chin

(Engels)

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.

Tegenovergesteld aan

glass chin, glass jaw

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: chyn

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ċinn

Verwant aan Deens: kind

Verwant aan IJslands: kinn

Verwant aan Welsh: gen

Verwant aan Latijn: gena

Verwant aan Tokharian A: śanwem

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: γένυς

Verwant aan Armeens: ծնոտ

Verwant aan Perzisch: چانه

Verwant aan Sanskriet: 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.

Concepten

kin

kaak

kina

Synoniemen

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

㊙️

Vertalingen

menton

mento

Kinn

mentón

barbilla

queixo

podbródek

broda

mentó

mentum

çene

barbeta

πηγούνι

ذقن

menton