English - Pronunciation

• enPR: chĭn, IPA^(key): /tʃɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

English - Etymology 1

From Middle English chin, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”) (compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenHw-, *ǵnā(w)- (“jaw”) (compare Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu)).

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
2. (slang, US) talk.
3. (slang, UK) A falsehood.
4. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.

Synonyms

• mentum

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

1. (slang, intransitive) To talk.
2. To perform a chin-up.
3. (UK, transitive) To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).

Synonyms

• (talk (slang)): gab

English - Etymology 2

Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. (affectionate) a chinchilla.

English - Anagrams

• inch

Aromanian - Alternative Forms

• chinu, kinu

Aromanian - Etymology

From Latin pīnus. Compare Daco-Romanian pin.

Aromanian - Noun

chin

1. pine

See also

• brad

Franco-Provençal - Etymology

Latin canem, accusative singular of canis.

Franco-Provençal - Noun

chin

1. dog

Japanese - Romanization

chin

1. rōmaji reading of ちん

Navajo - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʰɪ̀n]

Navajo - Noun

chin

1. grime, filth, body dirt

Romanian - Etymology

Borrowing from Hungarian kín.

Romanian - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cin]

Romanian - Noun

chin n (plural chinuri)

1. torture, pain

Declension

Synonyms

• durere

Derived terms

• a chinui

Romanian - References

1. ^ Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (DEX) Online : [1]

Spanish - Noun

chin m (plural chines)

1. (Dominican Republic, slang) small amount

   Dame un chin de café.

   Give me a little coffee.

Spanish - References

• Orlando Alba, Cómo hablamos los dominicanos, Santo Domingo, Amigo del Hogar, 2003. (full text)

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