potin

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French potin. === Noun === potin (countable and uncountable, plural potins) (obsolete) An alloy of copper, zinc, lead, and tin. === Anagrams === Pinto, Point, opt in, opt-in, pinot, pinto, piton, point == Finnish == === Noun === potin genitive singular of potti === Noun === potin instructive plural of potta === Anagrams === pinot, ponit, topin == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔ.tɛ̃/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== potin m (plural potins) pewter === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== potin m (plural potins) (informal, chiefly in the plural) gossip, tittle-tattle; item of gossip === Further reading === “potin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Gun == === Noun === pòtin (plural pòtin lẹ) (Nigeria) stake == Latin == === Etymology === Syncopic form of poti(s)ne, from potis +‎ -ne. === Phrase === potin sg (Old Latin) [with ut or ne, along with subjunctive; or with infinitive] can you? can he? (entreating) please, pray Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see potis,‎ ne. ==== Usage notes ==== Used to address a singular person, usually in the second person. Used in collocation with inflections of sum only by Terence, never by Plautus. === Further reading === “pŏtĭn'”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pŏtin'”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish فوطین (fotin), بوتین (botin), from French bottine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [poˈtin] === Noun === potin (definite accusative potini, plural potinler) (chiefly Cyprus) shoe