thine

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UK/ðaɪn/

determiner

Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

OriginMiddle English thyn ← Old English þīn ← Proto-West Germanic *þīn →
Less commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

thine1

determiner
  1. EarlyModernarchaicSecond-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

    Thine alabaster cities gleam / Undimmed by human tears!

    1895, “America the Beautiful”, Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics), Samuel A. Ward (music)
    1 more example

    Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 28:31
pronoun
  1. EarlyModernarchaicSecond-person singular possessive pronoun; yours.

    But if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine / Then tonight we're gonna party like it's 1699

    1996, Weird Al Yankovic, “Amish Paradise”, in Bad Hair Day

Thine2

determiner
  1. honorificHonorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

    Forth on Thine errands send us / To labour for Thy sake.

    1931 January, Frank Houghton, “The Unfinished Task”, in China’s Millions, volume LVII, number 1, page 6
pronoun
  1. honorificHonorific alternative letter-case form of thine, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
thy

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*þīnaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*þīn
  3. Old Englishþīn
  4. Middle Englishthyn
  5. Englishthine

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

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Translations

Arabic لَك, لَكِ
  • لَك (lak)possessive pronoun
  • لَكِ (laki)possessive pronoun
Bulgarian твой, твой
  • твой (tvoj)possessive determiner
  • твой (tvoj)possessive pronoun
Chinese Mandarin 你的, 你的
  • 你的 (nǐde)possessive determiner
  • 你的 (nǐde)possessive pronoun
Czech tvůj, tvůj
  • tvůjpossessive determiner
  • tvůjpossessive pronoun
Danish din
  • dinpossessive determiner
Dutch jouw, je
  • jouwpossessive determiner
  • jepossessive determiner
  • uwpossessive determiner
  • dijnpossessive determiner
  • de jouwepossessive pronoun
  • de uwepossessive pronoun
  • de dijnepossessive pronoun
Esperanto cia, ciaj
  • ciapossessive determiner
  • ciajpossessive determiner
Finnish sinun, sinun
  • sinunpossessive determiner
  • sinunpossessive pronoun
French ton, ta
  • tonpossessive determiner
  • tapossessive determiner
  • tespossessive determiner
  • le tienpossessive pronoun
  • la tiennepossessive pronoun
  • les tienspossessive pronoun
  • les tiennespossessive pronoun
German dein, deiner
  • deinpossessive determiner
  • deinerpossessive pronoun
  • der deinepossessive pronoun
Hungarian tiéd
  • tiédpossessive pronoun
Italian tuo, tua
  • tuopossessive determiner
  • tuapossessive determiner
  • tuoipossessive determiner
  • tuepossessive determiner
  • il tuopossessive pronoun
  • la tuapossessive pronoun
  • i tuoipossessive pronoun
  • le tuepossessive pronoun
Japanese 汝の, お前の
  • 汝の (nanji no)possessive determiner
  • お前の (omae no)possessive pronoun
Polish twój, twój
  • twójpossessive determiner
  • twójpossessive pronoun
Portuguese teu, teu
  • teupossessive determiner
  • teupossessive pronoun
  • seupossessive pronoun
Romanian tău, ta
  • tăupossessive determiner
  • tapossessive determiner
  • tăipossessive determiner
  • talepossessive determiner
  • al tăupossessive pronoun
  • a tapossessive pronoun
  • ai tăipossessive pronoun
  • ale talepossessive pronoun
Russian твой, твой
  • твой (tvoj)possessive determiner
  • твой (tvoj)possessive pronoun
Slovak tvoj, tvoj
  • tvojpossessive determiner
  • tvojpossessive pronoun
Spanish tu, tuyo
  • tupossessive determiner
  • tuyopossessive determiner
  • tuyapossessive determiner
  • el tuyopossessive pronoun
  • la tuyapossessive pronoun
Swedish din, din
  • dinpossessive determiner
  • dinpossessive pronoun
Turkish senin, senin
  • seninpossessive determiner
  • seninpossessive pronoun
Ukrainian твій, твій
  • твій (tvij)possessive determiner
  • твій (tvij)possessive pronoun

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thine

onlinelinedesignsignfinewinedefineminenineofflinepinecombinerefinedeclinedivineinlineKleinassignalignspineeinsteinsteinvinetyne
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Anagrams

ThientheinNeithTheni
Cite this entry
APA

thine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thine

MLA

“thine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thine. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thine.

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