mine

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: mīn, IPA(key): /maɪ̯n/ (Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.ɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín. ==== Alternative forms ==== myne (obsolete) ==== Pronoun ==== mine (plural mine) That or those belonging to me. Used predicatively. Used substantively, with an implied noun. Used absolutely, set off from the sentence. (informal) My house or home. As double possessive. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Determiner ==== mine (archaic or nonstandard) My; belonging to me. Used attributively after the noun it modifies. Used attributively before a vowel. 1930 Winter, Packard Motor Car Company, The Packard Magazine, Volume 9, Number 2, page 6, Mine host, it seemed, did favors for everybody... ===== Usage notes ===== My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases, as may be seen in most of the usage examples and quotations above. In this respect, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns (e.g. your vs. yours), as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone. Historically, my came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above, and in the most formal of writing even into the 20th century. ===== Derived terms ===== mine host === Etymology 2 === From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish (compare to Welsh mwyn, Irish mianach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). ==== Noun ==== mine (plural mines) An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels. Hypernyms: place, site Hyponyms: coal mine, coalmine; drift mine; gold mine, goldmine; open-pit mine; salt mine; strip-mine, strip mine; iron mine; powder mine; silver mine, silvermine; tin mine; urban mine Meronyms: mine shaft, mineshaft; mine car This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa. He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black. Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays. (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources. She's a mine of information about the history of mathematics. (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives. (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person. Hypernyms: munition < weapon Hyponyms: Bangalore mine; bounding mine; butterfly mine; land mine, landmine; limpet mine; magnetic mine; naval mine; proximity mine; proxy mine Holonym: minefield His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine. The warship was destroyed by floating mines. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward. (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf. (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Māori: maina → Samoan: maina ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== mine (third-person singular simple present mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined) (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground. Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds. To dig into, for ore or metal. (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area). We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us. (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device). (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth. the mining cony To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine. (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means. (by extension, figurative) To tap into. (slang) To pick one's nose. (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations. Coordinate term: mint ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from French mine. ==== Noun ==== mine (plural mines) Alternative form of mien. === Anagrams === Emin, Mien, mien == Aromanian == === Pronoun === mine alternative form of mini == Crimean Gothic == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *mēnô. === Noun === mine moon 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq: Mine. Luna. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɛ] Rhymes: -ɪnɛ Hyphenation: mi‧ne === Verb === mine third-person singular future indicative of minout == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miːnə/, [ˈmiːnə], [ˈmiːn̩] === Noun === mine c (singular definite minen, plural indefinite miner) look, air, mien (military) mine pit ==== Inflection ==== === Pronoun === mine (possessive) plural of min ==== See also ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /min/ Rhymes: -in Homophones: minent, mines === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mina, Gaulish *meina (see also Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). ==== Noun ==== mine f (plural mines) mine (excavation or explosive) pencil lead (soccer) piledriver, scorcher ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Persian: مین (min) → Vietnamese: mìn === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”) (from Proto-Celtic *meinis, in the sense of "red"), or from Italian mina, from Latin miniō (“to redden”). ==== Noun ==== mine f (plural mines) appearance, physical aspect; expression ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From miner. ==== Verb ==== mine inflection of miner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “mine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === References === === Anagrams === mien == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmʲinʲə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɨnʲə/ === Adjective === mine inflection of mion: genitive feminine singular comparative degree === Noun === mine f genitive singular of min === Mutation === === References === == Italian == === Noun === mine f plural of mina === Anagrams === meni == Japanese == === Romanization === mine Rōmaji transcription of みね == Middle Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French mine. ==== Noun ==== mine f ore vein, mine ===== Inflection ===== ===== Descendants ===== Dutch: mijn Limburgish: mien === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Determiner ==== mine inflection of mijn: feminine nominative/accusative singular nominative/accusative plural === Further reading === Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “mine (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II == Middle English == === Determiner === mine (subjective pronoun I) alternative form of min === Pronoun === mine (subjective I) alternative form of min == Mokilese == === Verb === mine to exist ==== Antonyms ==== joh ==== References ==== Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎[2], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 153 Harrison, Sheldon P. (1976), Mokilese Reference Grammar‎[3], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine. === Pronunciation === === Noun === mine f or m (definite singular mina or minen, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene) a mine (excavation or explosive) ==== Derived terms ==== === Determiner === mine plural of min === References === “mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²miːnə/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse mínir, or from Old French mine. ==== Noun ==== mine f (definite singular mina, indefinite plural miner, definite plural minene) a mine (excavation or explosive) ===== Derived terms ===== minefelt === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== mine (present tense minar/miner, past tense mina/minte, past participle mina/mint, passive infinitive minast, present participle minande, imperative mine/min) alternative form of mina === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Determiner ==== mine plural of min === References === “mine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmiː.ne/ Rhymes: -iː.ne === Determiner === mīne inflection of mīn: accusative feminine singular instrumental masculine/neuter singular nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural == Phuthi == === Etymology === From Proto-Nguni *miná. === Pronoun === miné I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun. == Portuguese == === Verb === mine inflection of minar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Alternative forms === mn — Internet slang, text messaging === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmi.ne/ Rhymes: -ine Hyphenation: mi‧ne === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin mē, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *mēne, or through analogy with cine, from *quene, from quem. It also possibly acquired this ending through adopting the common Latin accusative inflection -inem. Compare tine, sine. Compare also Aromanian mini, Dalmatian main, Neapolitan mene. ==== Pronoun ==== mine (stressed accusative form of eu) (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as pe, cu, la pentru) me Mă iubești pe mine? ― Do you love me? ===== Related terms ===== mă (unstressed form) ===== See also ===== tine sine === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== mine inflection of mină (“mine”): indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məin/ === Determiner === mine my (used before a vowel and h-) Synonym: my === Pronoun === mine mine === See also === === References === “mine, poss. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “mine, possess. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Scottish Gaelic == === Noun === mine f genitive singular of min === Mutation === == Sidamo == === Etymology === From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Oromo mana, Burji mina and Hadiyya mine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmine/ Hyphenation: mi‧ne === Noun === mine m (plural minna f) house household === References === Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 62 Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “mine”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmine/ [ˈmi.ne] Rhymes: -ine Syllabification: mi‧ne === Verb === mine inflection of minar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Swazi == === Etymology === From Proto-Nguni *miná. === Pronoun === miné I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun. == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مینه, from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈne/ Hyphenation: mi‧ne === Noun === mine (definite accusative mineyi, plural mineler) glaze Synonyms: sır, cila enamel Synonym: sır enamel, the hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth ellipsis of mine çiçeği ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “mine”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “mine”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mine”, in Nişanyan Sözlük === Anagrams === emin, inme, meni