different between tink vs zink

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: t?ngk, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle English tinken, of imitative origin. Compare ting.

Verb

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

1. To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise.

Synonyms

• tinkle

Related terms

• tingle

References

[1]

Noun

tink (plural tinks)

1. (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

Etymology 2

knit spelled backwards.

Verb

tink (third-person singular simple present tinks, present participle tinking, simple past and past participle tinked)

1. (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
   • 2012, Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)

     Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.

   • 2006, Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)

     If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

Etymology 3

Shortened from tinker.

Noun

tink (plural tinks)

1. (chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.

Anagrams

• knit

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English think.

Verb

tink

1. think

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)