chin

(Englisch)

Noun

1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
2. (US, slang) Talk.
3. (British, slang) A lie, a falsehood.
4. (British, slang) A person of the upper class.
5. (uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
6. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
7. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

Verb

1. (dated, intransitive, slang) To talk.
2. (dated, slang, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
3. (intransitive, reflexive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
4. (UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
5. (transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
6. (transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
7. (transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
8. (transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

Gegenteil von

glass chin, glass jaw

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: chyn

Geerbt von Altenglisch: ċinn

Verwandt mit Dänisch: kind

Verwandt mit Isländisch: kinn

Verwandt mit Walisisch: gen

Verwandt mit Latein: gena

Verwandt mit Tokharian A: śanwem

Verwandt mit Altgriechisch: γένυς

Verwandt mit Armenisch: ծնոտ

Verwandt mit Persisch: چانه

Verwandt mit Sanskrit: हनु

In summary

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

Konzepte

Kinn

Unterkiefer

Kiefer

Pavillon

Mentum

-e

Kinnspitze

Kiefer Oberkiefer

Chinchilla

Kinn -s

Hautlappen

Synonyme

jaw

beard

lower jaw

mentum

chin up

chin-wag

jowl

whiskers

mandible

chat

moustache

snout

ket

insolent talk

blade

button

caruncle

cheek

edge

gab

jawbone

jawline

lower lip

secret

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Übersetzungen

menton

mento

mentón

barbilla

kin

queixo

podbródek

mentó

mentum

broda

πηγούνι

çene

barbeta

ذقن

mento