name
Meaning 1
The German Institute for Standardization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
DIN
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
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homophone: den (pin–pen merger)
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CMU ARPABET: D IH1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname from Khmer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of deen (“religion, faith, religiosity”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion
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verb
Meaning 5
To make a din, to resound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- 1820, William Wordsworth, “The Waggoner” Canto 2, in The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 2, p. 21, For, spite of rumbling of the wheels, A welcome greeting he can hear;— It is a fiddle in its glee Dinning from the CHERRY TREE!
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verb
Meaning 6
(of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder: or Political Essays, London: D. Midwinter & J. Tonson, No. 8, 16 January, 1716, pp. 45-46, She ought in such Cases to exert the Authority of the Curtain Lecture; and if she finds him of a rebellious Disposition, to tame him, as they do Birds of Prey, by dinning him in the Ears all Night long.
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verb
Meaning 8
To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 9
the act of making a noisy disturbance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: commotion, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disturbance
Narrower terms: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir
noun
Meaning 10
a loud harsh or strident noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: noise
verb
Meaning 11
instill (into a person) by constant repetition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he dinned the lessons into his students
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Broader terms: inculcate, instill, infuse
verb
Meaning 12
make a resonant sound, like artillery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His deep voice boomed through the hall
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sound, go
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German DIN.
From Khmer ឌិន (dɨn).
From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dhún-is, from *dhwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön.
From Middle English dynnen, from Old English dynnan, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhwen- (“to make a noise”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: врява (vrjava) — loud noise
- Bulgarian: глъчка (glǎčka) — loud noise
- Catalan: rebombori — loud noise
- Chinese Mandarin: 耳鳴 /耳鸣 (ěrmíng) — loud noise
- Chinese Mandarin: 吵鬧 /吵闹 (chǎonào) — loud noise
- Czech: hluk — loud noise
- Czech: rámus — loud noise
- Czech: kravál — loud noise
- Dutch: lawaai — loud noise
- Dutch: geschreeuw — loud noise
- Finnish: meteli — loud noise
- Finnish: metakka — loud noise
- Finnish: mekkala — loud noise
- French: vacarme — loud noise
- French: boucan — loud noise
- Galician: estrondo — loud noise
- Galician: rebumbio — loud noise
- Galician: balbordo — loud noise
- German: Lärm — loud noise
- German: Krach — loud noise
- Ancient Greek: κέλαδος (kélados) — loud noise
- Ancient Greek: ὅμαδος (hómados) — loud noise
- Irish: gleo — loud noise
- Irish: fothram — loud noise
- Italian: baccano — loud noise
- Italian: frastuono — loud noise
- Italian: schiamazzo — loud noise
- Italian: strepitio — loud noise
- Japanese: 騒音 (sōon) — loud noise
- Korean: 소음 (so'eum) — loud noise
- Latin: strepitus — loud noise
- Latin: clāmor — loud noise
- Macedonian: врева (vreva) — loud noise
- Māori: tararau — loud noise
- Māori: matioke — loud noise
- Norman: tinné — loud noise
- Norwegian: drønn — loud noise
- Old English: dyn — loud noise
- Polish: hałas — loud noise
- Polish: gwar — loud noise
- Polish: zgiełk — loud noise
- Polish: rumor — loud noise
- Portuguese: estrépido — loud noise
- Portuguese: algazarra — loud noise
- Portuguese: clamor — loud noise
- Russian: гул (gul) — loud noise
- Russian: шум (šum) — loud noise
- Russian: гвалт (gvalt) — loud noise
- Russian: гро́хот (gróxot) — loud noise
- Russian: галдёж (galdjóž) — loud noise
- Sardinian: chighìlliu — loud noise
- Sardinian: chimentu — loud noise
- Slovene: ropot — loud noise
- Slovene: trušč — loud noise
- Spanish: estruendo — loud noise
- Telugu: గోల (gōla) — loud noise
- Telugu: గొడవ (goḍava) — loud noise
- Czech: hlučet — to make noise
- Czech: dělat rámus — to make noise
- Czech: ohlušovat — to assail with noise
- Czech: hučet (do koho) — to repeat continuously