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Added 9 October 2026

din

/dɪn/ noun

In Latin: strepitus, clāmor Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about din at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A loud harsh or strident noise.
The act of making a noisy disturbance.

verb

Make a resonant sound, like artillery.
His deep voice boomed through the hall
Instill (into a person) by constant repetition.
he dinned the lessons into his students

Origin

From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”). Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön.

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