# pinna
## English
### Etymology

From Latin pinna (“dorsal fin; wing, feather”). Doublet of pen, penna, and panne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɪnə/
* Rhymes: -ɪnə
* Homophone: Pinner (non-rhotic)

### Noun

pinna (plural pinnas or pinnae)
* (anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
    Meronyms: antihelix, antitragus, concha, helix, tragus
* (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
* (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

#### Derived terms

* pinnal
* pinnate
* pinniped
* pinnule

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* PanIN, Pnina, panin, panni

## Estonian
### Noun

pinna
* genitive singular of pind

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish pinne (“stick, spoke”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpinːɑ/, [ˈpinːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -inːɑ
* Hyphenation: pin‧na

### Noun

pinna
* spoke (of a wheel, e.g. in a bicycle)
* (nautical) tiller
    Synonym: peräsinkampi
* (music) sound post (dowel inside an instrument of violin family)
* (colloquial) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
* (colloquial) temper, nerve, fuse (in the sense of losing one's temper)
    Marian pinna paloi.Maria lost her temper.
    Marialla on lyhyt pinna.Maria's got a short fuse.
* (colloquial) percent

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pinna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinnani
pinnani
accusative
nom.
pinnani
pinnani
gen.
pinnani
genitive
pinnani
pinnojeni pinnaini $^{rare}$
partitive
pinnaani
pinnojani
inessive
pinnassani
pinnoissani
elative
pinnastani
pinnoistani
illative
pinnaani
pinnoihini
adessive
pinnallani
pinnoillani
ablative
pinnaltani
pinnoiltani
allative
pinnalleni
pinnoilleni
essive
pinnanani
pinnoinani
translative
pinnakseni
pinnoikseni
abessive
pinnattani
pinnoittani
instructive
comitative
—pinnoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinnasi
pinnasi
accusative
nom.
pinnasi
pinnasi
gen.
pinnasi
genitive
pinnasi
pinnojesi pinnaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
pinnaasi
pinnojasi
inessive
pinnassasi
pinnoissasi
elative
pinnastasi
pinnoistasi
illative
pinnaasi
pinnoihisi
adessive
pinnallasi
pinnoillasi
ablative
pinnaltasi
pinnoiltasi
allative
pinnallesi
pinnoillesi
essive
pinnanasi
pinnoinasi
translative
pinnaksesi
pinnoiksesi
abessive
pinnattasi
pinnoittasi
instructive
comitative
—pinnoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinnamme
pinnamme
accusative
nom.
pinnamme
pinnamme
gen.
pinnamme
genitive
pinnamme
pinnojemme pinnaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
pinnaamme
pinnojamme
inessive
pinnassamme
pinnoissamme
elative
pinnastamme
pinnoistamme
illative
pinnaamme
pinnoihimme
adessive
pinnallamme
pinnoillamme
ablative
pinnaltamme
pinnoiltamme
allative
pinnallemme
pinnoillemme
essive
pinnanamme
pinnoinamme
translative
pinnaksemme
pinnoiksemme
abessive
pinnattamme
pinnoittamme
instructive
comitative
—pinnoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinnanne
pinnanne
accusative
nom.
pinnanne
pinnanne
gen.
pinnanne
genitive
pinnanne
pinnojenne pinnainne $^{rare}$
partitive
pinnaanne
pinnojanne
inessive
pinnassanne
pinnoissanne
elative
pinnastanne
pinnoistanne
illative
pinnaanne
pinnoihinne
adessive
pinnallanne
pinnoillanne
ablative
pinnaltanne
pinnoiltanne
allative
pinnallenne
pinnoillenne
essive
pinnananne
pinnoinanne
translative
pinnaksenne
pinnoiksenne
abessive
pinnattanne
pinnoittanne
instructive
comitative
—pinnoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pinnansa
pinnansa
accusative
nom.
pinnansa
pinnansa
gen.
pinnansa
genitive
pinnansa
pinnojensa pinnainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
pinnaansa
pinnojaan pinnojansa
inessive
pinnassaan pinnassansa
pinnoissaan pinnoissansa
elative
pinnastaan pinnastansa
pinnoistaan pinnoistansa
illative
pinnaansa
pinnoihinsa
adessive
pinnallaan pinnallansa
pinnoillaan pinnoillansa
ablative
pinnaltaan pinnaltansa
pinnoiltaan pinnoiltansa
allative
pinnalleen pinnallensa
pinnoilleen pinnoillensa
essive
pinnanaan pinnanansa
pinnoinaan pinnoinansa
translative
pinnakseen pinnaksensa
pinnoikseen pinnoiksensa
abessive
pinnattaan pinnattansa
pinnoittaan pinnoittansa
instructive
comitative
—pinnoineen pinnoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* (point): piste
* (temper): hermot
* (percent): prosentti

#### Derived terms

* pinnoittaa
* irtopinna
* lyhytpinnainen
* pinnasänky
* pinnatuoli
* pitkäpinnainen
* pyöränpinna

### Further reading

* “pinna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* napin, nipan, panin, panni

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpin.na/
* Rhymes: -inna
* Hyphenation: pìn‧na

### Noun

pinna f (plural pinne)
* fin
* flipper

### Anagrams

* panni

## Latin
### Etymology

Uncertain, could be a merger of two etymons:
* In the sense "fin", from Proto-Indo-European *(s)piHn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”), cognate to Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), English fin.
* In other senses, a dialectal form of penna with either pre-nasal (as in dignus) or post-labial (as in firmus) raising, from Proto-Italic *petnā, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpin.na/, [ˈpɪnːä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpin.na/, [ˈpinːä]

### Noun

pinna f (genitive pinnae); first declension
* Alternative form of penna (“wing, feather”)
* a fin
* a merlon, cop (the raised part of a parapet or battlement)
* (Medieval Latin) a peg, pin, bolt
    ad pinnās bibere (idiom, perh. referring to pins set inside drinking cups to mark exact quantities) ― to drink in large quantities or competitively

#### Usage notes

* Senses (2), (3) and (4) are not found for the form penna.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* pinnāculum
* pinnirapus
* pinnula

#### Descendants

* Italian: pinna
* Sicilian: pinna

### References

* R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “pinna”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

### Further reading

* “pinna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “pinna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* pinna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* pinna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “pinna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “pinna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
* “pinna”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian pinna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɪn.na/

### Noun

pinna f (plural pinen or pinni)
* pen (writing instrument)
    Synonym: bajrow

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin penna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpinna/
* Hyphenation: pin‧na

### Noun

pinna f (plural pinni)
* feather
* pen
* fin