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Alkin

Alkin

See also: alkin

German

Noun

Alkin n (genitive Alkins, plural Alkine)

  1. (organic chemistry) alkyne

Declension

alkin

alkin

See also: Alkin

English

Alternative forms

  • alkyn, allkyn, allkins
  • alkine, alkyne, allkin, aw kin (Scotland)

Adjective

alkin (not comparable)

  1. (now dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Of every kind; of all sorts; all kinds of; various and intermingled. [from 9th c.]
    • c. 1390, William Langland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
      Of alkin libbyng laboreres · lopen forth somme / As dykers & delueres · þat doth here dedes ille.
    Alkyn crafty men (craftsmen of every kind)

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

alkin m inan

  1. alkyne

Declension