Can you distinguish silver from tin?
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Tin
//tɪn//
Synonyms for "tin" (156 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (78)
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
14 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
at location
8 entriescapable of
2 entriescoordinate
7 entriesderived
103 entriesShowing 16 of 103 words.
distinct from
5 entrieshas context
6 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
10 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
244 entriesShowing 16 of 244 words.
used for
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
340 translations across 125 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- blikkie noun (airtight container)
- tin noun (element)
Albanian
1 entries- kallaj noun (element)
Amharic
1 entries- ቆርቆሮ noun (element)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κασσίτερος noun (element)
Arabic
4 entries- تنكة noun (airtight container)
- صفيح noun (element)
- صَفِيحَة noun (airtight container)
- علبة noun (airtight container)
Aramaic
2 entries- אָנְכָא noun (element)
- ܐܵܢܟ݂ܵܐ noun (element)
Armenian
2 entries- անագ noun (element)
- պահածոյացնել verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
Assamese
1 entries- ৰাং noun (element)
Asturian
1 entries- estañu noun (element)
Avar
1 entries- гъалай noun (element)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qalay noun (element)
Basque
1 entries- eztainua noun (element)
Belarusian
4 entries- алавя́ны adj (made of tin)
- бляшаны adj (made of galvanized iron)
- валавя́ны adj (made of tin)
- цы́навы adj (made of tin)
Bengali
2 entries- টিন noun (element)
- টিন noun (airtight container)
Breton
2 entries- staen adj (made of tin)
- staen noun (element)
Bulgarian
4 entries- калае́н adj (made of tin)
- тенеки́ен adj (made of tin)
- кала́й noun (element)
- консе́рва noun (airtight container)
Burmese
1 entries- သံဖြူ noun (element)
Catalan
2 entries- estany noun (element)
- llauna noun (airtight container)
Central Melanau
1 entries- timah noun (element)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 罐頭 /罐头 noun (airtight container)
- 錫 /锡 noun (element)
Classical Mandaic
1 entries- ࡀࡍࡊࡀ noun (element)
Coptic
2 entries- ⲃⲁⲥⲛϭ noun (element)
- ⲑⲣⲁⲛ noun (element)
Cornish
1 entries- sten noun (element)
Czech
4 entries- cínový adj (made of tin)
- cín noun (element)
- konzerva noun (airtight container)
- plech noun (metal pan)
Danish
2 entries- konservesdåse noun (airtight container)
- tin noun (element)
Dargwa
1 entries- къалай noun (element)
Dutch
4 entries- tinnen adj (made of tin)
- bakvorm noun (metal pan)
- blik noun (airtight container)
- conservenblik noun (airtight container)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- вулно noun (element)
Esperanto
1 entries- stano noun (element)
Estonian
1 entries- tina noun (element)
Faroese
1 entries- tin noun (element)
Finnish
4 entries- peltinen adj (made of tin)
- tinainen adj (made of tin)
- säilykepurkki noun (airtight container)
- säilyketölkki noun (airtight container)
French
4 entries- d'étain adj (made of tin)
- en étain adj (made of tin)
- boîte de conserve noun (airtight container)
- conserve noun (airtight container)
Friulian
1 entries- stagn noun (element)
Galician
4 entries- canado noun (airtight container)
- estano noun (element)
- estaño noun (element)
- lata noun (airtight container)
Georgian
1 entries- კალა noun (element)
German
4 entries- Zinn adj (made of tin)
- zinnen adj (made of tin)
- Backform noun (metal pan)
- Blechbüchse noun (airtight container)
Greek
4 entries- κασσίτερος noun (element)
- κονσέρβα noun (airtight container)
- ταψί noun (metal pan)
- γανώνω verb (to cover with tin)
Hebrew
1 entries- בְּדִיל noun (element)
Hindi
2 entries- टिन noun (airtight container)
- त्रपु noun (element)
Hungarian
4 entries- bádog adj (made of tin)
- cin adj (made of tin)
- ón adj (made of tin)
- bádog noun (element)
Iban
2 entries- bangkang noun (element)
- bangkoh noun (element)
Icelandic
1 entries- tin noun (element)
Ido
1 entries- stano noun (element)
Indonesian
2 entries- kaleng noun (airtight container)
- timah noun (element)
Ingrian
1 entries- tina noun (element)
Interlingua
3 entries- de latta adj (made of tin)
- de stanno adj (made of tin)
- stanno noun (element)
Irish
1 entries- stán noun (element)
Italian
4 entries- di stagno adj (made of tin)
- barattolo noun (airtight container)
- gamella noun (metal pan)
- lattina noun (airtight container)
Japanese
4 entries- スズ noun (element)
- 缶 noun (airtight container)
- 罐詰 noun (airtight container)
- 錫 noun (element)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦠꦶꦩꦃ noun (element)
Kannada
1 entries- ತವರ noun (element)
Kashubian
1 entries- cëna noun (element)
Kazakh
1 entries- қалайы noun (element)
Khmer
4 entries- កំប៉ុង noun (airtight container)
- កំប៉ុងសំណប៉ាហាំង noun (airtight container)
- ប៉ាហាំង noun (element)
- សំណប៉ាហាំង noun (element)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũkebe noun (airtight container)
Korean
4 entries- 깡통 noun (airtight container)
- 동납철 noun (element)
- 석 noun (element)
- 주석 noun (element)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- калай noun (element)
Lao
3 entries- ກະປ໋ອງ noun (airtight container)
- ຊືນ noun (element)
- ດີບຸກ noun (element)
Latin
1 entries- stannum noun (element)
Latvian
2 entries- alva noun (element)
- konservu kārba noun (airtight container)
Lezgi
1 entries- къеле noun (element)
Lithuanian
1 entries- alavas noun (element)
Low German
1 entries- Tinn noun (element)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cen noun (element)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Zënn noun (element)
Macedonian
4 entries- калаен adj (made of tin)
- тенекиен adj (made of tin)
- калај noun (element)
- конзе́рва noun (airtight container)
Malay
4 entries- kaleng noun (airtight container)
- kupi noun (airtight container)
- stanum noun (element)
- timah noun (element)
Malayalam
2 entries- തകരം noun (element)
- വെളുത്തീയം noun (element)
Maltese
1 entries- landa noun (element)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ noun (element)
Manx
1 entries- stainney noun (element)
Meru
1 entries- mkebe noun (airtight container)
Mongolian
1 entries- тугалга noun (element)
Nahuatl
1 entries- amochitl noun (element)
Nanai
1 entries- тохолгон noun (element)
Navajo
1 entries- béésh dildǫʼí noun (element)
Norman
1 entries- tinne noun (airtight container)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- а̄нах noun (element)
Norwegian
1 entries- tinn noun (element)
Occitan
1 entries- estanh noun (element)
Old English
1 entries- tin noun (element)
Old Tupi
1 entries- itaîyka noun (element)
Oromo
1 entries- qorqorroo noun (element)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- تنكه noun (airtight container)
- قالای noun (element)
- قالایلامق verb (to cover with tin)
Persian
4 entries- ارزیز noun (element)
- حلب noun (airtight container)
- قلع noun (element)
- قوطی noun (airtight container)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Blajch noun (element)
Polish
4 entries- cynowy adj (made of tin)
- blacha noun (metal pan)
- cyna noun (element)
- konserwa noun (airtight container)
Portuguese
4 entries- de estanho adj (made of tin)
- de lata adj (made of tin)
- estanho noun (element)
- forma noun (metal pan)
Rohingya
1 entries- zermóuni noun (element)
Romanian
4 entries- de cositor adj (made of tin)
- din cositor adj (made of tin)
- cositor noun (element)
- staniu noun (element)
Russian
4 entries- жестяной adj (made of galvanized iron)
- оловя́нный adj (made of tin)
- жесть noun (metal pan)
- жестя́нка noun (airtight container)
Santali
1 entries- ᱴᱤᱬ noun (element)
Saurashtra
1 entries- ꢡꣃ noun (element)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- cana noun (airtight container)
- canastair noun (airtight container)
- staoin noun (element)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lìmen adj (made of tin)
- лѝмен adj (made of tin)
- kalaj noun (element)
- konzerva noun (airtight container)
Sikkimese
2 entries- ལྕགས་ཀྲིན noun (element)
- ལྕགས་དཀར noun (element)
Slovak
4 entries- cínový adj (made of tin)
- cín noun (element)
- plech noun (metal pan)
- plechovka noun (airtight container)
Slovene
4 entries- kositrni adj (made of tin)
- cin noun (element)
- kositer noun (element)
- pločevinka noun (airtight container)
Southern Altai
2 entries- калай noun (element)
- телеҥир noun (element)
Spanish
4 entries- estaño noun (element)
- lata noun (airtight container)
- enlatar verb (to place into a tin in order to preserve)
- estañar verb (to cover with tin)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒀭𒈾 noun (element)
Sundanese
1 entries- ᮒᮤᮙᮂ noun (element)
Swahili
1 entries- mkebe noun (airtight container)
Swedish
3 entries- konserv noun (airtight container)
- konservburk noun (airtight container)
- tenn noun (element)
Tagalog
2 entries- lata noun (airtight container)
- tinggaputi noun (element)
Tajik
1 entries- қалъ noun (element)
Tamil
1 entries- தகரம் noun (element)
Tatar
1 entries- аккургаш noun (element)
Ternate
1 entries- beleki noun (element)
Thai
3 entries- กระป๋อง noun (airtight container)
- ดีบุก noun (element)
- ปี๊บ noun (airtight container)
Tiwi
1 entries- kilupi noun (element)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- tin noun (element)
- tin noun (airtight container)
Turkish
2 entries- kalay noun (element)
- kalaylamak verb (to cover with tin)
Turkmen
1 entries- galaýy noun (element)
Ukrainian
4 entries- олов'я́ний adj (made of tin)
- цино́вий adj (made of tin)
- бля́ха noun (metal pan)
- бляша́нка noun (airtight container)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- cyn noun (element)
Uyghur
1 entries- قەلەي noun (element)
Uzbek
2 entries- qalay noun (element)
- калай noun (element)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hộp noun (airtight container)
- thiếc noun (element)
Vilamovian
1 entries- cejn noun (element)
Welsh
1 entries- tun noun (element)
West-Frisian
1 entries- tin noun (element)
Yiddish
2 entries- בלעך noun (element)
- צין noun (element)
Zhuang
1 entries- sik noun (element)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Then the monkey went round with a little tin cup.
Source: tatoeba (51386)
But when the monkey came back, the tin cup was always empty.
Source: tatoeba (53650)
This iron sheet is coated with tin.
Source: tatoeba (57774)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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