tin
English
/tɪn/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A malleable, ductile, metallic element, resistant to corrosion, with atomic number 50 and symbol Sn.
- (NZ) An airtight container, made of tin or another metal, used to preserve food.
- (countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, etc.
- (countable) The bottom part of the front wall, which is "out" if a player strikes it with the squash ball.
- (slang) money
- (slang) Computer hardware.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tin inherited from Old English tin inherited from Proto-Germanic *tiną (tin).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tiną
Gloss
tin
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clad English
- detin English
- detinner English
- dibutyl English
- dibutyltin English
- ditin English
- fish English
- foil English
- horn English
- meat English
- nontin English
- organotin English
- plate English
- pre-tin English
- radiotin English
- smithing English
- smithy English
- snips English
- stone English
- tack English
- tetrabutyl English
- tetrabutyltin English
- tin whisker English
- tinclad English
- tinfoil English
- tinfree English
- tinful English
- tinhorn English
- tinless English
- tinlike English
- tinman English
- tinnen English
- tinner English
- tinnie English
- tinnily English
- tinniness English
- tinny English
- tinplate English
- tinsmithing English
- tinsmithy English
- tinsnips English
- tinstone English
- tintack English
- tintype English
- tintypist English
- tinware English
- tinwork English
- trialkyl English
- trialkyltin English
- tributyl English
- tributyltin English
- type English
- untin English
- whisker English
- work English
- *tiną Proto-Germanic
- tin Old English
- tinen Old English
- þīn Old English
- tin Middle English
- tin Old Norse
- tin Indonesian
- zin Old High German
- *tin Old Dutch
- *tina Proto-Finnic
- 聽 Chinese
- tiin Marshallese
- tinmit Tok Pisin
- tinpis Tok Pisin
- thiaŋ⁵ Biao
- tin Atong (India)
- foil
- clad
- type
- work
- tack
- fish
- horn
- meat
- plate
- stone
- detin
- snips
- tinny
- ditin
- untin
- tinnen
- tinnie
- smithy
- tinman
- nontin
- tinner
- tinful
- tinclad
- tintack
- tinware
- pre-tin
- tinfree
- tinless
- tinlike
- tinfoil
- tintype
- dibutyl
- tinhorn
- tinwork
- whisker
- tinnily
- tinstone
- tinsnips
- trialkyl
- radiotin
- tinplate
- tributyl
- smithing
- detinner
- tinsmithy
- tintypist
- tinniness
- organotin
- tetrabutyl
- dibutyltin
- tin whisker
- tributyltin
- trialkyltin
- tinsmithing
- tetrabutyltin