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pink
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: p?ngk, IPA(key): /p??k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p??k/, [p???k]
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regional German Pinke (“minnow; small salmon”), but this is not widely accepted.
Noun
pink (plural pinks)
- (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus. [from 15th c.]
- (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr. [from 17th c.]
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Dutch pincke.
Noun
pink (plural pinks)
- (now historical) A narrow boat. [from 15th c.]
Etymology 3
Probably from Dutch pingelen (“to do fine needlework”) or Low German [Term?]; compare Low German pinken (“hit, peck”) and Pinke (“big needle”).
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)
- To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
- To prick with a sword.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 642:
- ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 642:
- To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
- To choose; to cull; to pick out.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Herbert to this entry?)
Noun
pink (plural pinks)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A stab.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Grose to this entry?)
Etymology 4
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pincken (“blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source (Etymology 6, below). Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked (Etymology 3, above).
Noun
pink (plural pinks)
- Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations. [from 16th c.]
- (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality. [from 16th c.]
- The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red. [from 17th c.]
- Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. [from 18th c.]
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, page 23:
- I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘in pink’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
- 1986, Michael J. O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry, SUNY, page 69:
- it is interesting to note the curious legend that the pink of the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.
- 1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin 2013, page 23:
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points. [from 19th c.]
- (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
- Alternative form of pinko
- (slang) The vagina or vulva.
Translations
Adjective
pink (comparative pinker, superlative pinkest)
- Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
- Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
- Having conjunctivitis.
- (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
- (informal) Relating to women or girls.
- (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)
- (intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
- (transitive) To turn (something) pink.
- 1961, Tennessee Williams, The Night of the Iguana, New Directions Publishing, 2009, Act II, page 46, [2]
- They are all nearly nude, pinked and bronzed by the sun.
- 1985, Carl Sagan, Contact, Simon & Schuster, 1997, Chapter 3, page 57, [3]
- The rabbits, still lining the roadside, but now pinked by dawn, craned their necks to follow her departure.
- 1961, Tennessee Williams, The Night of the Iguana, New Directions Publishing, 2009, Act II, page 46, [2]
- (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Etymology 5
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)
- Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
- Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
Translations
Etymology 6
Borrowed from Dutch pinken.
Verb
pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)
- (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
Adjective
pink (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
Derived terms
- pinkeye
Etymology 7
Unknown. Attested from the late 15th century.
Noun
pink (uncountable)
- (historical) Any of various lake pigments or dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant coloring and a metallic oxide base.
References
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from English pink.
Adjective
pink
- pink coloured
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??k/
- Hyphenation: pink
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Noun
pink m (plural pinken, diminutive pinkje n)
- pinkie (little finger)
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
pink m (plural pinken, diminutive pinkje n)
- one-year-old calf, a bovine yearling
Etymology 3
Unknown.
Noun
pink m (plural pinken, diminutive pinkje n)
- a pink (historic coastal fishing boat with one mast, often landed on beaches)
Derived terms
- ? English: pink
- ? French: pinque
- ? Catalan: pinc
- ? Italian: pinco
- ? Portuguese: pinque
See also
- bij de pinken zijn
Anagrams
- knip
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German benk, most likely influenced by Swedish bänk.
Noun
pink (genitive pingi, partitive pinki)
- bench
Declension
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English pink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??k/
- Hyphenation: pink
Adjective
pink (comparative pinker, superlative am pinksten)
- coloured in a strong shade of pink
- 2009, Mark Billingham (English text) and Isabella Bruckmaier (translated from English into German), Das Blut der Opfer. Ein Inspector-Thorne-Roman, Goldmann:
- Die unglaublich langen Beine des Mädchens wurden durch Strümpfe und ein pink Tutu betont.
- 2009, Mark Billingham (English text) and Isabella Bruckmaier (translated from English into German), Das Blut der Opfer. Ein Inspector-Thorne-Roman, Goldmann:
Usage notes
- For paler shades, German does not use pink but rosa.
- Pink is generally declined like a normal adjective: eine pinke Jacke (“a pink jacket”). Some prescriptive grammars and dictionaries like Duden state that declined forms are colloquial and that pink should be invariable (eine pink Jacke). However, such usage is utterly rare and would even strike a great deal of native speakers as ungrammatical. See the various corpora at www.dwds.de, which include hundreds of attestations for the declined forms, but at most a handful for invariable use in attributive position.
Declension
References
- “pink” in Duden online
- “pink” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Swedish
Noun
pink n (uncountable)
- (slang) pee
Declension
See also
- pinka
Anagrams
- knip
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zink
English
Noun
zink (countable and uncountable, plural zinks)
- (music, countable) A type of cornett.
- (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.
- 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 2
Derived terms
- zinkist
Central Melanau
Alternative forms
- jing
Etymology
From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.
Noun
zink
- zinc (Element)
Danish
Etymology
From German Zink (“zinc”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /senk/, [se????]
Noun
zink n or c (singular definite zinket or zinken)
- 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)
- zinc
Derived terms
- verzinken
- zinken (“made of zinc”)
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sink
- ? Indonesian: seng
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
zink
- first-person singular present indicative of zinken
- imperative of zinken
German
Verb
zink
- singular imperative of zinken
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of zinken
Limburgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?z???k]
Noun
zink n
- (uncountable) zinc
- 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 ????)
- zinc (Element)
Synonyms
- ayan / ?????
- timah sari / ???? ?????
Swedish
Etymology
From German Zink
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?nk/
Noun
zink c (uncountable)
- zinc
Declension
Derived terms
- förzinka
References
- zink in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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