tinning

English

Verb

tinning

1. present participle and gerund of tin

Noun

tinning (plural tinnings)

1. A covering or lining of tin.
   • 1852, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal: Volume 77, page 175:

     […] he admits that sometimes poisonings produced by utensils with worn tinnings are not caused by saturnine colic.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi.

Noun

tinning f or m (definite singular tinninga or tinningen, indefinite plural tinninger, definite plural tinningene)

1. (anatomy) temple

References

• “tinning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tinning” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þunnvangi, þunnvengi.

Noun

tinning m (definite singular tinningen, indefinite plural tinningar, definite plural tinningane)

1. (anatomy) temple

References

• “tinning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

tinning c

1. (anatomy) temple

Declension

Declension of tinning

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tinning	tinnings
	definite	tinningen	tinningens
plural	indefinite	tinningar	tinningars
	definite	tinningarna	tinningarnas

Derived terms

• tinninglob (“temporal lobe”)

References

• tinning in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tinning in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tinning in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)