Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Made of tin.

    Zinn-, zinnen

    оловя́нныйolovjánnyj, жестянойžestjanoj

    олов'я́нийolovʺjányj, цино́вийcynóvyj

  2. (not comparable)Made of galvanised iron or built of corrugated iron.

  3. (not comparable)Made of aluminum.

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Tom can't play the tin whistle very well.

  2. Do you know the difference between silver and tin?

    ruВы знаете, чем серебро отличается от олова? — marafon

    deKennst du den Unterschied zwischen Silber und Zinn? — stefz

  3. Mary played the tin whistle when she was young.

  4. Tom poured the soup into a large tin cup.

  5. I don't know how to play the tin whistle.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
made of tin:
Русский
By meaning 2
made of tin:
made of galvanized iron:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
made of tin:

Origin

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-G

From Middle English tin, from Old English tin, from Proto-West Germanic *tin, from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

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