whine

Etymology
From, , , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with, , from (for which see dialectal ).

Noun

 * 1) A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
 * 2) A complaint or criticism.
 * 1) A complaint or criticism.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: hvin
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: Jaulen,, Jammern,
 * Indonesian: rengekan
 * Irish: cuach
 * Italian:, , , , , uggiolio
 * Ligurian: fà u sapìn
 * Maori: ngengere
 * Norwegian: hvin,
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kvílenie
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1)  To utter a high-pitched cry.
 * 2)  To make a sound resembling such a cry.
 * The jet engines whined at take off.
 * 1)  To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
 * 2) * 1936 Feb. 15,, letter to :
 * Feel awfully about ... I always knew he couldn't think&mdash;he never could&mdash;but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it&mdash;not whine in public.
 * 1)  To move with a whining sound.
 * 2)  To utter with the sound of a whine.
 * 1)  To utter with the sound of a whine.
 * 1)  To utter with the sound of a whine.
 * 1)  To utter with the sound of a whine.

Usage notes

 * The homophony of whine (and whining) with (and ) is sometimes a point of humor, as with would you like some cheese with your /waɪn/? or if you're going to be whining then I need to be wining.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:complain

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: kňourat, kňučet, skučet
 * Danish: hvine
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ganir
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μινυρίζω
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: kitissä, pikissä, irissä
 * Italian:
 * Maori: uene, ngengere
 * Norman: braithe, houinner
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: kvíliť
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ujeltaa
 * Indonesian: berderu,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kōingoingo, koroingoingo, ngengere
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, naříkat (si)
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kritikaĉi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: μινυρίζω
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Jamaican Creole: nenge nenge
 * Maori: ngānehenehe
 * Norwegian:, syte,
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish: ujeltaa
 * Russian: ~ с воем


 * Maori: ngengere
 * Russian: