coin – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of coin

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to coin
Participle: coined
Gerund: coining

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icoin
youcoin
he;she;itcoins
wecoin
youcoin
theycoin

Perfect

Ihave coined
youhave coined
he;she;ithas coined
wehave coined
youhave coined
theyhave coined

Past

Icoined
youcoined
he;she;itcoined
wecoined
youcoined
theycoined

Pluperfect

Ihad coined
youhad coined
he;she;ithad coined
wehad coined
youhad coined
theyhad coined

Future

Iwill coin
youwill coin
he;she;itwill coin
wewill coin
youwill coin
theywill coin

Future Perfect

Iwill have coined
youwill have coined
he;she;itwill have coined
wewill have coined
youwill have coined
theywill have coined

Subjunctive

Present

Icoin
youcoin
he;she;itcoin
wecoin
youcoin
theycoin

Perfect

Ihave coined
youhave coined
he;she;ithave coined
wehave coined
youhave coined
theyhave coined

Imperfect

Icoined
youcoined
he;she;itcoined
wecoined
youcoined
theycoined

Pluperfect

Ihad coined
youhad coined
he;she;ithad coined
wehad coined
youhad coined
theyhad coined

Conditional

Present

Iwould coin
youwould coin
he;she;itwould coin
wewould coin
youwould coin
theywould coin

Perfect

Iwould have coined
youwould have coined
he;she;itwould have coined
wewould have coined
youwould have coined
theywould have coined

Imperative

youcoin
weLet's coin
youcoin

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam coining
youare coining
he;she;itis coining
weare coining
youare coining
theyare coining

Perfect

Ihave been coining
youhave been coining
he;she;ithas been coining
wehave been coining
youhave been coining
theyhave been coining

Past

Iwas coining
youwere coining
he;she;itwas coining
wewere coining
youwere coining
theywere coining

Pluperfect

Ihad been coining
youhad been coining
he;she;ithad been coining
wehad been coining
youhad been coining
theyhad been coining

Future

Iwill be coining
youwill be coining
he;she;itwill be coining
wewill be coining
youwill be coining
theywill be coining

Future Perfect

Iwill have been coining
youwill have been coining
he;she;itwill have been coining
wewill have been coining
youwill have been coining
theywill have been coining

Conditional

Present

Iwould be coining
youwould be coining
he;she;itwould be coining
wewould be coining
youwould be coining
theywould be coining

Perfect

Iwould have been coining
youwould have been coining
he;she;itwould have been coining
wewould have been coining
youwould have been coining
theywould have been coining

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'coin'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'coin'

chin, coif, coil, coit, con, conn, coon, corn, foin, join,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mint
stamp, counterfeit, manufacture, strike, issue

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English coyn, from Old French coigne (“wedge, cornerstone, die for stamping”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). Doublet of coign and cuneus. See also quoin (“cornerstone”). Displaced Middle English mynt, from Old English mynet (whence modern English mint), which was derived from Latin monēta. See: English 'mint'.

Sample Sentences

  • to coin silver dollars
  • to coin a medal
  • Many persons believe that the so-called "dollar of the daddies," weighing 412½ grains (nine tenths fine), having a ratio to gold of "16 to 1" in value when first coined, was the original dollar of the Constitution. [1898 September 26, Alexander E. Outerbridge Jr., “Curiosities of American Coinage”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 53, D. Appleton & Company, page 601:]
  • Over the last century the advance in science has led to many new words being coined.
  • Not fearing outward force: So ſhall my Lungs / Coine words till their decay, againſt thoſe Meazels [c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 15:]
  • Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, / To soothe his sister and delude her mind. [1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 1:]
  • Because in today's 2,000mph technological freefall, he who coins the catchiest buzzword generally wins the debate by default. [2010 August 30, Charlie Brooker, “Buzzwords for blowhards”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2023:]
  • As a result, men turn to the women in their lives to fulfill their emotional needs. Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term). [2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2025:]
  • According to Collins Dictionary and Wiktionary, the term was coined in 2017 by journalist Anzer Ayoob, the term Chenabi is derived from the Chenab River, with the suffix “-i”, commonly used to denote belonging. [2025 July 24, Mubasher Sharief Pathan, “Chenab Valley United”, in Precious Kashmir, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2025:]
  • [...] Tenants cannot coin their Rent juſt at Quarter-day, but muſt gather it up by degrees, and lodge it with them till Pay-day, or borrow it of thoſe who have it lying by them, [...] [1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC, page 36:]