different between ink vs zink

English

Etymology

From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ?? (en, “in”) + ???? (kaí?, “burn”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?ngk, IPA^(key): /??k/
• (General American, pre-/?/ tensing), IPA^(key): /i?k/
• Homophone: inc.
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

ink (usually uncountable, plural inks)

1. A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
2. (countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
3. The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
4. (slang, uncountable) Publicity.

   Synonyms: ballyhoo, flak, hoopla, hype, plug, spotlight

   • 1999, Washington Post (4 June 1999)

     [Judith] Hope [...] has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements.

5. (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.

   Synonym: paint

   • 1998, The Offspring, Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (song)

     Now he's getting a tattoo. / Yeah, he's getting ink done. / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31.

6. (slang) Cheap red wine.

Alternative forms

• inke (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ink (third-person singular simple present inks, present participle inking, simple past and past participle inked)

1. (transitive) To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
2. (transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
3. (transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
4. (intransitive, of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)

Synonyms

• (sign): endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe

Translations

See also

• dye
• ink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -kin, -kin-, -nik, Kin, Nik, k'in, kin

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch inkt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/

Noun

ink (plural inkte or inke)

1. ink

Verb

ink (present ink, present participle inkende, past participle geïnk)

1. to ink

Middle English

Pronoun

ink

1. Alternative form of inc

English

Noun

zink (countable and uncountable, plural zinks)

1. (music, countable) A type of cornett.
2. (uncountable) Obsolete form of zinc.
   • 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 2

     It is prepared, according to Dr. Shaw, as follows: take six ounces of copper, melting it in a wind furnace; add to it one ounce of zink: then stirring the whole well together, pour out the metal immediately.

Derived terms

• zinkist

Central Melanau

Alternative forms

• jing

Etymology

From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Noun

zink

1. zinc (Element)

Danish

Etymology

From German Zink (“zinc”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senk/, [se????]

Noun

zink n or c (singular definite zinket or zinken)

1. zinc

Further reading

• zink on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Zink (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??k/
• Hyphenation: zink
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zink.

Noun

zink n (uncountable)

1. zinc

Derived terms

• verzinken
• zinken (“made of zinc”)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sink
• ? Indonesian: seng

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zink

1. first-person singular present indicative of zinken
2. imperative of zinken

German

Verb

zink

1. singular imperative of zinken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zinken

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?z???k]

Noun

zink n

1. (uncountable) zinc
2. A part of zinc

Inflection

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Malay

Alternative forms

• seng
• ?????
• ????

Etymology

From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ze?(k?)]
• Rhymes: -ze?, -e?

Noun

zink (Jawi spelling ????)

1. zinc (Element)

Synonyms

• ayan / ?????
• timah sari / ???? ?????

Swedish

Etymology

From German Zink

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?nk/

Noun

zink c (uncountable)

1. zinc

Declension

Derived terms

• förzinka

References

• zink in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)