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lin¹

  • /lɪn/

Sounds like linn, Lynn, lyn · Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English linnen, from Old English linnan (“to cease from, desist, lose, yield up”), from Proto-West Germanic *linnan, from Proto-Germanic *linnaną (“to turn, move aside, avoid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to elude, avoid, shrink from”). Cognate with Danish linne (“to stop, rest”), dialectal Swedish linna (“to pause, rest”), Icelandic linna (“to stop, rest”).

verb lins · linning · linned · lan

  1. Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal To desist, to stop, to cease. Halfe furious vnto his foe he came, / Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win, / Or soone to lose, before he once would lin [...].

lin²

  • /lɪn/

Where it comes from

See English linn.

noun lins

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of linn a roaring lin

lin³

  • /lɪn/
  • /laɪn/

Where it comes from

From Middle English lin, from Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen, lint.

noun lins

  1. Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, alternative, especially, in compounds Alternative form of line (“flax, linen”). a lin apron, lin-break, lin-brake, a lin cap, lin-clout, lin-garn/lin-yarn, lin-man, lin-weaver/lin-webster, lin-wheel

Lin⁴

  • /ˈlɪn/ US

Rhymes with -ɪn

proper noun Lins

  1. A male or female given name.
  2. A surname

Lin⁵

  • /ˈlɪn/ US

Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Chinese: compare Mandarin 林 (lín), Gan 林 (lin⁴), Wu 林, Xiang 林 (lin²). 林 itself is composed of a reduplication of 木 (“wood, tree”). Literally, “forest”.

proper noun Lins · Lim · Lam · Lem · Ling · Lang

  1. A surname from Mandarin
  2. A surname from Gan
  3. A surname from Wu
  4. A surname from Xiang

Lin⁶

  • /ˈlɪn/ US

Rhymes with -ɪn

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 臨／临 (Lín).

proper noun

  1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China. Inspired by the communique of the Second Plenary Session of the Ninth CCP Central Committee and in order to greet the convening of the first provincial congress of activists in the creative study and application of Mao Tsetung Thought, the Chinchung Special District Revolutionary Committee recently

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: liner, facing, shoo, lean, rin, lynch, sin, lam, lyne, consecutive, link, rim, company, indigenous, lane, chu

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中文臨 /临 Lín

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@misc{lin_2026,
  title = {lin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}