pin

See also: PIN, Pin, pīn, pín, pǐn, pìn, pîn, and piņ

English

pins (sharpened steel wire with a head)

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Pronunciation

enPR: pĭn, IPA^(key): /pɪn/, [pʰɪn]
Audio (CA) (file)
Audio (US) (file)
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)

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], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
  With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.
A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
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.
(wrestling, professional wrestling) The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
(informal, in the plural) A leg.
I'm not so good on my pins these days.
(electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
(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
(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.
(golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
(curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
The shot landed right on the pin.
(archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:
  For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at,
  Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
  the very pin of his heart cleft
(obsolete) A mood, a state of being.
- c. 1631–1633 (first performance), [John Clavell], John Henry Pyle Pafford and W[alter] W[ilson] Greg, editors, The Soddered Citizen (The Malone Society Reprints; 82), London: […] [F]or the Malone Society by John Johnson at the Oxford University Press, published 1936, OCLC 775648517, Act II, scene v, folio 14^a, lines 1030–1032, page 45:
  Hee sett Promethius, on a merrye pynn, / Whoe dranke soe devillishly, that there he gott / A terrible heartburninge, […]
- 1653, Henry More, An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], OCLC 228721837:
  he had made the sign of the Cross on his head; for he was then on a merry pin and full of jearing
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
(medicine, obsolete) Caligo.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The VVinters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii]:
  Blind with the pin and web
A thing of small value; a trifle.
- 1712 February 18 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison; Richard Steele [et al.], “THURSDAY, February 7, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 295; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
  He […] did not care a pin for her.
A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
(engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
The tenon of a dovetail joint.
(UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
(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.
(locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.

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

Terms derived from pin (noun)

belaying pin
breastpin
clothespin / clothes pin
drawing pin
gudgeon pin
on a pin
on pins and needles
picket pin
pinafore
pincushion
pinhead
pinhole
pin money
pinner
pinprick
pins and needles
pintle
pin-up, pinup
pivot pin
rolling pin
row of pins
safety pin
schoolgirl pin

Descendants

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: pins
→ Polish: pin
→ Spanish: pin
→ Swahili: pini
→ Swedish: pin, pins

Translations

needle without an eye, used for fastening

Afrikaans: speld, naald
Albanian: gjilpërë me kokë
Arabic: دَبُّوس‎ m (dabbūs)
Egyptian Arabic: دبوس‎ m (dabbūs)
Armenian: քորոց (hy) (kʿorocʿ), գնդասեղ (hy) (gndaseł)
Belarusian: шпі́лька f (špílʹka), була́ўка f (buláŭka)
Breton: spilhenn (br) m
Bulgarian: карфица (bg) f (karfica)
Burmese: ပင်အပ် (my) (pang-ap)
Catalan: agulla de cap f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 別針／别针 (zh) (biézhēn)
Czech: špendlík (cs) m
Danish: knappenål (da)
Dutch: pin (nl) f, speld (nl) f
Esperanto: pinglo
Estonian: nööpnõel
Finnish: nuppineula (fi)
French: épingle (fr) f
Georgian: ქინძისთავი (kinʒistavi)
German: Stecknadel (de) f, Nadel (de) f
Greek: καρφίτσα (el) f (karfítsa)
Hawaiian: kui pine
Hebrew: סיכה \\ סִכָּה‎ (he) f (siká)
Hindi: पिन (hi) f (pin)
Hungarian: tű (hu), gombostű (hu)
Icelandic: títuprjónn m
Indonesian: jarum pentol (id)
Irish: biorán m
Italian: spillo (it) m
Japanese: ピン (ja) (pin), 鋲 (ja) (びょう, byō)
Khmer: ម្ជុល (km) (mcul)
Korean: 핀 (ko) (pin)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دەمبوس‎ (dembus)
Lao: ເຂັມ (lo) (khem)
Latin: acus (la) m
Latvian: kniepadata f
Lithuanian: segtukas m
Macedonian: топуска f (topuska), шпена́дла f (špenádla)
Malay: cemat
Maltese: labra
Maori: pine
Mongolian: сүлбээр зүү (sülbeer züü)
Norman: êpîle f (Jersey)
Norwegian: knappenål
Occitan: espilla (oc) f
Ottoman Turkish: ایكنه‎ (iğne), ابره‎ (ibre), سوزن‎ (suzen)
Persian: سنجاق‎ (fa) (sanjâq)
Plautdietsch: Spald f
Polish: szpilka (pl) f
Portuguese: alfinete (pt) m
Romanian: ac cu gămălie, bold (ro) n
Russian: була́вка (ru) f (bulávka), (hairpin) шпи́лька (ru) f (špílʹka)
Scottish Gaelic: dealg f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прибадача f, чиода f
Roman: pribadača (sh) f, čioda (sh) f
Spanish: alfiler (es) m, aguja (es) f
Swedish: knappnål (sv) c
Tagalog: aspili, aspile
Taos: phìstuléna
Telugu: గుండుసూది (te) (guṇḍusūdi)
Thai: เข็มหมุด (th) (kěm-mùt), เข็ม (th) (kěm)
Ukrainian: була́вка (uk) f (bulávka), шпи́лька f (špýlʹka)
Vietnamese: ghim (vi), đinh ghim
Welsh: pin (cy)
Yiddish: שפּילקע‎ f (shpilke)

small nail

Bulgarian: щифт (bg) m (štift)
Finnish: listanaula
German: Reißnagel (de) m, Heftzwecke (de) f
Japanese: ピン (ja) (pin), 鋲 (ja) (びょう, byō)
Macedonian: шајка f (šajka)
Portuguese: tacha (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian: čavlić m
Cyrillic: ексерчић m
Roman: ekserčić m

cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts

Bulgarian: щифт (bg) m (štift)
Finnish: tappi (fi), sokka (fi)
French: goupille (fr) f
Galician: golfón m
German: Stift (de) m, Bolzen (de) m
Japanese: ピン (ja) (pin), 鋲 (ja) (びょう, byō)
Latvian: tapa (lv)
Macedonian: чивија f (čivija)
Polish: zawleczka f
Portuguese: pino (pt) m
Russian: штифт (ru) m (štift)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чивија f, штифт m
Roman: čivija (sh) f, štift (sh) m
Volapük: (hinge) flegedastafül

wrestling: certain victory condition

Finnish: selätys (fi)

slender object specially designed for use in bowling

Bulgarian: кегла f (kegla)
Catalan: bitlla (ca) f
Czech: kuželka f
Esperanto: keglo
Finnish: keila (fi)
French: quille (fr) f
German: Kegel (de) m
Icelandic: keila (is) f
Italian: birillo (it) m
Japanese: ピン (ja) (pin)
Lithuanian: kėglis m
Macedonian: кегла f (kegla)
Polish: kręgiel (pl) m
Portuguese: pino (pt) m
Russian: ке́гля (ru) f (kéglja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кегла f
Roman: kegla (sh) f
Swedish: kägla (sv)
Tagalog: bulilyo

informal: leg

Bulgarian: крак (bg) m (krak)
Finnish: tolppa (fi), koipi (fi)
French: (informal) patte (fr) f
Russian: но́жка (ru) f (nóžka)

electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector

Bulgarian: краче (bg) n (krače)
Finnish: piikki (fi), pinni (fi) (electronics), jalka (fi)
German: Pin (de) m
Japanese: 端子 (ja) (たんし, tanshi)
Polish: styk (pl) m
Portuguese: pino (pt) m
Romanian: pin (ro) m, contact-pin m
Russian: штырь (ru) m (štyrʹ), ца́пфа (ru) f (cápfa)
Scottish Gaelic: fiacaill f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пин m, иглица f
Roman: pin m, iglica (sh) f
Spanish: pin (es), conector

jewellery attached with a pin — see brooch

US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin

Bulgarian: значка f (značka)
Catalan: pin (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᎧᏁᏍᏗ (akanesdi)
Dutch: speldje (nl) n, pin (nl) f
Finnish: pinssi (fi)
French: pin's (fr) m, épinglette (fr) f, broche (fr) f
Galician: pin (gl) m
German: Anstecker m, Anstecknadel f, Pin (de) m
Italian: spilla (it) f, spilletta f, pin (it) m
Japanese: バッジ (bajji)
Macedonian: брош m (broš)
Portuguese: pin (pt) m, crachá (pt) m
Russian: бро́шка (ru) f (bróška), брошь (ru) f (brošʹ)
Spanish: pin (es), insignia (es) f

in chess

Finnish: kiinnitys (fi)
French: clouage (fr) m
Galician: pinza f, tenaces f or pl
German: Fesselung (de) f
Italian: inchiodatura (it) f
Japanese: ピン (ja) (pin)
Persian: آچمز‎ (fa) (âčmaz)
Polish: związanie (pl) n
Portuguese: cravada f
Russian: клин (ru) m (klin)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: клин m
Roman: klin (sh) m
Spanish: clavado (es) m, clavada (es) f
Telugu: పావు (te) (pāvu)

curling: spot at the exact centre of the house

Finnish: nänni (fi)

mood, a state of being

Finnish: tuuli (fi)

one of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup

medicine: caligo — see caligo

thing of small value; a trifle

Finnish: rahtu (fi)

peg in musical instrument

Catalan: clavilla (ca) f
Finnish: tappi (fi), viritystappi
Russian: коло́к (ru) m (kolók)
Swedish: stämskruv (sv) c, skruv (sv) c

engineering: short shaft

Bulgarian: шплент m (šplent)
Catalan: pern (ca) m
Finnish: kara (fi)

tenon of a dovetail joint

Finnish: tappi (fi)

brewing: eighth of a barrel

Finnish: ottinki

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} spinula
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} pìn

Verb

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

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
(chess, usually passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
(wrestling) To pin down (someone).
He pinned his opponent on the mat.
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
(computing, 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
(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.
(transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
Synonym: peg
- 1979, Al Greenwood and Lou Gramm, "Rev on the Red Line" from Head Games:
  Now I need to pin those needles.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pin

2nd-person singular	pin
infinitive	(to) pin
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	pin	pinned
3rd-person singular	pins
plural	pin

subjunctive	pin	pinned

imperative	pin	—

participles	pinning	pinned

Derived terms

pin down
pin in
pin on
pin the meter
pin the tail on the donkey
pin up
underpin

Translations

to fasten/attach with a pin

Bulgarian: забождам (bg) (zaboždam)
Catalan: clavat,fixat (ca)
Dutch: vastpinnen (nl)
Finnish: kiinnittää (fi)
French: épingler (fr)
Icelandic: næla
Italian: appuntare (it), spillare (it), inchiodare (it), affibbiare (it), fissare (con uno spillo)
Japanese: 留める (ja) (とめる, tomeru)
Maori: karatiti, makatiti, taratiti
Polish: przyszpilać impf, przyszpilić pf
Portuguese: alfinetar (pt)
Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’)
Spanish: clavar (es)
Turkish: iliştirmek (tr), sabitlemek (tr), tutturmak (tr)

in chess

Finnish: kiinnittää (fi)
French: clouer (fr)
Italian: inchiodare (it)
Spanish: clavar (es)

Verb

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

Alternative form of peen

Anagrams

NIP, NPI, Nip, nip

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpin/

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

(electronics) lead
pin (ornament)

Chuukese

Adjective

pin

holy

Synonyms

fen

Cimbrian

Verb

pin

first-person singular present indicative of zèinan: am

Cornish

Noun

pin f (singulative pinen)

pines

Synonyms

sab

Danish

Verb

pin

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

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɪn
IPA^(key): /pɪn/

Noun

pin f (plural pinnen, diminutive pinnetje n)

peg, pin

Descendants

→ Aukan: pina
⇒ Dutch: pintje (diminutive form)
- → Munsee: piinch

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

Noun

pin

Abbreviation of persoonlijk identificatienummer.

Verb

pin

first-person singular present indicative of pinnen
imperative of pinnen

Anagrams

nip

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ̃/
audio (file)
Homophones: pain, pains, peins, peint, peints, pins

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

pine, pine tree

Derived terms

noix de pin
pin de Briançon
pomme de pin

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Noun

pin m (plural pins)

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

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.
(colloquial) peg.
Synonym: pasak

Japanese

Romanization

pin

Rōmaji transcription of ピン

Latvian

Verb

pin

2nd person singular present indicative form of pīt
3rd person singular present indicative form of pīt
3rd person plural present indicative form of pīt
2nd person singular imperative form of pīt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of pīt
(with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of pīt

Mandarin

Romanization

pin

Nonstandard spelling of pīn.
Nonstandard spelling of pín.
Nonstandard spelling of pǐn.
Nonstandard spelling of pìn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mapudungun

Verb

pin (Raguileo spelling)

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

Synonyms

(tell a story): nvxamyen

Ojibwe

Noun

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

potato

Papantla Totonac

Noun

pin inan

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

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/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -in
Syllabification: pin
Homophone: PIN

Noun

pin m inan

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

Declension

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

Rawang

Etymology

Compare Chinese 兵 (bīng).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰin˧/

Noun

pin

army.
soldier.

Synonyms

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

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

pin m (plural pini)

pine

Declension

Declension of pin

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pin	pinul	(niște) pini	pinii
genitive/dative	(unui) pin	pinului	(unor) pini	pinilor
vocative	pinule		pinilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Noun

pin m

(Puter, Vallader) spruce, fir

Synonyms

(spruce): (Vallader) petsch

Seta

Noun

pin

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)

pin, lapel pin, badge
Synonym: insignia
(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)

PIN, PIN number
Synonym: número pin

Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of pinsam, with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiːn/

Adjective

pin (comparative mer pin, superlative mest pin)

(colloquial) embarrassing
Så jäkla pin asså!
So f--ing embarrassing!

Declension

Invariable, not used in the definite form.

Etymology 2

From pina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiːn/

Noun

pin

pain, torment

Derived terms

om man vill vara fin, får man lida pin; vill man vara fin, får man lida pin

Adverb

pin (not comparable)

(colloquial) very, really, super-
Synonyms: jätte-, väldigt

Derived terms

på pin kiv
pinkär

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɪn/

Noun

pin n

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

pim (Van)
pindik (Çorum)
pine (Kahramanmaraş, Sivas, Yozgat, Nevşehir, Adana)
pinelik (Ankara, Gümüşhane, Kayseri)
pines (Trabzon, Rize, Tekirdağ, Ankara, Adana)
pineslik (Ankara)
pinez (Trabzon)
pinezlik (Giresun)
pinlik (Kastamonu, Çorum, Sinop, Samsun, Tokat, Kırşehir, Kayserii)
pinik (Sinop, Ordu, Gümüşhane, Sivas, Yozgat)
pinnek (Tunceli, Gaziantep, Sivas)
pon (Gümüşhane)
pun (Artvin, Bitlis)
pündük (Ordu)
püne (Adana)
pünes (Antalya)
pünlük (Ordu)
pünnük (Ordu)

Etymology

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

Noun

pin (definite accusative pini, plural pinler)

(dialectal) coop for poultry

Declension

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

Synonyms

kümes

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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˧˧], [ʔɓin˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [pin˧˧], [ʔɓin˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [pɨn˧˧], [ʔɓɨn˧˧]
Phonetic: pin, bin

Noun

(classifier cục) pin

a battery
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".”)

Derived terms

đèn pin (“torch, flashlight”)

Welsh

Etymology 1

From Latin pīnus (compare Middle Irish pín).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

pin m or m pl (uncountable)

pine (tree)
pine (wood)

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

pinwydd f pl

Derived terms

pin-afal

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɪn/

Noun

pin m (plural pinnau)

Superseded spelling of pìn.

Usage notes

Modern Welsh orthography uses pìn instead of the superseded form pin.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pin	bin	mhin	phin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

bee

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yapese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɪn/

Noun

pin

woman

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /k͡pĩ̄/

Verb

pin

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

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.
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”)

pin

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

See also

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

Chuukese

Adjective

Synonyms

Cimbrian

Verb

Cornish

Noun

Synonyms

Danish

Verb

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

Verb

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

Noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

Latvian

Verb

Mandarin

Romanization

Usage notes

Mapudungun

Verb

Synonyms

Ojibwe

Noun

Papantla Totonac

Noun

References

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Rawang

Etymology