tinny
English
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to or resembling tin.
- Pertaining to the thinness and cheapness of tin or similar-looking metals, in contrast to a heavier, more valuable metal.
- Pertaining to a thin, unpleasant sound recalling that of tin being rapped.
Etymology
Suffix from English tin.
Origin
English
tin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- detin English
- dibutyltin English
- ditin English
- nontin English
- organotin English
- pre-tin English
- radiotin English
- tetrabutyltin English
- tin 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
- tinplate English
- tinsmithing English
- tinsmithy English
- tinsnips English
- tinstone English
- tintack English
- tintype English
- tinware English
- tinwork English
- trialkyltin English
- tributyltin English
- untin English
- tin Old English
- tin Middle English
- tin Indonesian
- 聽 Chinese
- tiin Marshallese
- tinmit Tok Pisin
- tinpis Tok Pisin
- tin Atong (India)