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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English min , myn , from Old English mīn , from Proto-West Germanic *mīn , from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz , from Proto-Indo-European *méynos .
Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien , West Frisian myn , Dutch mijn , Low German mien , German mein , Danish , Swedish and Norwegian min , Icelandic mín .
Alternative forms
Pronoun
mine
That which belongs to me .
Used predicatively.
The house itself is mine , but the land is not.
Used substantively, with an implied noun.
Mine has been a long journey.
Used absolutely, set off from the sentence.
Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend.
Used otherwise not directly before the possessed noun. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
This house of mine is over 100 years old.
Derived terms
Translations
that which belongs to me
Afrikaans: myne (af)
Apache:
Western Apache: shíí
Arabic: لِي ( lī )
Egyptian Arabic: لي ( leya ) , بتاعي ( betaʕi )
Hijazi Arabic: حَقِّي ( ḥaggi ) , لِيَّ ( liyya )
Armenian: իմը ( imə )
Aromanian: njeu
Azerbaijani: mənimki
Bahamian Creole: mines
Bashkir: минеке ( mineke )
Belarusian: мой ( moj )
Bikol Central: sako (bcl) , sakuya (bcl)
Breton: ma hini (br) sg , ma re pl
Bulgarian: мой (bg) ( moj )
Buryat: миниихи ( miniixi ) , миниихин ( miniixin )
Catalan: el meu m , la meva f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 我的 (zh) ( wǒ de )
Coptic:
Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲓ m ( phōi ) , ⲑⲱⲓ f ( thōi ) , ⲛⲟⲩⲓ pl ( noui )
Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲓ m ( pōi ) , ⲧⲱⲓ f ( tōi ) , ⲛⲟⲩⲓ pl ( noui )
Czech: můj (cs) m
Dalmatian: maja
Danish: min (da) m
Dolgan: миньиэнэ ( mińiene )
Dutch: de mijne (nl) , het mijne (nl)
Egyptian: ( Late Egyptian ) (pꜣy .j m ), ( Late Egyptian ) (tꜣy .j f ), ( Late Egyptian ) (nꜣy .j pl )
Esperanto: la mia
Even: минӈи ( minŋi )
Finnish: minun (fi) , ( colloquial ) mun (fi)
French: le mien (fr) m , à moi (fr)
Friulian: mê
Georgian: ჩემი ( čemi )
German: mein (de) , meins (de)
Greek: δικός μου (el) m ( dikós mou ) , δικιά μου f ( dikiá mou ) , δική μου (el) f ( dikí mou ) , δικό μου (el) n ( dikó mou ) , δικοί μου (el) m pl ( dikoí mou ) , δικές μου (el) f pl ( dikés mou ) , δικά μου (el) n pl ( diká mou )
Ancient: ( Attic Greek, possessive adjective with article in appropriate gender and number ) ὁ ἐμός ( ho emós ) , οὑμός ( houmós ) ( crasis ) ; ( Epic Greek, without article ) ἐμός ( emós )
Hawaiian: oʻu , aʻu
Hebrew: שֶׁלִּי ( shelí )
Hindi: मेरा (hi) ( merā ) , मेरी (hi) f ( merī ) , मेरे (hi) m or m pl ( mere )
Hungarian: enyém (hu) , enyéim (hu) , enyémek
Icelandic: minn (is) m
Italian: il mio (it) m
Japanese: 私の (ja) ( わたし の, watashi no) , ( humble ) 私の (ja) ( わたくし の, watakushi no)
Kabuverdianu: nha
Karakalpak: meniki
Karelian: minun
Kazakh: менікі ( menıkı )
Khakas: мини ( mini )
Korean: 나 의 것 ( na-ui geot ) , 내 것 ( nae geot ) , ( humble ) 저 의 것 ( jeo-ui geot )
Latin: meus (la) , mei (la)
Latvian: mans m , manējs f
Macedonian: мој m ( moj )
Malay: milik saya , kepunyaan saya ( formal ) , milik aku , kepunyaan aku (milikku / kepunyaanku ) ( informal ) , milik daku , kepunyaan daku ( poetic ) , milik hamba , kepunyaan hamba ( by person of very low rankings ) , milik patik , kepunyaan patik ( while facing royalties ) , milik beta , kepunyaan beta ( by royalties )
Malayalam: എന്റെ (ml) ( enṟe )
Manchu: ᠮᡳᠨ᠋ᡳᠩᡤᡝ ( miningge )
Maori: nōhoku , nōku , nāhaku , nāku
Mazanderani: منی ( mënê )
Mongolian:
Classical Mongolian: ᠮᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠡᠢ ( minukei )
Cyrillic: ᠮᠢᠨ᠋ᠤᠬᠢ ( minuki )
Mongolian: минийх ( miniix )
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵡⵉⵏⵓ ( winu )
Nanai: мӣӈги ( mīŋgi )
Ngazidja Comorian: -ahangu
Norwegian: min (no) m
Persian: مال من (fa) ( mâle man ) , مرا (fa) ( marâ ) ( literary )
Pitjantjatjara: ngayuku
Polish: mój (pl)
Portuguese: meu (pt)
Romanian: al meu (ro)
Russian: мой (ru) m ( moj )
Scottish Gaelic: agamsa , leamsa
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̑ј
Roman: mȏj
Slovak: môj (sk)
Slovene: mój (sl)
Southern Altai: мендийи ( mendiyi )
Spanish: lo mío (es) m , de mí , mío (es)
Swedish: min (sv) c
Tagalog: akin (tl)
Tatar: минеке ( mineke )
Thai: นของผม (th) m ( kŏng pŏm ) , นของดิฉัน (th) f ( kŏng dìchăn ) , ( informal ) นของฉัน (th)
Turkish: benim (tr)
Tuvan: мээңии ( meeñii )
Ukrainian: мій (uk) ( mij ) , моя́ ( mojá )
Urdu: میرا ( merā )
Vietnamese: của tôi (vi)
Yakut: миэнэ ( miene )
Zazaki: mı (diq)
See also
English personal pronouns
Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in
italics .
Determiner
mine
My ; belonging to me .
( archaic ) Used attributively after the noun it modifies.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :[ …] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine , that entertain'd ambition, / [ …]
1905 ,
E. M. Forster ,
Where Angels Fear to Tread , chapter 7:
"Ah, but how beautiful (my baby boy) is! And he is mine , mine for ever. Even if he hates me he will be mine . He cannot help it, he is made out of me; I am his father."
( archaic ) Used attributively before a vowel.
1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine , Volume 9, Number 2, page 6,
Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody...
Usage notes
My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases, as may be seen in most of the usage examples and quotations above. In this respect, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns (e.g. your vs. yours ), as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone /alone .
Historically, my came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above, and in the most formal of writing even into the 20th century.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English , from Old French mine , from Late Latin mina , from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn , Irish mianach ( “ ore ” ) ), from Proto-Celtic *mēnis ( “ ore, metal ” ) .
Noun
mine (plural mines )
Entrance to a gold mine in Victoria, Australia
Cutaway view of an anti-tank landmine
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels .
This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
( figurative ) Any source of wealth or resources .
She's a mine of information.
1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways , page 418 :To those seeking information about train services on the Continent, Cook's Continental Guide is always a mine of accurate information.
( military ) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines , which is then packed with explosives .
( military ) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched , or when approached by a ship , vehicle , or person .
His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine .
The warship was destroyed by floating mines .
1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Icebound Denmark”, in Railway Magazine , page 302 :Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].
( pyrotechnics ) A type of firework that explodes on the ground , shooting sparks upward .
( entomology ) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf .
( computing ) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency .
Derived terms
Translations
source of wealth or resources
military: passage packed with explosives
military: exploding device
entomology: cavity made by caterpillar
Verb
mine (third-person singular simple present mines , present participle mining , simple past and past participle mined )
( transitive , intransitive ) To remove (rock or ore ) from the ground .
Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
To dig into, for ore or metal .
1837 , Andrew Ure , Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines :Lead veins have been traced [ …] but they have not been mined .
( transitive ) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
( transitive ) To damage (a vehicle or ship ) with a mine (an explosive device).
( intransitive ) To dig a tunnel or hole ; to burrow in the earth .
the mining cony
To dig away, or otherwise remove , the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap ; to undermine .
1814 July 7, [Walter Scott ], Waverley; , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III) , Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. ; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown , →OCLC :Too lazy, perhaps, to cut [these immense trees] down, the spoilers [ …] had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.
( by extension, figurative ) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means .
( slang ) To pick one's nose .
( cryptocurrencies ) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations .
Coordinate term: mint
2021 March 9, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “Bitcoin's Climate Problem”, in The New York Times , →ISSN :Bitcoin supporters say that estimates of its carbon footprint are overstated. And if the computers that mine and help transact bitcoins are attached to an electric grid that uses wind and solar power, they add, mining and using it will become cleaner over time.
Derived terms
Translations
to remove ore from the ground
Arabic: لَغَمَ ( laḡama )
Bulgarian: добивам (bg) ( dobivam )
Czech: dolovat
Dutch: ontginnen (nl)
Finnish: louhia (fi) , kaivaa (fi)
French: extraire (fr)
German: fördern (de) , abbauen (de)
Greek: εξορύσσω (el) ( exorýsso ) , μεταλλεύω (el) ( metallévo )
Hebrew: כָּרָה (he) ( kará )
Hindi: खान खोदना ( khān khodnā )
Italian: scavare (it) , estrarre (it)
Khmer: ជីករករ៉ែ ( chikrôkrê ) , យករ៉ែ ( yŭəkrae ) , ធ្វើអាជីវកម្មបរ៉ែ ( thveuʼachivkâmmôbârê )
Latin: effodere
Latvian: iegūt
Macedonian: рудари ( rudari ) , копа ( kopa )
Maori: huke
Mongolian: олборлох (mn) ( olborlox )
Polish: wydobywać (pl)
Portuguese: explorar (pt) , minar (pt) , minerar (pt)
Russian: добыва́ть (ru) impf ( dobyvátʹ ) , добы́ть (ru) pf ( dobýtʹ )
Scots: howk
Scottish Gaelic: mèinn
Spanish: extraer (es) , minar (es)
Swedish: bryta (sv)
to dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth
to remove the substratum or foundation of
— see also undermine
to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means
computing: to earn new units of cryptocurrency
Translations to be checked
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French mine .
Noun
mine (plural mines )
Alternative form of mien
Anagrams
Aromanian
Pronoun
mine
Alternative form of mini
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mēnô .
Noun
mine
moon
1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Mine . Luna.
Czech
Pronunciation
Verb
mine
third-person singular future indicative of minout
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
mine c (singular definite minen , plural indefinite miner )
look , air , mien
( military ) mine
pit
Inflection
Pronoun
mine
( possessive ) plural of min
See also
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mina , Gaulish *meina (see also Welsh mwyn , Irish míanach ( “ ore ” ) ), from Proto-Celtic *mēnis ( “ ore, metal ” ) .
Noun
mine f (plural mines )
mine ( excavation or explosive )
pencil lead
( soccer ) piledriver , scorcher
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Breton min ( “ beak, muzzle ” ) (from Proto-Celtic *mēnis , in the sense of "red"), or from Italian mina , from Latin miniō ( “ to redden ” ) .
Noun
mine f (plural mines )
appearance , physical aspect; expression
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From miner .
Verb
mine
inflection of miner :
first / third-person singular present indicative / subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
References
^ Rea, J. & Rea, C. B. (1973): Circa instans, p. 401
^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française , Janvier 2004, p. 727, mine1
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
mine
inflection of mion :
genitive feminine singular
comparative degree
Noun
mine f
genitive singular of min
Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
mine
mhine
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Italian
Noun
mine f
plural of mina
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
mine
Rōmaji transcription of みね
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French mine .
Noun
mine f
ore vein , mine
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
mine
inflection of mijn :
feminine nominative / accusative singular
nominative / accusative plural
Further reading
Middle English
Determiner
mine (subjective pronoun I )
Alternative form of min
Pronoun
mine (subjective I )
Alternative form of min
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse mínir , or from Old French mine .
Pronunciation
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Noun
mine f or m (definite singular mina or minen , indefinite plural miner , definite plural minene )
a mine ( excavation or explosive )
Derived terms
Determiner
mine
plural of min
References
“mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“min” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mínir , or from Old French mine .
Noun
mine f (definite singular mina , indefinite plural miner , definite plural minene )
a mine ( excavation or explosive )
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
mine (present tense minar /miner , past tense mina /minte , past participle mina /mint , passive infinitive minast , present participle minande , imperative mine /min )
Alternative form of mina
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
mine
plural of min
References
“mine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
“min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *miná .
Pronoun
miné
I , me ; first-person singular absolute pronoun.
Portuguese
Verb
mine
inflection of minar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin mē , possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *mēne , or through analogy with cine , from *quene , from quem . It also possibly acquired this ending through adopting the common Latin accusative inflection -inem . Compare tine , sine . Compare also Aromanian mini , Dalmatian main , Neapolitan mene .
Pronoun
mine (stressed accusative form of eu )
( direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru" ) me
mă iubești pe mine ? ― Do you love me ?
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
mine
plural of mină
Scots
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mine
mine
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
mine f
genitive singular of min
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical
Lenition
mine
mhine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Sidamo
Mine (1).
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *min- ( “ house, to build ” ) . Cognates include Oromo mana , Burji mina and Hadiyya mine .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmine/
Hyphenation: mi‧ne
Noun
mine m (plural minna f )
house
household
References
Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007 ) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia , page 62
Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007 ), “mine”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary , Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈmine/
Rhymes: -ine
Syllabification: mi‧ne
Verb
mine
inflection of minar :
first / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Nguni *miná .
Pronoun
miné
I , me ; first-person singular absolute pronoun.