hinge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/
- [ˈhɪnd͡ʒ]
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English henge (“hinge”), from Old English *henġ or *henġe (“hinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *hangiju or *hangī; compare Old English *henġe- in henġeclif (“overhanging cliff”), Old English henġen (“hanging; that upon which a thing is hung”). Akin to Scots heenge (“hinge”), Saterland Frisian Hänge (“hinge”), Low German henge (“hook, hinge, handle”), Dutch heng (“moving leaf of a hinge”), Dutch geheng (“hinge”), Middle Dutch henghe, hanghe (“hook, hinge, handle”), Scots hingel (“any attachment by which something is hung or fastened”), Dutch hengel (“hook”), hengsel (“handle”), dialectal German Hängel (“hook, joint”), Henkel (“handle, hook”), Danish hængsel (“hinge”), Faroese hongsl (“hinge”), Icelandic hengsli (“hinge”), Norwegian hengsel (“hinge”), Swedish hängsle (“suspender”), Old English hōn (“to hang”), Old English hangian (“to cause to hang, hang up”). More at hang.
Meanings
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A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
The massy portals of the churches swung creaking on their hinges; and some lay dead on the pavement.
1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter I, in The Last Man. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
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A naturally occurring joint resembling such hardware in form or action, as in the shell of a bivalve.
The pedicel of the pollinium is articulated as before by a hinge to the disc; it can move freely only in one direction owing to one end of the disc being upturned.
1862, Charles Darwin, The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilized by Insects:
- A stamp hinge, a folded and gummed paper rectangle for affixing postage stamps in an album.
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A principle, or a point in time, on which subsequent reasonings or events depend.
These grown-up children were at that hinge of life when parents must begin to shrink and fold.
2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 388:This argument was the hinge on which the question turned.
But let me say, with all deference, that these positions do not appear to me to touch the hinge of the argument before us.
1840, Adam Duncan Tait, Remarks on a Pamphlet by the Reverend James Buchanan, page 26:
- The median of the upper or lower half of a batch, sample, or probability distribution.
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One of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.
If when the Moon is in the Hinge at East, / The Birth breaks forward from its native rest; / Full Eighty Years, if you two Years abate, / This Station gives, and long defers its Fate
1697, Thomas Creech, The five books of Mr. Manilius containing a system of the ancient astronomy and astrology: together with the philosophy of the Stoicks, page 121:In ruine reconcil'd: nor slept the winds / Within thir stony caves, but rush'd abroad / From the four hinges of the world, and fell
1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 100:
- A movement that presents itself as rotation when an off-centre fixed point is taken into account.
- In polyamory, a person connected emotionally or sexually to two others who are not connected to each other.
- (dialectal) To be in poor health; to be out of sorts.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hinges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
upper hinge · lower hinge · delta hinge · living hinge · hinge joint · hingelike · hinge-back tortoise · hinge termination · alpha hinge · midhinge · hinge line · hinger · hinge of Africa · hinge on · unhinge · hingeless · off one's hinge · flapping hinge · hingewise · rehinge · hingeline · H hinge · door hinge · hingeback · hingeable · butt hinge · jonbar hinge
Descendants
Meronyms
pintel (device upon which a door hangs)
Synonyms
swing · har (device upon which a door hangs) · quartile
Translations (115)
de Türband (device for the pivoting of a door) · ru шарни́р (device for the pivoting of a door) · hi चूल (device for the pivoting of a door) · gl golfón (device for the pivoting of a door) · fr gond (device for the pivoting of a door) · cmn 合葉 /合叶 (device for the pivoting of a door) · vo fleged (device for the pivoting of a door) · nl hengsel (device for the pivoting of a door) · hu zsanér (device for the pivoting of a door) · sq menteshë (device for the pivoting of a door) · tr menteşe (device for the pivoting of a door) · wa viertire (device for the pivoting of a door) · enm gemow (device for the pivoting of a door) · uk шарні́р (device for the pivoting of a door) · mt ċappetta (device for the pivoting of a door) · es gozne (device for the pivoting of a door) · nl hoeksteen (point in time, on which subsequent events depend) · ar مِقْبَض (device for the pivoting of a door) · mk шарка (device for the pivoting of a door) · de Angel (device for the pivoting of a door) · ga tuisle (device for the pivoting of a door) · sw bawaba (device for the pivoting of a door) · it cardine (device for the pivoting of a door) · km ត្រចៀក (device for the pivoting of a door) · mi kaurori (device for the pivoting of a door) · pl punkt zwrotny (point in time, on which subsequent events depend) · id engsel (device for the pivoting of a door) · fa لولا (device for the pivoting of a door) · ko 경첩 (device for the pivoting of a door) · cmn 折頁 /折页 (device for the pivoting of a door) · grc στρόφιγξ (device for the pivoting of a door) · mwl quiço (device for the pivoting of a door) · hu pánt (device for the pivoting of a door) · grc γίγγλυμος (device for the pivoting of a door) · cs závěs (device for the pivoting of a door) · sv gångjärn (device for the pivoting of a door) · la cardō (device for the pivoting of a door) · cmn 鉸鏈 /铰链 (device for the pivoting of a door) · bo བཀབ་སྦྱར (device for the pivoting of a door) · ru пе́тля (device for the pivoting of a door) · ja 丁番 (device for the pivoting of a door) · hi कुलाबा (device for the pivoting of a door) · tsg ingsil (device for the pivoting of a door) · ota رزه (device for the pivoting of a door) · fr charnière (device for the pivoting of a door) · da hængsel (device for the pivoting of a door) · cy colyn (device for the pivoting of a door) · enm hengel (device for the pivoting of a door) · de Scharnier (device for the pivoting of a door) · es charnela (device for the pivoting of a door) · es quicio (device for the pivoting of a door) · fi käännekohta (point in time, on which subsequent events depend) · eo ĉarniro (device for the pivoting of a door) · ms engsel (device for the pivoting of a door) · tl bisagra (device for the pivoting of a door) · lt lankstas (device for the pivoting of a door) · cs pant (device for the pivoting of a door) · gsw Ange (device for the pivoting of a door) · wa flitche (device for the pivoting of a door) · ro șarnieră (device for the pivoting of a door) · ky шарнир (device for the pivoting of a door) · ro țâțână (device for the pivoting of a door) · no hengsel (device for the pivoting of a door) · de Türangel (device for the pivoting of a door) · gl couce (device for the pivoting of a door) · el μεντεσές (device for the pivoting of a door) · sq çivi (device for the pivoting of a door) · nl har (device for the pivoting of a door) · pl zawias (device for the pivoting of a door) · uk заві́са (device for the pivoting of a door) · vi bản lề (device for the pivoting of a door) · ast quiciu (device for the pivoting of a door) · tsg kalawali' (device for the pivoting of a door) · he ציר (device for the pivoting of a door) · ang heorra (device for the pivoting of a door) · enm herre (device for the pivoting of a door) · ast gonce (device for the pivoting of a door) · nl scharnier (device for the pivoting of a door) · sh šarka (device for the pivoting of a door) · nl keerpunt (point in time, on which subsequent events depend) · pt dobradiça (device for the pivoting of a door) · ja 蝶番 (device for the pivoting of a door) · ga inse (device for the pivoting of a door) · lo ບານພັບ (device for the pivoting of a door) · cs stěžej (device for the pivoting of a door) · cmn 合頁 /合页 (device for the pivoting of a door) · pt gonzo (device for the pivoting of a door) · ast gonciu (device for the pivoting of a door) · eu gontza (device for the pivoting of a door) · cy colfach (device for the pivoting of a door) · ka ანჯამა (device for the pivoting of a door) · gl porlón (device for the pivoting of a door) · hi द्वारसन्धि (device for the pivoting of a door) · ca frontissa (device for the pivoting of a door) · cs klíčový okamžik (point in time, on which subsequent events depend) · ro balama (device for the pivoting of a door) · sq angërr (device for the pivoting of a door) · lt vyris (device for the pivoting of a door) · km ត្រចៀកទ្វារ (device for the pivoting of a door) · es bisagra (device for the pivoting of a door) · th บานพับ (device for the pivoting of a door) · ru петля́ (device for the pivoting of a door) · gl palmela (device for the pivoting of a door) · is hjara (device for the pivoting of a door) · fi sarana (device for the pivoting of a door) · cmn 活頁 /活页 (device for the pivoting of a door) · hy ծխնի (device for the pivoting of a door) · af skarnier (device for the pivoting of a door) · gl gonzo (device for the pivoting of a door) · bg панта (device for the pivoting of a door) · enm henge (device for the pivoting of a door) · gd bann (device for the pivoting of a door) · it cerniera (device for the pivoting of a door) · mi kauhuri (device for the pivoting of a door) · ota منتشه (device for the pivoting of a door)