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English
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Etymology 1
Pronoun
mine
- Non-premodifying possessive case of I. My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me. (See usage notes below.)
Usage notes
- My and mine are essentially two forms of the same word, with my being used attributively before the noun, and mine being used in all other cases; hence:
- No, that's not my car. (attributive use)
- That car next to it isn't mine, either. (predicative use)
- Mine is the one over there, on the far right. (substantive use)
- Mine for only a week so far, it already feels like an old friend. (absolute use)
- In archaic use, this word is occasionally used attributively after the noun, in which case mine is used:
- a1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,
- […] Flesh and blood, / You, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, / […]
- a1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1,
- In the above respects, this word is analogous to most of the other possessive pronouns, as well as a number of other noun modifiers, such as lone/alone.
- Historically, my originally came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, mine still sees archaic pre-vocalic use:
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: / […]
- 1862 February, Julia Ward Howe, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII, page 10,
Translations
that which belongs to me
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English personal pronouns| Number | Person | Gender | Subject | Objective | Reflexive | Possessive | Possessive Pronoun |
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| Singular | First | — | I | me | myself | my | mine |
| Second | — | you, thou (archaic) | you, thee (archaic) | yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic) | your, thy (archaic) | yours, thine (archaic) | |
| Third | Masculine | he | him | himself | his | ||
| Feminine | she | her | herself | her | hers | ||
| Neuter | it | itself | its | its (rare) | |||
| Plural | First | — | we | us | ourselves | our | ours |
| Second | — | you, ye (archaic) | you | yourselves | your | yours | |
| Third | — | they | them | themselves | their | theirs | |
| Indefinite | Third | — | one | oneself | one's | — | |
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Old French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā 'ore, mine', akin to Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach 'ore'.
Noun
mine (plural mines)
Cutaway view of an anti-tank landmine- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
Derived terms
Terms derived from mine (noun)
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Translations
place from which ore is extracted
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Verb
to mine (third-person singular simple present mines, present participle mining, simple past and past participle mined)
Mining, removing ore from the ground- (transitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
Derived terms
Translations
remove from the ground
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Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /miːnə/, [ˈmiːnə], [ˈmiːn̩]
Noun
mine c. (singular definite minen, plural indefinite miner)
Inflection
Inflection of mine| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | mine | minen | miner | minerne |
| genitive | mines | minens | miners | minernes |
Pronoun
mine
- (possessive) Plural form of min
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Vulgar Latin *mina, from Celtic *meina.
Noun
mine f. (plural mines)
- mine (excavation or explosive)
Etymology 2
From Breton min (“beak, muzzle”).
Noun
mine f. (plural mines)
- appearance, physical aspect; expression
Etymology 3
From miner
Verb form
mine
- first-person singular present indicative of miner.
- third-person singular present indicative of miner.
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miner.
- first-person singular present subjunctive of miner.
- second-person singular imperative of miner.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
mine f.
- Plural form of mina.
Anagrams
Japanese
Noun
mine (hiragana みね)
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse mínir.
Pronoun
mine plural
- Plural of min
References
- “mine” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Romanian
Noun
mine f. pl.
- Plural form of mină. mines
Pronoun
mine (stressed accusative form of eu)
Related terms
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA: /məin/
Pronoun
mine
Spanish
Verb
mine (infinitive minar)
- formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of minar.
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of minar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of minar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of minar.
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