tinne

See also: tinné

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tinne, from Proto-Germanic *tindijō (“point, peak, pinnacle”) or *tinnō, *tinnǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónt- (“tooth”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪ.nə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: tin‧ne
  • Rhymes: -ɪnə

Noun

tinne f or n (plural tinnen)

  1. (architecture) merlon, cop
    Synonym: kanteel

Irish

Adjective

tinne

  1. inflection of tinn:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
    3. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tinne thinne dtinne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From tin (“soft, fat part of body”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲin͈ʲə/

Noun

tinne m

  1. fletch, side of bacon or salt pork
    • c. 1000, Anonymous; published in (1935), Rudolf Thurneysen, editor, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Staionery Office, § 1, l. 12, page 2: “Dam ocus tinne in cach coiri. [[There was] an ox and a side of bacon in each cauldron.]”

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tinnethinnetinne
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English tin.

Noun

tinne f (plural tinnes)

  1. (Jersey) tin (airtight container used to preserve food)
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