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Definition: COLLIN |
COLLINNoun1. A very pure form of gelatin. |
"COLLIN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a dove". |
Date "COLLIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references) |
Etymology: Collin \Col"lin\, noun. [from Greek expression ko`lla glue.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
COLLIN | French | Collision | Insurance, Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: COLLIN |
| English words defined with "COLLIN": Design for. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "COLLIN": Hemicollin. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Collin (1981) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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Theater & Movies | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Volcans : troisième et derniere epoque, environs de Clermont / gravé par E. Collin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "COLLIN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "COLLIN" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "COLLIN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Collin | First name Male | 9,000 | 739 |
| Collin | Last name | 1,000 | 7,991 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "COLLIN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a dove". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "COLLIN." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Colin | Male | English | Cailean |
| Collin | Male | English | Colin |
| Columba | Male | Late Roman | N/A |
| Cailean | Male | Scottish | Columba |
| Colin | Male | Scottish | Cailean |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "COLLIN": Collin County. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "COLLIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Collin's dynamometer (Collin dynamometer), Collin-dynamometer (Collin forceps), Venus-halsbaand (Collin speculum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | curette van Collin (Collin forceps), speculum van Collin (Collin speculum), dynamometer van Collin (Collin dynamometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | curette de Collin (Collin forceps), spéculum de Collin (Collin speculum), dynamomètre de Collin (Collin dynamometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Collin Zange (Collin forceps), Collin Spekulum (Collin speculum), Collin Kraftmesser (Collin dynamometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολεοσκόπιο (Collin speculum), μετρητής δύναμης Collin (Collin dynamometer), λαβίδα Collin (Collin forceps). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | speculum di Collin (Collin speculum), forcipe di Collin (Collin forceps). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ollincay forceps de Collin (Collin forceps). (various references) forceps de Collin (Collin forceps), espéculo de Collin (Collin speculum), dinamómetro de Collin (Collin dynamometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COLLIN": collinear, collinearities, collinearity, collins, collinses. (additional references) | |
Words containing "COLLIN": caracolling, noncollinear, protocolling. (additional references) | |
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"COLLIN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Callink, Cellan, Celyn, Ceolin, Codlin, Colijn, Coline, Collam, Collan, Collenn, Collignon, Collina, Colline, Collinf, Collino, Collio, collip, Collon, Collwn, Collyn, Colwin, Colyn, Cooklin, Coolin, Croglin, Crowlin, Cuilin, Culbin, cullin, Cullip, Culpin, Kolbin, Scollen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "COLLIN" (pronounced 'Col"lin'): Berlin, Bilin, Calin, Capelin, Carlin, Cascarillin, Esculin, Franklin, Gallin, goblin, Hemicollin, Kremlin, Lobelin, Maalin, marlin, Mashlin, Mechlin, Medullin, Merlin, metheglin, Muslin, Parillin, Paulin, Podophyllin, Poplin, Roccellin, Smerlin, Spongiopilin, Stercobilin, tarpaulin, urobilin, Vanillin, Vitellin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-l-l-n-o" | |
-1 letter: colin, nicol. | |
-2 letters: cion, clon, coil, coin, coni, icon, lino, lion, loci, loin, nill, noil. | |
-3 letters: col, con, ill, ion, lin, nil, oil. | |
-4 letters: in, li, lo, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-l-l-n-o" | |
+1 letter: collins, cullion. | |
+2 letters: carillon, collying, colonial, cotillon, cullions, inscroll, nucleoli, pollinic, scallion, scullion. | |
+3 letters: allantoic, allogenic, carillons, carolling, celloidin, cloyingly, collaging, collaring, collating, collation, collegian, colleting, colliding, collinear, collinses, collision, collodion, colluding, collusion, colonials, conically, coralline, cotillion, cotillons, covelline, decillion, flintlock, halocline, inscrolls, loincloth, octillion, ontically, oxacillin, scallions, scrolling, scullions, sonically, tonically. | |
+4 letters: allocating, allocation, allocution, allogeneic, allophonic, analogical, anodically, callousing, calmodulin, cannelloni, celloidins, centillion, citronella, clownishly, collapsing, collations, collecting, collection, collegians, collisions, collodions, colloguing, collusions, colonially, colorblind, compelling, convolvuli, corallines, corbelling, cordelling, corralling, cotillions, councillor, covellines, decillions, enological, flintlocks, haloclines, iconically, inscrolled, interlocal, involucral, ironically, limnologic, localising, localizing, locational, loincloths, nonallelic, nonlexical, nonlogical, octillions, oxacillins, phonically, polyclinic, rollicking, scalloping, scallopini, scolloping, scowlingly, unilocular, univocally, unsocially. | |
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