wheen
/ʍiːn/
wheen noun: a little; a small number.
Noun
wheen (plural wheens)
- A little; a small number.
- A quantity; a goodly number.
- I have six terriers at hame, forbye twa couple of slow-hunds, five grews, and a wheen other dogs.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
- She never seemed to want for siller; the house was as bright as a new preen, the yaird better delved than the manse garden; and there was routh of fowls and doos about the small steading, forbye a wheen sheep and milk-kye in the fields.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Proper noun capitalized: Wheen
Wheen (plural Wheens)
- A surname.
Forms of wheen
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wheens |
| alternative form | whean |
| alternative form | whin |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wheens |
Origin of wheen
From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”).
Questions about wheen
- What does wheen mean?
- Wheen means a little; a small number.
- What part of speech is wheen?
- Wheen can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wheen?
- Wheen is pronounced /ʍiːn/.
- What is the plural of wheen?
- The plural of wheen is wheens.
Words near wheen in the dictionary
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