cín

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Czech

Chemical element
Sn
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Next: antimon (Sb)
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Etymology

Borrowed from German Zinn, from Old High German zin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iːn
  • Hyphenation: cín

Noun

cín m inan (related adjective cínový)

  1. tin (chemical element)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cín”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • cín”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • cín” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • cín”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quīniō.

Noun

cín f (genitive cíne, nominative plural cína)

  1. book, booklet

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Irish: cín lae

Mutation

Mutation of cín
radical lenition nasalization
cín chín cín
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Slovak

Chemical element
Sn
Previous: indium (In)
Next: antimón (Sb)

Etymology

Derived from German Zinn, from Old High German zin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Pronunciation

Noun

cín m inan (related adjective cínový)

  1. tin (element)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • cín”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024