chin (tʃɪn
)
Definitions
noun
- the protruding part of the lower jaw
- the front part of the face below the lips related adjective genial
- See keep one's chin up
- See take it on the chin
verb
Word forms: chins, chinning, chinned
- gymnastics to raise one's chin to (a horizontal bar, etc) when hanging by the arms
- (tr) informal to punch or hit (someone) on the chin
Word Origin
Old English cinn; related to Old Norse kinn, Old High German kinni, Latin gena cheek, Old Irish gin mouth, Sanskrit hanuTranslations
- British English:
chin
Your chin is the part of your face below your mouth and above your neck.tʃɪn NOUN
- Spanish:
barbilla
nf
- French:
menton
nm
- German:
Kinn
nnt
- Chinese: 下颚 n
- Arabic: ذَقْن n
- Portuguese: queixo nm
- Russian: подбородок nm
- Croatian: brada nf
- Czech: brada nf
- Danish: hage nutr
- Dutch: kin n
- Finnish: leuka n
- Greek: πηγούνι nnt
- Italian: mento nm
- Japanese: あご n
- Korean: 턱 n
- Norwegian: hake nm
- Polish: broda nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: queixo nm
- European Spanish:
barbilla
nf
- Swedish: haka nutr
- Thai: ลูกคาง n
- Turkish: çene n
- Vietnamese: cằm n