pin

first-person singular present indicative of zèinan: am


pin

nl-noun

pin f (plural pinnen, diminutive pinnetje n)

pinnen (plural)
pinnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Aukan: pina

⇒ Dutch: pintje (diminutive form)

→ Munsee: piinch

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”).

unk

obscure


pin

PIN (A number used to confirm an individual's identity, e.g. when using an ATM or a mobile phone, or when making payment using a credit card or debit card)

nl-noun

pin m or n (plural pins, diminutive pinnetje n)

pins (plural)
pinnetje (diminutive neuter)

Abbreviation of persoonlijk identificatienummer (“personal identification number”).


pin

first-person singular present indicative

(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative


pin

With pins of adamant / And chains they made all fast.

1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

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.

A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.

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

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(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.

I'm not so good on my pins these days.

The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.

(electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

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.

(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

The shot landed right on the pin.

(curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

For kings are clouts that euery man ſhoots at,
Our Crowne the pin that thouſands ſeeke to cleaue.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:

the very pin of his heart cleft

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, [Act II, scene iv]:

(archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.

Hee sett Promethius, on a merrye pynn, / Whoe dranke soe devillishly, that there he gott / A terrible heartburninge, […]

c. 1631–1633 (first performance), [John Clavell], edited by John Henry Pyle Pafford and W[alter] W[ilson] Greg, 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, Act II, scene v, folio 14ᵃ, page 45, lines 1030–1032:

he had made the sign of the Cross on his head; for he was then on a merry pin and full of jearing

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:

One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

Blind with the pin and web

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

He […] did not care a pin for her.

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:

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.

Our ground crew were lodged in the main station, but they came to the cottage for a party when operations for the night had been cancelled and we had a new ‘gong’ (decoration) to celebrate. On these occasions we always installed a pin of bitter.

1978, Hugh Verity, chapter 2, in We landed by moonlight, Manchester: Crécy Publishing, →ISBN, page 22=:

(UK, brewing) A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.

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.

(bodybuilding, slang) An injection of PEDs.

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: pins

→ Polish: pin

→ Spanish: pin

→ Swahili: pini

→ Swedish: pin, pins

speld

needle without an eye, used for fastening

щифт

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

кегла

slender object specially designed for use in bowling

краче

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

значка

US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin

nänni

curling: spot at the exact centre of the house

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).


pin

(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

(chess, usually passive voice) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

He pinned his opponent on the mat.

To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

to pin a folder to the taskbar

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface, transitive) To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.

When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.

[…] you can use the GCHandle class mentioned earlier to pin a heap block until you explicitly unpin it.

2012, Ian Griffiths, Programming C# 5.0, page 244:

(programming, transitive) To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

Now I need to pin those needles.

1979, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm, “Rev on the Red Line”, in Head Games:

(transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.

(bodybuilding, slang, transitive, intransitive) To inject for performance enhancement.

(backgammon) To move a piece onto a blot, preventing the piece from further movement.

en-verb

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

pins (present singular third-person)
pinning (participle present)
pinned (participle past)
pinned (past)


pin

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


pin

(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.

a slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

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'.


pin

Wapin.

Istu yapin.

Ikapin.


pin

second/third-person singular present indicative

inflection of pīt:
third-person plural present indicative

inflection of pīt:
second-person singular imperative

(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of pīt

(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of pīt


pin

first-person singular realis form of pin


pin

head

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

piniig (plural)
piniins (diminutive)
piniing (locative)
pinish (pejorative)


pin

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

pin (nominative singular)
piny (nominative plural)
pinu (genitive singular)
pinów (genitive plural)
pinowi (dative singular)
pinom (dative plural)
pin (accusative singular)
piny (accusative plural)
pinem (instrumental singular)
pinami (instrumental plural)
pinie (locative singular)
pinach (locative plural)
pinie (singular vocative)
piny (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English pin, from Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn, from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint-, from Proto-Indo-European *bend-.


pin

desc

Tamil: பின் (piṉ), பின்பு (piṉpu), பின்புத்தி (piṉputti)

Malayalam: പിൻ (piṉ), പിമ്പ് (pimpŭ), പിന്നോട്ട് (pinnōṭṭŭ)


pin

pini (plural)
pin (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
pinul (accusative definite nominative singular)
pini (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
pinii (accusative definite nominative plural)
pin (indefinite singular)
pinului (definite singular)
pini (indefinite plural)
pinilor (definite plural)
pinule (singular vocative)
pinilor (plural vocative)

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


pin

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


pin

Borrowed from English PIN, acronym of personal identification number.


pin

Så jäkla pin asså!

head

pin (comparative mer pin, superlative mest pin)

mer pin (comparative)
mest pin (superlative)

Clipping of pinsam, with the same meaning.


pin

(mostly in (reference to) the phrase below) pain, torment


pin

pin (definite accusative pini, plural pinler)

pini (accusative definite)
pinler (plural)
pin (nominative singular)
pinler (nominative plural)
pini (accusative definite singular)
pinleri (accusative definite plural)
pine (dative singular)
pinlere (dative plural)
pinde (locative singular)
pinlerde (locative plural)
pinden (ablative singular)
pinlerden (ablative plural)
pinin (genitive singular)
pinlerin (genitive plural)
pinim (first-person nominative singular)
pinlerim (first-person nominative singular)
pinin (nominative second-person singular)
pinlerin (nominative second-person singular)
pini (nominative singular third-person)
pinleri (nominative singular third-person)
pinimiz (first-person nominative plural)
pinlerimiz (first-person nominative plural)
pininiz (nominative plural second-person)
pinleriniz (nominative plural second-person)
pinleri (nominative plural third-person)
pinimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
pinlerimi (accusative definite first-person singular)
pinini (accusative definite second-person singular)
pinlerini (accusative definite second-person singular)
pinini (accusative definite singular third-person)
pinlerini (accusative definite singular third-person)
pinimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
pinlerimizi (accusative definite first-person plural)
pininizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
pinlerinizi (accusative definite plural second-person)
pinlerini (accusative definite plural third-person)
pinime (dative first-person singular)
pinlerime (dative first-person singular)
pinine (dative second-person singular)
pinlerine (dative second-person singular)
pinine (dative singular third-person)
pinlerine (dative singular third-person)
pinimize (dative first-person plural)
pinlerimize (dative first-person plural)
pininize (dative plural second-person)
pinlerinize (dative plural second-person)
pinlerine (dative plural third-person)
pinimde (first-person locative singular)
pinlerimde (first-person locative singular)
pininde (locative second-person singular)
pinlerinde (locative second-person singular)
pininde (locative singular third-person)
pinlerinde (locative singular third-person)
pinimizde (first-person locative plural)
pinlerimizde (first-person locative plural)
pininizde (locative plural second-person)
pinlerinizde (locative plural second-person)
pinlerinde (locative plural third-person)
pinimden (ablative first-person singular)
pinlerimden (ablative first-person singular)
pininden (ablative second-person singular)
pinlerinden (ablative second-person singular)
pininden (ablative singular third-person)
pinlerinden (ablative singular third-person)
pinimizden (ablative first-person plural)
pinlerimizden (ablative first-person plural)
pininizden (ablative plural second-person)
pinlerinizden (ablative plural second-person)
pinlerinden (ablative plural third-person)
pinimin (first-person genitive singular)
pinlerimin (first-person genitive singular)
pininin (genitive second-person singular)
pinlerinin (genitive second-person singular)
pininin (genitive singular third-person)
pinlerinin (genitive singular third-person)
pinimizin (first-person genitive plural)
pinlerimizin (first-person genitive plural)
pininizin (genitive plural second-person)
pinlerinizin (genitive plural second-person)
pinlerinin (genitive plural third-person)
pinim (first-person singular)
pinlerim (first-person singular)
pinsin (second-person singular)
pinlersin (second-person singular)
pin (singular third-person)
pindir (singular third-person)
pinler (singular third-person)
pinlerdir (singular third-person)
piniz (first-person plural)
pinleriz (first-person plural)
pinsiniz (plural second-person)
pinlersiniz (plural second-person)
pinler (plural third-person)
pinlerdir (plural third-person)

pinlik

Kastamonu, Çorum, Sinop, Samsun, Tokat, Kırşehir, Kayserii

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


pin

Điện thoại tao hết pin rồi.

(literally, “My phone has run out of "battery".”)

the amount of electricity that a battery holds


pin

p'un (“which one?”) stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn

From Latin pīnus (compare Middle Irish pín).


pin

pinnau (plural)
pin
bin (soft)
mhin
phin


pin

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


pin

Ọ̀nà ti pin


pin

O fẹ́ tọ́ ọ wò àbí? Màá pín in sí méjì.

Do you want to taste it? I'll divide it in two.

Àwọn apẹja pín èyí tí wọ́n pa fún gbogbo abúlé

The fishermen shared their catch with the village