Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

    The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.

    Kiefer, Föhre, Forche

    сосна́sosná, сосна́sosná

    сосна́sosná

    a coniferous tree

  2. (countable)Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

  3. (uncountable)The wood of this tree.

  4. (Australia, Guyana, South Africa, countable, uncountable)A pineapple.

  5. (colloquial, uncountable)The bench, where players sit when not playing.

  6. (colloquial, uncountable)A counter or bartop.

    I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!

  7. (archaic)A painful longing.

    Sehnsucht, Verlangen

    тоска́toská

Examples

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  1. Tom's cabin has knotty pine walls.

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  2. This is a well-shaped pine tree.

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  3. I like the smell of pine trees.

    ruЯ люблю запах сосен.

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  4. There are a great many species of pine trees.

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  5. There used to be a big pine tree in front of my house.

    ruПеред моим домом когда-то росла большая сосна.

    deFrüher stand ein großer Kiefernbaum vor meinem Hause.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tree of the genus Pinus:
Русский
By meaning 2
tree of the genus Pinus:
painful longing:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
tree of the genus Pinus:
wood of pine tree:
painful longing:

Origin

From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Lat

From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat.

From Middle English pyne, pine, probably from Old English *pīne (“pain”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā (“pain, torment, torture”), possibly from Latin poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “penalty, fine, bloodmoney”). Cognate to pain.

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