thin

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
2. Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
3. Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
4. Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
5. Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
6. Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
7. Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
8. Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
9. Of a route: relatively little used.
10. Poor; scanty; without money or success.

Noun

1. A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
2. Any food produced or served in thin slices.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make thin or thinner.
2. (intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
3. To dilute.
4. To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

Adv

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

Concepts

mince

maigre

fin

🔚

léger

éclaircir

faible

rare

devenir mince

maigrir

amincir

amaigrir

très mince

ténu

grêle

insuffisant

fluet

clair

diluer

menu

réduire

svelte

perdre du poids

mincir

os

🦴

pâle

petit

plat

étroit

être usé

daba

droit

trancher

délayer

décrocher

clairsemé

débiliter

atténuer

dilué

éclaicir

maigrelet

se maigrir

raréfier

resserré

s’amincir

koïlonychie

gringalet

affection des ongles

minable

allonger

Synonymes

lean

skinny

slender

slim

weak

emaciated

gaunt

sparse

fine

meager

watery

flimsy

small

slight

narrow

dilute

tenuous

rare

delicate

poor

skimpy

frail

light

scrawny

meagre

lank

thin out

scarce

flat

reduce

spare

diluted

lose weight

washy

become thin

loose

feeble

attenuate

slenderize

scanty

slim down

bony

sleazy

in short supply

fragile

filmy

cut

faint

few

🤏

svelte

Traductions

dünn

delgado

sottile

magro

flaco

mager

dun

fino

λεπτός

tenuis

magro

mager

schraal

schmal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: thinne

Hérité de ancien anglais: þynne

Appartenant à allemand: dünn

Appartenant à néerlandais: dun

Appartenant à frison occidental: tin

Appartenant à islandais: þunnur

Appartenant à danois: tynd

Appartenant à suédois: tunn

Appartenant à latin: tenuis

Appartenant à irlandais: tanaí

Appartenant à gallois: tenau

Appartenant à letton: tievs

Appartenant à polonais: cienki

Appartenant à sanskrit: तनु

Appartenant à persan: تنگ

In summary

From Middle English thinne, thünne, thenne, from Old English þynne, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz (“thin”) – compare *þanjaną (“to stretch, spread out”) – from Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us (“thin”), from *ten- (“to stretch”).
Cognate with German dünn, Dutch dun, West Frisian tin, Icelandic þunnur, Danish tynd, Swedish tunn, Latin tenuis, Irish tanaí, Welsh tenau, Latvian tievs, Polish cienki, Russian тонкий (tonkij), Sanskrit तनु (tanú, “thin”), Persian تنگ (tang, “narrow”). Doublet of tenuis. Also related to tenuous.

Phrases

The difference is that here the " thin film " is a thin layer of air .

La différence est qu'ici le "film mince" est une mince couche d'air.