thin
English
/ˈθɪn/
adj
Definitions
- Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
- Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
- Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
- Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
- (golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
- Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
- Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thinne inherited from Old English þynne inherited from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (thin) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (thin).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ténh₂us
Gloss
thin
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coat English
- crust English
- microthin English
- nanothin English
- net English
- nonthin English
- overthin English
- pizza English
- quasithin English
- semithin English
- superthin English
- tenuifolious English
- thin-crust pizza English
- thincoat English
- thinly English
- thinner English
- thinness English
- thinnet English
- thinnish English
- thinny English
- thinwire English
- ultrathin English
- ultrathinly English
- wire English
- tinneri Finnish
- pertenuis Latin
- tenuifolius Latin
- tenuirostris Latin
- tenuis Latin
- tenuissimus Latin
- tenuitarsis Latin
- tenuitas Latin
- Dünnbrettbohrer German
- Dünndarm German
- Dünnfilmtransistor German
- Dünnschicht German
- Dünnschichttransistor German
- Dünnschiss German
- dünn German
- dünnflüssig German
- dünnhäutig German
- hauchdünn German
- verdünnisieren German
- dun Dutch, Flemish
- dundoek Dutch, Flemish
- dunnen Dutch, Flemish
- flinterdun Dutch, Flemish
- thinner Dutch, Flemish
- La Tène French
- ténu French
- tenue Spanish, Castilian
- ταναός Ancient Greek
- τανηλεγής Ancient Greek
- *tenh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ténh₂us Proto-Indo-European
- *þunnuz Proto-Germanic
- cellofantunn Swedish
- tunn Swedish
- tunnbröd Swedish
- syltynn Norwegian Nynorsk
- tynn Norwegian Nynorsk
- tynntarm Norwegian Nynorsk
- þynne Old English
- तनु Sanskrit
- thinne Middle English
- thynnesse Middle English
- tanaí Irish
- téad Irish
- téadchlár Irish
- tenuistipitatus Old Norse
- þunnr Old Norse
- tynd Danish
- tyndskid Danish
- tyndtarm Danish
- *těsnъ Proto-Slavic
- *tьnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- tènue Catalan, Valencian
- þunnur Icelandic
- तंग Hindi
- تنگ Persian
- tenau Welsh
- dunne Middle Dutch
- dunni Old High German
- tievs Latvian
- tievums Latvian
- dina Ido
- dineskar Ido
- dinigar Ido
- tanaide Old Irish
- tét Old Irish
- възтънък Bulgarian
- тънък Bulgarian
- dünne Middle High German
- dënn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *þunnī gmw-pro
- *tanauyos Proto-Celtic
- *tanawyos Proto-Celtic
- 天拿水 Chinese
- dünnan Cimbrian
- dünne Cimbrian
- *tánuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thunni Old Saxon
- tünn Alemannic German
- mtungi Swahili
- *tenwis Proto-Italic
- *tánuṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- teng Northern Kurdish