thine
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thine¹
- /ðaɪn/ UK
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.
determiner
- Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy). Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.
pronoun
- Second-person singular possessive pronoun; yours. But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699
Thine²
determiner
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. Forth on Thine errands send us / To labour for Thy sake.
pronoun
- Honorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: your, yours, thy, yourn, yorn, proprietary, individual, exclusive, possessed, particular, personal, private, own, possessive, belonging, pertinent
Translations
Talk about this word "thine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/thine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. thine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/thine "thine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/thine.Cite this
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title = {thine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
