PIN

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pin"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

See pin.

Noun

PIN (plural PINs)

1. Acronym of personal identification number.

Alternative forms

• PIN number (a commonly used pleonasm)

Derived terms

• chip and PIN
• PIN pad

Translations

personal identification number

• Arabic: رَقْم التَّعْرِيف الشَّخْصِيّ m (raqm at-taʕrīf aš-šaḵṣiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 密碼／密码 (zh) (mìmǎ), 引線號／引线号 (yǐn xiàn hào), PIN碼／PIN码 (pìn mǎ), 個人識別碼／个人识别码 (gèrén shìbiémǎ)

• Czech: PIN (cs) m
• Estonian: PIN-kood
• Finnish: PIN-koodi, tunnusluku (fi)
• French: PIN (fr) m (Europe), numéro d’identification personnel m, NIP (fr) m (North America)
• Georgian: PIN-კოდი (PIN-ḳodi), პინ კოდი (ṗin ḳodi), პინ-კოდი (ṗin-ḳodi), პერსონალური საიდენტიფიკაციო ნომერი (ṗersonaluri saidenṭipiḳacio nomeri), პირადი საიდენტიფიკაციო ნომერი (ṗiradi saidenṭipiḳacio nomeri)
• German: PIN-Code f, PIN-Nummer f, PIN (de) f, persönliche Identifikationsnummer f, Geheimzahl (de) f
• Hungarian: személyi azonosító szám (hu), PIN-kód (hu)
• Icelandic: persónulegt kenninúmer n, PIN-númer n, persónunúmer n
• Italian: codice PIN m, NIP m
• Japanese: 暗証番号 (ja) (あんしょうばんごう, anshō bangō), PIN (pin), 個人識別番号 (こじんしきべつばんごう, kojin shikibetsubangō), PIN番号 (pin bangō)
• Korean: 비밀번호 (ko) (bimilbeonho), 개인식별번호 (gaeinsikbyeolbeonho)
• Macedonian: ПИН-код m (PIN-kod)
• Maori: tātai whaiaro, tau tāututanga whaiaro (TTW),
• Persian: شمارهٔ شناسایی شخصی (šomâre-ye šenâsâyi šaxsi), پین (fa) (pin)
• Polish: PIN (pl) m
• Portuguese: PIN m, número de identificação pessoal m
• Russian: ПИН-ко́д (ru) m (PIN-kód), PIN-ко́д m (PIN-kód), ПИН (ru) m (PIN), ли́чный опознава́тельный но́мер m (líčnyj opoznavátelʹnyj nómer), персона́льный идентификацио́нный но́мер m (personálʹnyj idɛntifikaciónnyj nómer)
• Swedish: PIN-kod (sv) c, pinkod (sv) c
• Ukrainian: пін-код m (pin-kod), PIN-код m (PIN-kod), персона́льний ідентифікаці́йний но́мер m (personálʹnyj identyfikacíjnyj nómer)

Etymology 2

Noun

PIN (plural PINs)

1. (organic chemistry) Initialism of preferred IUPAC name.

Anagrams

• NIP, NPI, Nip, nip

Dutch

Noun

PIN m or n (plural PINs, diminutive PINnetje n)

1. (proscribed) Alternative letter-case form of pin (“PIN, personal identification number”)

Indonesian

Noun

PIN

1. Initialism of personal identification number.
2. Initialism of pusat informasi nasional (“national information center”).
3. Initialism of pekan imunisasi nasional (“national immunization week”).

Further reading

• “PIN” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English PIN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pin/
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: PIN
• Homophone: pin

Noun

PIN m inan

1. PIN (personal identification number)

Declension

Declension of PIN

	singular	plural
nominative	PIN	PIN-y
genitive	PIN-u	PIN-ów
dative	PIN-owi	PIN-om
accusative	PIN	PIN-y
instrumental	PIN-em	PIN-ami
locative	PIN-ie	PIN-ach
vocative	PIN-ie	PIN-y

Further reading

• PIN in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• PIN in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

PIN m (plural PIN)

1. Alternative form of pin
2. Initialism of proyecto de identificación nacional.