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• /ˈpɪn/
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin From Middle English pinne, from Old English pinn (“pin, peg, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz, *pinnō, *pint- (“protruding point, peak, peg, pin, nail”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“protruding object, pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pen (“enclosure”). Cognate with Dutch pin (“peg, pin”), Low German pin, pinne (“pin, point, nail, peg”), German Pinn, Pinne (“pin, tack, peg”), Bavarian Pfonzer, Pfunzer (“sharpened point”), Danish pind (“pin, pointed stick”), Norwegian pinn (“stick”), Swedish pinne (“peg, rod, stick”), Icelandic pinni (“pin”). More at pintle. No relation to classical Latin pinna (“fin, flipper, wing-like appendage, wing, feather”), which was extended to mean "ridge, peak, point" (compare pinnacle), and often confused with Latin penna (“wing, feather”). More at feather and pen (Etymology 3).

334 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: speld — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Afrikaans: naald — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Albanian: gjilpërë me kokë — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Arabic: دَبُّوس (dabbūs) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Arabic: دبوس (dabbūs) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Armenian: քորոց (kʻorocʻ) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Armenian: գնդասեղ (gndaseġ) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Azerbaijani: sancaq — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Belarusian: шпі́лька (špílʹka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Belarusian: була́ўка (buláwka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Breton: spilhenn — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Bulgarian: карфи́ца (karfíca) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Bulgarian: топли́йка (toplíjka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Burmese: ပင်အပ် (pang-ap) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Catalan: agulla de cap — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Chinese Mandarin: 別針 /别针 (biézhēn) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Czech: špendlík — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Danish: knappenål — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Dutch: pin — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Dutch: speld — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Esperanto: pinglo — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Estonian: nööpnõel — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Finnish: nuppineula — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• French: épingle — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Georgian: ქინძისთავი (kinʒistavi) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• German: Stecknadel — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• German: Nadel — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Greek: καρφίτσα (karfítsa) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Gujarati: પિન (pin) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Hawaiian: kui pine — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Hebrew: סיכה \ סִכָּה (siká) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Hindi: पिन (pin) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• White Hmong: koob — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Hungarian: tű — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Hungarian: gombostű — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Icelandic: títuprjónn — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Indonesian: jarum pentol — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Ingrian: bulafka — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Irish: biorán — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Italian: spillo — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Japanese: ピン (pin) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Japanese: 鋲 (byō) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Khmer: ម្ជុល (mcul) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Korean: 핀 (pin) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Central Kurdish: دەمبوس (dembus) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Lao: ເຂັມ (khem) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Latin: acus — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Latvian: kniepadata — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Lithuanian: segtukas — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Macedonian: топуска (topuska) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Macedonian: шпена́дла (špenádla) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Malay: cemat — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Maltese: labra — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Māori: pine — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Mongolian: сүлбээр зүү (sülbeer züü) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Neapolitan: spingula — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Norman: êpîle — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Norwegian: knappenål — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Occitan: espilla — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Persian: سنجاق (sanjâq) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Plautdietsch: Spald — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Polish: szpilka — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Portuguese: alfinete — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Romanian: ac cu gămălie — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Romanian: bold — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Russian: була́вка (bulávka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Russian: шпи́лька (špílʹka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Scottish Gaelic: dealg — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Serbo-Croatian: прибадача — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Serbo-Croatian: чиода — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Serbo-Croatian: pribadača — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Serbo-Croatian: čioda — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Spanish: alfiler — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Spanish: aguja — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Swedish: knappnål — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Tagalog: aspili — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Tagalog: aspile — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Tamil: குண்டூசி (kuṇṭūci) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Taos: phìstuléna — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Telugu: గుండుసూది (guṇḍusūdi) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Thai: เข็มหมุด (kěm-mùt) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Thai: เข็ม (kěm) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Ottoman Turkish: ایكنه (iğne) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Ottoman Turkish: ابره (ibre) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Ottoman Turkish: سوزن (suzen) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Ukrainian: була́вка (bulávka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Ukrainian: шпи́лька (špýlʹka) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Vietnamese: ghim — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Vietnamese: đinh ghim — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Welsh: pin — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Yiddish: שפּילקע (shpilke) — needle without an eye, used for fastening
• Bulgarian: щифт (štift) — small nail
• Finnish: listanaula — small nail
• German: Reißnagel — small nail
• German: Heftzwecke — small nail
• Greek: καρφίτσα (karfítsa) — small nail
• White Hmong: koob — small nail
• Japanese: ピン (pin) — small nail
• Japanese: 鋲 (byō) — small nail
• Korean: 핀 (pin) — small nail
• Macedonian: шајка (šajka) — small nail
• Portuguese: tacha — small nail
• Serbo-Croatian: čavlić — small nail
• Serbo-Croatian: ексерчић — small nail
• Serbo-Croatian: ekserčić — small nail
• Tarifit: tisiyneft — small nail
• Turkish: karfiçe — small nail
• Ottoman Turkish: قارفیچه (karfiçe) — small nail
• Bulgarian: щифт (štift) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Finnish: tappi — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Finnish: sokka — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• French: goupille — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Galician: golfón — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• German: Stift — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• German: Bolzen — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• White Hmong: koob — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Japanese: ピン (pin) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Japanese: 鋲 (byō) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Korean: 핀 (pin) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Latvian: tapa — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Macedonian: чивија (čivija) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Polish: zawleczka — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Portuguese: pino — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Russian: штифт (štift) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Serbo-Croatian: чивија — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Serbo-Croatian: штифт — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Serbo-Croatian: čivija — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Serbo-Croatian: štift — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Spanish: pasador — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Spanish: tranquilla — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Ottoman Turkish: چیوی (çivi) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Ottoman Turkish: وتد (veted) — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Volapük: flegedastafül — cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts
• Finnish: selätys — wrestling: certain victory condition
• Bulgarian: кегла (kegla) — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Catalan: bitlla — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Czech: kuželka — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Esperanto: keglo — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Finnish: keila — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• French: quille — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• German: Kegel — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Icelandic: keila — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Italian: birillo — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Japanese: ピン (pin) — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Korean: 핀 (pin) — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Lithuanian: kėglis — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Macedonian: кегла (kegla) — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Polish: kręgiel — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Portuguese: pino — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Russian: ке́гля (kéglja) — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Serbo-Croatian: кегла — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Serbo-Croatian: kegla — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Spanish: bolo — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Spanish: birla — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Spanish: pin — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Swedish: kägla — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Tagalog: bulilyo — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Turkish: labut — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Turkish: lobut — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Turkish: kuka — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Vietnamese: ki — slender object specially designed for use in bowling
• Bulgarian: крак (krak) — informal: leg
• Finnish: tolppa — informal: leg
• Finnish: koipi — informal: leg
• French: patte — informal: leg
• Russian: но́жка (nóžka) — informal: leg
• Bulgarian: краче (krače) — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Finnish: piikki — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Finnish: pinni — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Finnish: jalka — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• German: Pin — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Japanese: 端子 (tanshi) — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Polish: styk — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Portuguese: pino — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Romanian: pin — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Romanian: contact-pin — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Russian: штырь (štyrʹ) — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Russian: ца́пфа (cápfa) — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Scottish Gaelic: fiacaill — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Serbo-Croatian: пин — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Serbo-Croatian: иглица — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Serbo-Croatian: pin — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Serbo-Croatian: iglica — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Spanish: pin — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Spanish: conector — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Swedish: stift — electricity: any of the individual connecting elements of a multi-pole electrical connector
• Bulgarian: значка (značka) — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Catalan: pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Cherokee: ᎠᎧᏁᏍᏗ (akanesdi) — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Dutch: speldje — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Dutch: pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Finnish: pinssi — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• French: pin's — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• French: épinglette — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• French: broche — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Galician: pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• German: Anstecker — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• German: Anstecknadel — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• German: Pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Italian: spilla — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Italian: spilletta — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Italian: pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Japanese: バッジ (bajji) — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Macedonian: брош (broš) — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Portuguese: pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Portuguese: crachá — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Russian: бро́шка (bróška) — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Russian: брошь (brošʹ) — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Spanish: pin — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Spanish: insignia — US: accessory attached with a pin; lapel pin
• Dutch: penning — in chess
• Finnish: kiinnitys — in chess
• French: clouage — in chess
• Galician: pinza — in chess
• Galician: tenaces — in chess
• German: Fesselung — in chess
• Italian: inchiodatura — in chess
• Japanese: ピン (pin) — in chess
• Korean: 핀 (pin) — in chess
• Persian: آچمز (âčmaz) — in chess
• Polish: związanie — in chess
• Portuguese: cravada — in chess
• Russian: клин (klin) — in chess
• Serbo-Croatian: клин — in chess
• Serbo-Croatian: klin — in chess
• Spanish: clavado — in chess
• Spanish: clavada — in chess
• Telugu: పావు (pāvu) — in chess
• Finnish: nänni — curling: spot at the exact centre of the house
• Finnish: tuuli — mood, a state of being
• Finnish: rahtu — thing of small value; a trifle
• Catalan: clavilla — peg in musical instrument
• Finnish: tappi — peg in musical instrument
• Finnish: viritystappi — peg in musical instrument
• Russian: коло́к (kolók) — peg in musical instrument
• Swedish: stämskruv — peg in musical instrument
• Swedish: skruv — peg in musical instrument
• Bulgarian: шплент (šplent) — engineering: short shaft
• Catalan: pern — engineering: short shaft
• Finnish: kara — engineering: short shaft
• Finnish: tappi — tenon of a dovetail joint
• Finnish: ottinki — brewing: eighth of a barrel
• Arabic: رَقْم التَّعْرِيف الشَّخْصِيّ (raqm at-taʕrīf aš-šaḵṣiyy) — personal identification number
• Chinese Mandarin: 密碼 /密码 (mìmǎ) — personal identification number
• Chinese Mandarin: 引線號 /引线号 (yǐn xiàn hào) — personal identification number
• Chinese Mandarin: PIN碼 /PIN码 (pìn mǎ) — personal identification number
• Chinese Mandarin: 個人識別碼 /个人识别码 (gèrén shìbiémǎ) — personal identification number
• Czech: PIN — personal identification number
• Estonian: PIN-kood — personal identification number
• Finnish: PIN-koodi — personal identification number
• Finnish: tunnusluku — personal identification number
• French: PIN — personal identification number
• French: numéro d'identification personnel — personal identification number
• French: NIP — personal identification number
• Georgian: PIN-კოდი (PIN-ḳodi) — personal identification number
• Georgian: პინ კოდი (ṗin ḳodi) — personal identification number
• Georgian: პინ-კოდი (ṗin-ḳodi) — personal identification number
• Georgian: პერსონალური საიდენტიფიკაციო ნომერი (ṗersonaluri saidenṭipiḳacio nomeri) — personal identification number
• Georgian: პირადი საიდენტიფიკაციო ნომერი (ṗiradi saidenṭipiḳacio nomeri) — personal identification number
• German: PIN-Code — personal identification number
• German: PIN-Nummer — personal identification number
• German: PIN — personal identification number
• German: persönliche Identifikationsnummer — personal identification number
• German: Geheimzahl — personal identification number
• Hungarian: személyi azonosító szám — personal identification number
• Hungarian: PIN-kód — personal identification number
• Icelandic: persónulegt kenninúmer — personal identification number
• Icelandic: PIN-númer — personal identification number
• Icelandic: persónunúmer — personal identification number
• Italian: codice PIN — personal identification number
• Italian: NIP — personal identification number
• Japanese: 暗証番号 (anshō bangō) — personal identification number
• Japanese: PIN — personal identification number
• Japanese: 個人識別番号 (kojin shikibetsubangō) — personal identification number
• Japanese: PIN番号 (pin bangō) — personal identification number
• Korean: 비밀번호 (bimilbeonho) — personal identification number
• Korean: 개인식별번호 (gaeinsikbyeolbeonho) — personal identification number
• Macedonian: ПИН-код (PIN-kod) — personal identification number
• Māori: tātai whaiaro — personal identification number
• Māori: tau tāututanga whaiaro (TTW) — personal identification number
• Persian: شمارهٔ شناسایی شخصی (šomâre-ye šenâsâyi šaxsi) — personal identification number
• Persian: پین (pin) — personal identification number
• Polish: PIN — personal identification number
• Portuguese: PIN — personal identification number
• Portuguese: número de identificação pessoal — personal identification number
• Russian: ПИН-ко́д (PIN-kód) — personal identification number
• Russian: PIN-ко́д (PIN-kód) — personal identification number
• Russian: ПИН — personal identification number
• Russian: ли́чный опознава́тельный но́мер (líčnyj opoznavátelʹnyj nómer) — personal identification number
• Russian: персона́льный идентификацио́нный но́мер (personálʹnyj idɛntifikaciónnyj nómer) — personal identification number
• Swedish: PIN-kod — personal identification number
• Swedish: pinkod — personal identification number
• Turkish: PIN kodu — personal identification number
• Ukrainian: пін-код (pin-kod) — personal identification number
• Ukrainian: PIN-код (PIN-kod) — personal identification number
• Ukrainian: персона́льний ідентифікаці́йний но́мер (personálʹnyj identyfikacíjnyj nómer) — personal identification number
• Azerbaijani: sancaqlamaq — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Bulgarian: забождам (zaboždam) — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Catalan: clavat — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Catalan: fixat — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Dutch: vastpinnen — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Finnish: kiinnittää — to fasten/attach with a pin
• French: épingler — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Icelandic: næla — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Italian: appuntare — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Italian: spillare — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Italian: inchiodare — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Italian: affibbiare — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Italian: fissare (con uno spillo) — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Italian: pinnare — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Japanese: 留める (tomeru) — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Māori: karatiti — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Māori: makatiti — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Māori: taratiti — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Polish: przyszpilać — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Polish: przyszpilić — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Portuguese: alfinetar — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’) — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Spanish: clavar — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Spanish: prender — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Spanish: fijar — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Spanish: pegar — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Spanish: sujetar con — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Turkish: iliştirmek — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Turkish: sabitlemek — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Turkish: tutturmak — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Turkish: pinlemek — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Ottoman Turkish: ایكنهلمك (iğnelemek) — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Vietnamese: ghim — to fasten/attach with a pin
• Finnish: kiinnittää — in chess
• French: clouer — in chess
• Italian: inchiodare — in chess
• Spanish: clavar — in chess
• Vietnamese: ghim — in chess