"wheen" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʍiːn/, /wiːn/ Forms: wheens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*wheen}} Middle English *wheen, {{m|enm|quhein}} quhein, {{m|enm|hwan}} hwan, {{m|enm|hwon}} hwon, {{m|enm|quhon}} quhon, {{inh|en|ang|hwēne}} Old English hwēne, {{m|ang|hwæne|hwǣne|somewhat, a little}} hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), {{m|ang|hwōn||little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while}} hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheen (plural wheens)
  1. (UK dialectal) A little; a small number. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-wheen-en-noun-AOnPB9Bi Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern Ireland) A quantity; a goodly number. Tags: Northern-Ireland, Scotland, UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-wheen-en-noun-oSNKu4Nv Categories (other): British English, Northern Irish English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whean, whin

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wheen meaning in English (2.6kB)

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