nin

nin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ninzo.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ninzo terms

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

• IPA^(key): /nɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

• nan, nana, nanna

• INN, NNI, inn

nin

1. food

cardinal number

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• nine, nüün

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

• IPA^(key): /nin/

nin

1. (Alsatian) nine

• ñin (conjunction)
• ñi (interjection)
• ninu (interjection)
• ne (interjection)
• nen (interjection)

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩŋ]

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 219:

     Nin en Viernes, nin en Martes
     cases les fies ni múes les vaques.

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nin

1. interjection, usually friendly, used at the end of a phrase when speaking usually to children

   Yá pues comer, nin

   You can eat now, kid

   ¿Que quies pa Navidá, nin?

   What do you want for Christmas, kid?

• ning

• IPA^(key): /nin/ [n̪in̪]

nin (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (formal) of (mostly for locations and occasions)

   Aldaw nin Pagkamuot

   Valentine's Day (Day of Love)

   Aldaw nin Kamahalan

   Easter (Day of Adoration)

2. (Naga) of (expressing possession)

   Nagkakan nin sira an ikos.

   The cat ate a fish.

3. (Naga) indirect marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names

   Nagkakan sana kami nin pamahawan.

   We just ate breakfast.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnin]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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nin m (plural nins, feminine nina, feminine plural nines)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of nen

• “nin”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nin”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “nin” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nin” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

• IPA^(key): /nin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -in
• Hyphenation: nin

nin

1. accusative of ni

From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor, and not”). Akin to Portuguese nem.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniŋ/ [ˈnĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Hyphenation: nin

nin

1. nor
2. neither

nin

1. not even

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /nin/

nin

1. in

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

nin

1. Rōmaji transcription of にん

nin

1. nonstandard spelling of nín
2. nonstandard spelling of nǐn

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

nin

1. alternative form of nyne

nin

1. third-person singular present indicative of niy

From Proto-Cushitic *nVm- (“man”). Cognates include Oromo nama and Afar numu.

nin m (plural niman)

1. man

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: nin

nin

1. obsolete form of ni

• “nin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

nin

1. romanization of 𒎏 (nin)

nin (nominative plural nins)

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