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stein

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/'staɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/staɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(stīn)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
stein /staɪn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a stout, thick, cuplike container for drinks, esp. for beer.
  2. the amount contained in a stein.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
stein  (stīn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a mug, usually earthenware, esp. for beer.
  2. the quantity of beer or other liquid contained in a stein.
  • German: literally, stone
  • 1900–05

Stein  (stīn for 1, 3; shtīn for 2),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
  2. Biographical William Howard, 1911–80, U.S. biochemist: Nobel prize for chemistry 1972.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stein /staɪn/ n
  1. an earthenware beer mug, esp of a German design
  2. the quantity contained in such a mug
Etymology: German, literally: stone
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Stein n
  1. /staɪn/ Gertrude. 1874–1946, US writer, resident in Paris (1903–1946). Her works include Three Lives (1908) and The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933)
  2. /German: ʃtain/ Heinrich Friedrich Carl ( ˈhainrɪç ˈfriːdrɪç karl ), Baron Stein. 1757–1831, Prussian statesman, who contributed greatly to the modernization of Prussia and played a major role in the European coalition against Napoleon (1813–15)
  3. /stiːn/ Jock, full name John. 1922–85, Scottish footballer and manager: managed Celtic (1965–78) and Scotland (1978–85)
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