see|Chin

English
Image:Ambroise Thomas 2.jpg|thumb|right|Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).

Etymology 1
From OE. cinn|�inn. Compare Persian fa-Arab|�ا�� (châneh), German Kinn.

Noun
en-noun

1. The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
2. US slang talk.
3. UK slang A falsehood.

Translations
trans-top|bottom of a face
Arabic: Arab|ذ��|ذ���� (ðá�an) f
Breton: elgezh f, chik m
Croatian: brada
Czech: brada f
Dutch: kin
Finnish: leuka
French: menton m
German: Kinn n
Greek: �αγ�νι n, �ηγο�νι n
Hungarian: áll
Icelandic: haka f
Ido: mentono
Indonesian: dagu
Interlingua: mento
Italian: mento m
trans-mid
Japanese: � (��, ago)
Korean: � (teok)
Kurdish; KUchar|����اگ��
Lithuanian: smakras m
Persian: FAchar|�ا�� (châneh)
Polish: podbródek m, broda f
Portuguese: queixo m
Russian: подбо�одок (podboródok) m
Serbian: brada, podbrada, podvaljak
Slovak: brada#Slovak|brada f
Slovene: brada f
Spanish: barbilla f, mentón m
Swedish: haka c
Telugu: �డ�డ� (gaDDaM)), ��బ��� (chubukaM)
trans-bottom

Synonyms
mentum

See also
chin up
chin-up
double chin

Etymology 2
Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun
en-noun

1. endearing a chinchilla.

Category:1000 English basic words

Aleut

Interjection
infl|ale|interjection

1. an exclamation of dislike.

Japanese

Pronunciation
IPA|[c�in]

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=��

1. ��: the sound a microwave makes when it is finished cooking
2. �: a Pekinese dog

Proper noun
ja-pos|r|proper|hira=��

1. �: the royal We

Navajo

Pronunciation
IPA|[ʧʰɪ�n]

Noun
chin

1. filth, body dirt

Category:Navajo nouns

Romanian

Etymology
Hung.|ro kín

Pronunciation
IPA|[kin]|lang=ro

Noun
ro-noun|gendn|plchinuri

1. torture, pain

Declension
ro-noun-n|plchinuri|defchinul

Synonyms
durere

Derived terms
chinui|a chinui

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-m|pl=chines

1. context|Dominican Republic|slang|lang=es small amount

References
User:Bequw/como-hablamos

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• 2007-12-23 09:34 - Stephen G. Brown - /* Etymology 1 */

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