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rin¹

  • /ɹɪn/

Where it comes from

From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.

verb rins · rinning · ran · run

  1. ambitransitive, dialectal To run. "Besides," he continued, "I'm no sure that I'm right in rinning—rinning! I'm no rinning , I'm ganging; weel then I'm no sure that I'm right doing a witch's errand, whether rinning or ganging, sae I'se stand still and consider it.[…]."

rin²

  • /ɹɪn/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).

noun rin

  1. A coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀₀ of a Japanese yen, no longer in circulation.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lin, inn, chu, nef, nin, ep, che, chen, inr, rhine, nir, sirs, run through, run over, run into, ride

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@misc{rin_2026,
  title = {rin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}