Word a Day
din
What does din mean?
din (noun): a loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use din in a sentence?
- His voice was heard above the din. (Tatoeba sentence #286976 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce din?
/dɪn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does din come from?
From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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