dins

See also: Dins

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪnz/
• Rhymes: -ɪnz

Noun

dins

1. plural of din

Verb

dins

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of din

Noun

dins (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Dinner.

   What's for dins tonight?

Anagrams

• Sind, NDIS, INDs, IDNs, ISDN, NIDS, nids, DNIs

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin dē intus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdins]
• Rhymes: -ins

Adverb

dins

1. in, within, inside

Preposition

dins

1. in, within, inside

Synonyms

• dintre

Derived terms

• endins

References

• “dins” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “dins” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Blend of dans +‎ les

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃.z‿/ (before modified word in a vowel or mute h)
• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃/ (before modified word in a consonant or aspirate h)

Preposition

dins

1. (Quebec, spoken, informal) in the (plural)
   • 2012 (10 October), Hugo Pilon-Larose, "SPVM: l'agent 728 frappe à nouveau", La Presse:

     En parlant de l’arrestation de M. Lavoie, elle dit: « [...] Là évidemment, y s’laisse pas faire, là l’encolure ostie, chu en train de l’étouffer, là je me bats avec dins escaliers, on se bat avec dins escaliers. [...] »

     Describing Mr. Lavoie's arrest, she says, "Of course he didn't let it happen, the fucking collar, I'm strangling him, now I'm fighting with him in the stairs, we're fighting with him in the stairs."

Occitan

Alternative forms

• din, dens

Etymology

From Old Occitan dins, from Vulgar Latin dē intus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Preposition

dins

1. in; inside of

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dē intus.

Preposition

dins

1. in; inside of

Descendants

• Occitan: dins

Picard

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin dē intus.

Preposition

dins

1. in; inside of

Swedish

Noun

dins

1. definite genitive singular of di

Volapük

Noun

dins

1. plural of din

Walloon

Etymology

Contraction of the Latin de intus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ̃/

Preposition

dins

1. in, inside
2. among, within (a definite group)

Synonyms

• divins, ådvins di, didins