nin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nin"

Translingual

Symbol

nin

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ninzo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ninzo terms

English

Etymology

Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

nin (plural nins)

1. (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

Synonyms

• nan, nana, nanna

Anagrams

• INN, NNI, inn

Abinomn

Noun

nin

1. food

Alemannic German

cardinal number

9	Previous:	acht
	Next:	zää

Alternative forms

• nine, nüün

Etymology

From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Numeral

nin

1. (Alsace) nine

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñin (conjunction)
• ñi (interjection)
• ninu (interjection)
• ne (interjection)
• nen (interjection)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: nin

Conjunction

nin

1. neither, nor, (not) either
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 219:

     Nin en Viernes, nin en Martes
     cases les fies ni múes les vaques.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Interjection

nin

1. interjection, usually friendly, used at the end of a phrase when speaking usually to children

   Yá pues comer, nin

   You can eat now, kid

   ¿Que quies pa Navidá, nin?

   What do you want for Christmas, kid?

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “nin”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “nin”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈnin]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

nin m (plural nins, feminine nina, feminine plural nines)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of nen

Further reading

• “nin”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nin”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “nin” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “nin”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• ning

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/ [n̪in̪]

Preposition

nin (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

1. (formal) of (mostly for locations and occasions)

   Aldaw nin Pagkamuot

   Valentine's Day (Day of Love)

   Aldaw nin Kamahalan

   Easter (Day of Adoration)

2. (Naga) of (expressing possession)

   Harong nin ayam.

   House of dog.

3. (Naga) indirect marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names

   Nagkakan sana kami nin pamahawan.

   We just ate breakfast.

Synonyms

• ki

See also

• kan
• kay

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: nin

Pronoun

nin

1. accusative of ni

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi2	ilin iŝin2	ilia iŝia2
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ Rare.

² Not widely used.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor, and not”). Akin to Portuguese nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniŋ/ [ˈnĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -iŋ
• Hyphenation: nin

Conjunction

nin

1. nor
2. neither

Derived terms

• nin que

Adverb

nin

1. not even

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nin”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nin”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nin”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nin”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nin/

Adverb

nin

1. in

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “nin”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Japanese

Romanization

nin

1. Rōmaji transcription of にん

Mandarin

Romanization

nin

1. nonstandard spelling of nín
2. nonstandard spelling of nǐn

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Numeral

nin

1. alternative form of nyn

Quechua

Verb

nin

1. third-person singular present indicative of niy

Somali

Alternative forms

• lan, lin (Af-Jabarti)

Etymology

From *nam-. The sequence *an/am may have become in/im in Somali (compare Arabic قَلَم (qalam) > Somali qalin, Jiiddu hanjhisaal vs Somali hindhis, Sidamo amo vs Somali imaan).

Cognate with Maay nang, Dabarre lan, Tunni nan, Garre lan, Jiiddu lam, Oromo nama, Orma inamaa (“person”), Waata inamaa (“person”), Afar num, Burji lammi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ̄n/

Noun

nín m (plural niman m)

1. man

   Antonym: naag

   Nin baa naagi aragtay. ― A woman saw a man.

   Nin hodon ahayuu noqday. ― He became a rich man.

Usage notes

• In Af-Banaadir, the form nimeed is used for the genitive case instead.

Inflection

Declension of nin

	singular
absolutive	nín
nominative	nin
genitive	nín
vocative	nínyahow

References

• “nin”, in Qaamuuska Af-Soomaaliga, 2012

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: nin

Conjunction

nin

1. obsolete form of ni

Further reading

• “nin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sumerian

Romanization

nin

1. romanization of 𒎏 (nin)

Volapük

Noun

nin (genitive nina, plural nins)

1. contents

Declension

Declension of nin

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nin	nins
Genitive	nina	ninas
Dative	nine	nines
Accusative	nini	ninis
Predicative1	ninu	ninus
Vocative	o nin	o nins

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.