"flin" meaning in Swedish

See flin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: See flina (“to grin”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=n|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} flin n, {{sv-noun|n}} flin n Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], flin [indefinite, nominative, singular], flins [genitive, indefinite, singular], flinet [definite, nominative, singular], flinets [definite, genitive, singular], flin [indefinite, nominative, plural], flins [genitive, indefinite, plural], flinen [definite, nominative, plural], flinens [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a (scornful, teasing, or silly) grin Tags: neuter Derived forms: hånflin Related terms: flina
    Sense id: en-flin-sv-noun-TGeaahWN Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "See flina (“to grin”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "flin n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "flin n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hånflin"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              13,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a mocking grin",
          "text": "ett hånfullt flin",
          "translation": "a mocking grin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a teasing grin",
          "text": "ett retsamt flin",
          "translation": "a teasing grin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a silly grin",
          "text": "ett fånigt flin",
          "translation": "a silly grin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              150,
              154
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              277,
              281
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm sitting after dinner [\"the food\" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.",
          "ref": "1989, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson, “Jag mår illa [I feel sick]”, in 35-åringen [The 35-year-old], performed by Magnus Uggla:",
          "text": "Jag sitter efter maten och läser bland citaten i raden utav skvallermagasin. Där vimlar vokalister, skådisar, artister, som älskar visa upp sitt fula flin.",
          "translation": "I'm sitting after dinner [\"the food\" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a (scornful, teasing, or silly) grin"
      ],
      "id": "en-flin-sv-noun-TGeaahWN",
      "links": [
        [
          "grin",
          "grin"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "flina"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flin"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hånflin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See flina (“to grin”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinet",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinets",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flinens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "flin n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "flin n",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "flina"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Swedish/iːn",
        "Rhymes:Swedish/iːn/1 syllable",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish neuter nouns",
        "Swedish nouns",
        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              13,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a mocking grin",
          "text": "ett hånfullt flin",
          "translation": "a mocking grin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a teasing grin",
          "text": "ett retsamt flin",
          "translation": "a teasing grin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a silly grin",
          "text": "ett fånigt flin",
          "translation": "a silly grin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              150,
              154
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              277,
              281
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I'm sitting after dinner [\"the food\" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.",
          "ref": "1989, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson, “Jag mår illa [I feel sick]”, in 35-åringen [The 35-year-old], performed by Magnus Uggla:",
          "text": "Jag sitter efter maten och läser bland citaten i raden utav skvallermagasin. Där vimlar vokalister, skådisar, artister, som älskar visa upp sitt fula flin.",
          "translation": "I'm sitting after dinner [\"the food\" – a meal, usually dinner] and reading among the quotes in the row [in the sense of range] of gossip magazines. There vocalists, actors, artists abound [would normally have an och (“and”) in Swedish as well], who love showing off their ugly grin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a (scornful, teasing, or silly) grin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grin",
          "grin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flin"
}

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