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Webster 1913 Edition
nin
nin
.[Fr.
ne in
.] Not in.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Definition 2024
Nin
Nin
English
Proper noun
Nin
- A town in the Zadar County of Croatia, population 1,132, total municipality population 2,744 (2011).
nin
nin
English
Noun
nin (plural nins)
- (dialect, Liverpudlian) Affectionate name for a grandmother.
Synonyms
Asturian
Alternative forms
- ñin (conjunction)
Conjunction
nin
Interjection
nin
- right? (used as a kind of tag question)
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ninus.
Noun
nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)
Esperanto
Etymology
Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.
Pronoun
nin
- accusative of ni
Mandarin
Romanization
nin (Zhuyin ㄋㄧㄣ˙)
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.