mines

See also: mineš and minés

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪnz/
• Rhymes: -aɪnz

Etymology 1

Noun

mines

1. plural of mine

Verb

mines

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mine

Etymology 2

Variation of mine, formed with the final -s of the other possessive pronouns: ours, yours, theirs, etc.

Pronoun

mines

1. (nonstandard, proscribed, informal) Alternative form of mine (“belonging to me”)

Anagrams

• Nîmes, miens, minse

Asturian

Noun

mines

1. plural of mina

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈmi.nes]

Noun

mines

1. plural of mina

Etymology 2

Verb

mines

1. second-person singular present indicative of minar

Danish

Noun

mines c

1. indefinite genitive singular of mine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

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• Homophones: mine, minent

Noun

mines f

1. plural of mine

Anagrams

• miens

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.neːs/, [ˈmɪneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nes/, [ˈmiːnes]

Verb

minēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of minō

References

• “mines”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.nes/

Determiner

mīnes

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of mīn

Old High German

Determiner

mīnes

1. masculine/neuter genitive singular of mīn

Portuguese

Verb

mines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of minar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmines/ [ˈmi.nes]
• Rhymes: -ines
• Syllabification: mi‧nes

Verb

mines

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of minar

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minəs/

Pronoun

mines

1. possessive of ik