pine
/paɪn/noun, verb
pine is spelled P-I-N-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pine means “Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of pine is pines.
How many letters and syllables are in pine?
| Letters | 4: P-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pine?
Pine appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pine?
- US /paɪn/
Pine has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-pine.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pine?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pine from its last stressed vowel (/aɪn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pine
- pines plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pining participle, present
- pined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
The northern slopes were covered mainly in pine.
- 2
Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.
- 3
The wood of this tree.
- 4
AustraliaA pineapple.
- 5
colloquialThe bench, where players sit when not playing.
- 6
colloquialA counter or bartop.
I'll be behind the pine slinging your favorite cold ones, so come and see me!
- 7
archaicA painful longing.
verb
- 1
To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appear’d and the soul felt its worth
- 2
To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
Laura was pining for Bill all the time he was gone.
- 3
To grieve or mourn for.
- 4
To inflict pain upon; to torment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pin , languir |
| German | Kiefer, Föhre, Forche, Kiifer , Kiefernholz , Sehnsucht |
| Portuguese | pinheiro , ter saudade (s), sentir saudade (s) , definhar |
| Spanish | pino , ansia, anhelo, añoranza |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pine come from?
From Middle English pyne, from Old English *pīne, from Proto-West Germanic *pīnā, from Latin pīnus, see there for more. Doublet of pinus. Possibly related to fat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).