det · pron · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:thīn
UK:/ðaɪn/
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rhymes with -aɪn
CMU ARPABET:DH AY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Early, Modern, archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
det
Meaning 2
Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, honorific
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Meaning relationships
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3
pron
Meaning 3
Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Early, Modern, archaic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
4
pron
Meaning 4
Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, honorific
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
твой
(tvoj)
— possessive determiner
Bulgarian:
твой
(tvoj)
— possessive determiner
Chinese Mandarin:
你的
(nǐde)
— possessive determiner
Czech:
tvůj
— possessive determiner
Danish:
din
— possessive determiner
Dutch:
jouw
— possessive determiner
Dutch:
je
— possessive determiner
Dutch:
uw
— possessive determiner
Dutch:
dijn
— possessive determiner
Ancient Egyptian:
G40-i-i-k (pꜣy.k m)
— possessive determiner
Ancient Egyptian:
t-A-i-i-k (tꜣy.k f)
— possessive determiner
Ancient Egyptian:
n:A-i-i-k (nꜣy.k pl)
— possessive determiner
Ancient Egyptian:
G40-i-i-T (pꜣy.ṯ m)
— possessive determiner
Ancient Egyptian:
t-A-i-i-T (tꜣy.ṯ f)
— possessive determiner
Ancient Egyptian:
n:A-i-i-T (nꜣy.ṯ pl)
— possessive determiner
