tinne
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#TINNECategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#TINNE tinne, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#TINNECategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#TINNE *tindijō (“point, peak, pinnacle”) or *tinnō, *tinnǭ, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#TINNE *h₃dónts (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.nə/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#TINNE
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#TINNEAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: tin‧ne
- Rhymes: -ɪnəCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɪnə#TINNE
Noun
tinne f or n (plural tinnen, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#TINNECategory:Dutch nouns#TINNECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#TINNECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#TINNECategory:Dutch feminine nouns#TINNECategory:Dutch neuter nouns#TINNECategory:Dutch nouns with multiple genders#TINNECategory:Pages with entries#TINNECategory:Pages with 6 entries#TINNE
Related terms
Irish
Adjective
tinneCategory:Irish non-lemma forms#TINNECategory:Irish adjective forms#TINNECategory:Irish comparative adjectives#TINNECategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#TINNECategory:Pages with entries#TINNECategory:Pages with 6 entries#TINNE
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| tinne | thinne | dtinne |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Middle Irish
Etymology
From tin (“soft, fat part of body”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tinne mCategory:Middle Irish lemmas#TINNECategory:Middle Irish nouns#TINNECategory:Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header#TINNECategory:Middle Irish masculine nouns#TINNECategory:Pages with entries#TINNECategory:Pages with 6 entries#TINNE
Quotations
- c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 2, line 12:
- Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri.Category:Middle Irish terms with quotations#TINNE
- [There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 tinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Norman terms borrowed from English#TINNECategory:Norman terms derived from English#TINNE tin.
Noun
tinne f (plural tinnes)Category:Norman lemmas#TINNECategory:Norman nouns#TINNECategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#TINNECategory:Norman feminine nouns#TINNECategory:Pages with entries#TINNECategory:Pages with 6 entries#TINNE
- (JerseyCategory:Jersey Norman#TINNE) tin (airtight container used to preserve food)
Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
tinneCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#TINNECategory:Old English noun forms#TINNECategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#TINNECategory:Pages with entries#TINNECategory:Pages with 6 entries#TINNE
- inflection of tinn:
Swedish

Noun
tinne cCategory:Swedish lemmas#TINNECategory:Swedish nouns#TINNECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#TINNECategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#TINNECategory:Pages with entries#TINNECategory:Pages with 6 entries#TINNE
- (architectureCategory:sv:Architecture#TINNE) a merlon, a cop
- a pinnacle (upright, ornamental architectural member, small tower, or the like)
- ett slott med tinnar och torn
- a castle with towers and pinnacles ["tinnar och torn" is a common alliteration]
- (figuratively) a pinnacle, a summit ((sharp) mountain top)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tinne | tinnes |
| definite | tinnen | tinnens | |
| plural | indefinite | tinnar | tinnars |
| definite | tinnarna | tinnarnas |
See also
References
- “tinne”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “tinne”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “tinne”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
