Danish

Proper noun

Tine

1. A female given name, diminutive of Katrine or of any name ending in -tine.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tine

1. A female given name, diminutive of Kristine and Martine.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Noun

tine ‎(plural tines)

1. A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb
2. A small branch, especially on an antler or horn

Translations

See also

• prong
• tooth
• tool

Etymology 2

See teen ‎(“affliction”).

Noun

tine

1. (obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
   • Spenser

     Cruel winter's tine.

Etymology 3

See tind.

Verb

tine ‎(third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)

1. To kindle; to set on fire.
   • Dryden

     to tine the cloven wood

   • Spenser

     coals of contention and hot vengeance tin'd

2. (obsolete) To rage; to smart.
   • Spenser

     Ne was there slave, ne was there medicine / That mote recure their wounds; so inly they did tine.

Etymology 4

From Old English tȳnan, from tūn ‎(“enclosure”) (modern town).

Verb

tine ‎(third-person singular simple present tines, present participle tining, simple past and past participle tined)

1. To shut in, or enclose.

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Anagrams

• nite

Aromanian

Pronoun

tine

1. Alternative form of tini

Irish

Alternative forms

• teine (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish teine, from Proto-Celtic *teɸnets ‎(“fire”) (compare Breton and Cornish tan, Welsh tân).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʲɪnʲə]

Noun

tine f ‎(genitive singular tine, nominative plural tinte)

1. fire

Declension

• Alternative genitive singular: tineadh
• Alternative dative singular: tinidh
• Alternative plural: tintreacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• lus tine m ‎(“fire-weed, rose-bay willow-herb”)
• tine ealaíne ‎(“firework”)
• tine leictreach ‎(“electric fire”)

Mutation

References

• "tine" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 teine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latin

Noun

tine

1. vocative singular of tinus

Norwegian

Verb

tine

1. thaw

Noun

tine m

1. Traditional bentwood box

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tē, as with mine, sine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈti.ne/

Pronoun

tine ‎(stressed accusative form of tu)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la", or "pentru") you

   te iubesc pe tine - I love you

Related terms

• te (unstressed form)

See also

• mine
• sine