whine

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• /ˈwaɪ̯n/
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• [ˈwaɪ̯n]
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• /ˈʍaɪ̯n/
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• [ˈʍaɪ̯n]
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• /ˈw̥aɪ̯n/
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• [ˈw̥aɪ̯n]
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• homophone: wine (wine–whine merger)
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• /ʋ(h)ajn/
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• homophone: wine
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• homophone: vine (without aspiration)
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• rhymes with -aɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: W AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian Nynorsk kvina, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine. Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (for which see dialectal English ween (“to weep, lament”)).

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: вой (voj) — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Catalan: gemec — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Catalan: udol — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Danish: hvin — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Dutch: zeuren — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Dutch: huilen — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Dutch: jammeren — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Esperanto: plor'grinco — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Finnish: ulvonta — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• French: pleurnicherie — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• French: geignement — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Galician: choromicada — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• German: Jaulen — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• German: Heulen — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• German: Jammern — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• German: Gejammer — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Indonesian: rengekan — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Irish: cuach — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Italian: piagnisteo — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Italian: lagna — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Italian: sibilo — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Italian: piagnucolio — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Italian: frigno — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Italian: uggiolio — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Ligurian: fà u sapìn — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Māori: ngengere — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Norwegian: hvin — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Norwegian: hyl — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Persian: فغان (faġân) — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Persian: ناله (nâle) — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Portuguese: ganido — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Romanian: văietare — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Romanian: văitare — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Romanian: tânguire — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Russian: вой (voj) — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Slovak: kvílenie — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Spanish: gimoteo — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Spanish: lloriqueo — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Swedish: gnälla — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Tamil: சிணுங்கல் (ciṇuṅkal) — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Turkish: inilti — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Turkish: inleyiş — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Turkish: inleme — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Turkish: sızlanma — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Vietnamese: thở dài — long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound
• Bulgarian: вия (vija) — to utter a whine
• Czech: kňourat — to utter a whine
• Czech: kňučet — to utter a whine
• Czech: skučet — to utter a whine
• Danish: hvine — to utter a whine
• Finnish: vikistä — to utter a whine
• Finnish: vinkua — to utter a whine
• Finnish: uikuttaa — to utter a whine
• French: couiner — to utter a whine
• Galician: ganir — to utter a whine
• German: jaulen — to utter a whine
• German: heulen — to utter a whine
• German: jammern — to utter a whine
• German: winseln — to utter a whine
• Ancient Greek: μινυρίζω (minurízō) — to utter a whine
• Hungarian: siránkozik — to utter a whine
• Indonesian: merengek — to utter a whine
• Ingrian: kitissä — to utter a whine
• Ingrian: pikissä — to utter a whine
• Ingrian: irissä — to utter a whine
• Italian: piagnucolare — to utter a whine
• Lithuanian: verkšlenti — to utter a whine
• Māori: uene — to utter a whine
• Māori: ngengere — to utter a whine
• Norman: braithe — to utter a whine
• Norman: houinner — to utter a whine
• Norwegian: hvine — to utter a whine
• Norwegian: hyle — to utter a whine
• Persian: نالیدن (nâlidan) — to utter a whine
• Polish: marudzić — to utter a whine
• Portuguese: ganir — to utter a whine
• Romanian: văita — to utter a whine
• Romanian: văieta — to utter a whine
• Romanian: tângui — to utter a whine
• Russian: выть (vytʹ) — to utter a whine
• Russian: завывать (zavyvatʹ) — to utter a whine
• Russian: взвывать (vzvyvatʹ) — to utter a whine
• Slovak: kvíliť — to utter a whine
• Spanish: gimotear — to utter a whine
• Spanish: lloriquear — to utter a whine
• Spanish: llorisquear — to utter a whine
• Spanish: mañosear — to utter a whine
• Tamil: சிணுங்கு (ciṇuṅku) — to utter a whine
• Tamil: மூக்காலழு (mūkkālaḻu) — to utter a whine
• Turkish: inlemek — to utter a whine
• Vietnamese: rên rỉ — to utter a whine
• Bulgarian: скимтя (skimtja) — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Finnish: ujeltaa — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Indonesian: berderu — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Indonesian: menderu — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Italian: sibilare — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Māori: kōingoingo — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Māori: koroingoingo — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Māori: ngengere — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Portuguese: ganir — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Russian: выть (vytʹ) — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Russian: завыть (zavytʹ) — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Spanish: gemir — to make a sound resembling such a cry
• Bulgarian: хленча (hlenča) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Czech: stěžovat si — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Czech: naříkat (si) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Dutch: zeuren — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Esperanto: kritikaĉi — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Finnish: kitistä — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Finnish: vinkua — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Finnish: vikistä — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• French: pleurnicher — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• French: geindre — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• French: chouiner — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Galician: choromicar — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Galician: choricar — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Galician: mexericar — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Galician: nifrar — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• German: jaulen — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• German: heulen — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• German: jammern — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• German: quengeln — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• German: weinen — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Ancient Greek: μινυρίζω (minurízō) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Hungarian: vinnyog — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Indonesian: merengek — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Italian: piagnucolare — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Jamaican Creole: nenge nenge — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Māori: ngānehenehe — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Norwegian: sutre — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Norwegian: syte — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Norwegian: jamre — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Persian: نق زدن (neq zadan) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Polish: marudzić — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Polish: pomarudzić — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Portuguese: lamuriar — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Romanian: văita — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Romanian: văieta — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Romanian: jelui — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Russian: плакаться (plakatʹsja) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Russian: скулить (skulitʹ) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Serbo-Croatian: kukati — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Spanish: gimotear — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Spanish: lloriquear — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Spanish: mañosear — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Tamil: மூக்காலழு (mūkkālaḻu) — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Vietnamese: than vãn — to complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine
• Finnish: ujeltaa — to move with a whining sound
• Russian: ~ с воем — to move with a whining sound
• Māori: ngengere — to utter with the sound of a whine
• Russian: прорыдать (prorydatʹ) — to utter with the sound of a whine