tin
French, noun/tɛ̃/
tin is spelled T-I-N (3 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written French, the 17,096th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tin is a French masculine noun meaning “a wooden support, often used on watercraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cale de bois qui supporte la quille d’un navire en construction ou en cale sèche”.
What does tin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea wooden support, often used on watercraft
interjection
- 1
Quebeccolloquial(surprise, giving someone something) alternative form of tiens
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cale de bois qui supporte la quille d’un navire en construction ou en cale sèche. 2. Support de cette cale, qui peut par exemple prendre la forme d’un bloc de béton, ou de structures métalliques. 3. Pièce de bois qui supporte ou cale un tonneau.
interjection: 1. Variante de tiens reproduisant la prononciation populaire québécoise.
noun: 1. Laurier-tin.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tin
- tins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tin?
- /tɛ̃/
- \tɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tin in French?
tin appears 2.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).