Pine — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a coniferous tree

straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈaɪn/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈaɪn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈaɪn/

1 syllable Say it as /pˈaɪn/.

Examples

She ached for a cigarette
I am pining for my lover

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

yen pine tree true pine ache languish yearn

Parts of Speech

noun	a coniferous tree
noun	straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
verb	have a desire for something or someone who is not present “She ached for a cigarette”

Word Forms

yearner	noun	a person with a strong desire for something
yearning	noun	prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
yen	noun	a yearning for something or to do something
pining	noun	a feeling of deep longing

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kiefer

ein Nadelbaum

🇫🇷French

un conifère

🇪🇸Spanish

pino

un árbol conífero

🇮🇹Italian

pino

una conifera

🇳🇱Dutch

pijnboom

een naaldboom

🇵🇹Portuguese

pinho

uma árvore conífera

🇷🇺Russian

сосна

хвойное дерево

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चीड़

एक शंकुधारी वृक्ष

🇧🇩Bengali

পাইন

একটি শঙ্কুযুক্ত গাছ

🇮🇳Tamil

பைன்

ஒரு ஊசியிலை மரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

దేవదారు

ఒక శంఖాకార చెట్టు

🇮🇳Marathi

झुरणे

एक शंकूच्या आकाराचे झाड

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાઈન

શંકુદ્રુપ વૃક્ષ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೈನ್

ಒಂದು ಕೋನಿಫೆರಸ್ ಮರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പൈൻ

ഒരു coniferous മരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਈਨ

ਇੱਕ ਸ਼ੰਕੂਦਾਰ ਰੁੱਖ

🇵🇰Urdu

پائن

ایک مخروطی درخت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

松树

一棵针叶树

🇯🇵Japanese

松

針葉樹

🇰🇷Korean

소나무

침엽수

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cây thông

một cây lá kim

🇹🇭Thai

ต้นสน

🇮🇩Indonesian

pinus

pohon jenis konifera

🇲🇾Malay

pain

pokok konifer

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الصنوبر

شجرة صنوبرية

🇮🇷Persian

کاج

یک درخت مخروطی

🇹🇷Turkish

çam

iğne yapraklı bir ağaç

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתגַעגֵעַ

עץ מחטני

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