut [these immense trees] down, the spoilers […] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.
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- (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
- (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- Coordinate term: mint
- 2021 March 9, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Bitcoin's Climate Problem”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- Bitcoin supporters say that estimates of its carbon footprint are overstated. And if the computers that mine and help transact bitcoins are attached to an electric grid that uses wind and solar power, they add, mining and using it will become cleaner over time.
Derived terms
- demine
- miner
- mining
Translations
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Etymology 3
Borrowed from French mine.
Noun
mine (plural mines)
- Alternative form of mien
Anagrams
- Emin, Mien, mien
Aromanian
Pronoun
mine
- Alternative form of mini
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mēnô.
Noun
mine
- moon
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- Mine. Luna.
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɪnɛ
- Hyphenation: mi‧ne
Verb
mine
- third-person singular future indicative of minout
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miːnə/, [ˈmiːnə], [ˈmiːn̩]
Noun
mine c (singular definite minen, plural indefinite miner)
- look, air, mien
- (military) mine
- pit
Inflection
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mine | minen | miner | minerne |
genitive | mines | minens | miners | minernes |
Pronoun
mine
- (possessive) plural of min
See also
Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | ||
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common | neuter | plural | |||||
Singular | First | – | jeg | mig | min | mit | mine |
Second | modern / informal | du | dig | din | dit | dine | |
formal | De | Dem | Deres | ||||
Third | masculine (person) | han | ham | hans | |||
feminine (person) | hun | hende | hendes | ||||
common(noun) | den | dens | |||||
neuter(noun) | det | dets | |||||
reflexive | – | sig | sin | sit | sine | ||
Plural | First | modern | vi | os | vores | ||
archaic / formal | vor | vort | vore | ||||
Second | – | I | jer | jeres | |||
Third | – | de | dem | deres | |||
reflexive | – | sig |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /min/
audio (une mine) (file) - Rhymes: -in
- Homophones: minent, mines
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *mina, Gaulish *meina (see also Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore, metal”).
Noun
mine f (plural mines)
- mine (excavation or explosive)
- pencil lead
- (soccer) piledriver, scorcher
Derived terms
- champ de mines
- démineur
- dragueur de mines
- mine d'or
- mineur
- porte-mine
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”) (from Proto-Celtic *mēnis, in the sense of "red")[1], or from Italian mina, from Latin minio (“to redden”).[2]
Noun
mine f (plural mines)
- appearance, physical aspect; expression
Derived terms
- avoir bonne mine
- avoir mauvaise mine
- faire bonne mine à mauvais jeu
- faire grise mine
- faire mine de/que
- mine de rien
- ne pas payer de mine
Etymology 3
From miner.
Verb
mine
- inflection of miner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “mine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
References
- Rea, J. & Rea, C. B. (1973): Circa instans, p. 401
- Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 727, mine1
Anagrams
- mien
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪnʲə/
Adjective
mine
- inflection of mion:
- genitive feminine singular
- comparative degree
Noun
mine f
- genitive singular of min
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
mine | mhine | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Italian
Noun
mine f
- plural of mina
Anagrams
- meni
Japanese
Romanization
mine
- Rōmaji transcription of みね
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French mine.
Noun
mine f
- ore vein, mine
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: mijn
- Limburgish: mien
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
mine
- inflection of mijn:
- feminine nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “mine (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English
Determiner
mine (subjective pronoun I)
- Alternative form of min
Pronoun
mine (subjective I)
- Alternative form of min
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine.
Noun
mine f or m (definite singular mina or minen, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)
- a mine (excavation or explosive)
Derived terms
- minefelt
- minesprenge
Determiner
mine
- plural of min
References
- “mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²miːnə/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine.
Noun
mine f (definite singular mina, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene)
- a mine (excavation or explosive)
Derived terms
- minefelt
Verb
mine (present tense minar/miner, past tense mina/minte, past participle mina/mint, passive infinitive minast, present participle minande, imperative mine/min)
- Alternative form of mina
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
mine
- plural of min
References
- “mine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *miná.
Pronoun
miné
- I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.
Portuguese
Verb
mine
- inflection of minar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ne/
- Rhymes: -ine
Etymology 1
From Latin mē, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *mēne, or through analogy with cine, from *quene, from quem. It also possibly acquired this ending through adopting the common Latin accusative inflection -inem. Compare tine, sine. Compare also Aromanian mini, Dalmatian main, Neapolitan mene.
Pronoun
mine (stressed accusative form of eu)
- (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") me
- mă iubești pemine? ― Do you love me?
Related terms
- mă (unstressed form)
See also
- tine
- sine
Noun
mine
- plural of mină
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /məin/
Pronoun
mine
- mine
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
mine f
- genitive singular of min
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
mine | mhine |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Sidamo
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Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Oromo mana, Burji mina and Hadiyya mine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmine/
- Hyphenation: mi‧ne
Noun
mine m (plural minna f)
- house
- household
References
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62
- Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “mine”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmine/ [ˈmi.ne]
- Rhymes: -ine
- Syllabification: mi‧ne
Verb
mine
- inflection of minar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *miná.
Pronoun
miné
- I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- (Lövånger) IPA(key): [mìːɳe̞]
- Rhymes: -ìːnɛ
Pronoun
mine n sg
- (possessive pronoun): dative neuter singular of männ
Declension
Possessive pronoun | |||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | männ | mi | mätt |
Accusative | (määnn) | miin | |
Dative | minom | männar | mine |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | miin | miin | miin |
Accusative | |||
Dative | minom | minom | minom |