tein

tein (plural tein)

1. Alternative form of tiyin

• Tien, neti, nite, tine

• IPA^(key): /ˈtei̯n/, [ˈt̪e̞i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ein
• Syllabification^(key): tein

tein

1. first-person singular past indicative of tehdä

tein

1. instructive plural of tie

tein

1. instructive plural of tee

tehdä +‎ -in

tein

1. (usually in the plural, rare) tool, means, implement

• tekimennimi (“noun with the derivational suffix -in”)

• -iten, enti, tien

tein

1. Alternative form of tien (ten)

Borrowed from French théine.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛjin]
• Hyphenation: te‧in
• Rhymes: -in

tein

1. (organic chemistry) theine (caffeine when present in tea)

From Old Norse teinn.

• IPA^(key): /tɛɪːn/

tein m (definite singular teinen, indefinite plural teinar, definite plural teinane)

1. a twig, offshoot
2. a spindle

• “tein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /tˠĩ̤˧/

tein

1. cold

tein

1. ice

• Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 178

French théine

• IPA^(key): /teˈin/

tein (definite accusative teini, uncountable)

1. theine

tein

1. woman

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

From Old Norse teinn, from Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

tein m

1. thin iron rod, the spindle axle on or for a spinning wheel
2. (botany) stalk

• latein