different between zink vs fink
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
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
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)
zink From the web:
- what zinc
- what zinc is best
- what zinc is best absorbed
- what zinc used for
- what zinc does to the body
- what zinc is best for acne
- what zinc sulfate is used for
- what zinc oxide good for
fink
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Unknown, suggested from Pinkerton agents being used as strikebreakers in the 1892 Homestead strike, while the first known attestation is in the story “Stumpy” and Other Interesting People by George Ade published on the 17th of March 1894 in the Chicago Record in his column Stories of the Streets and of the Town, then criminal slang a local court needs explanation for:
- Attorney—“Do you know this plaintiff? What is his reputation; what do people say about him?”
- Witness—“Everybody that's on to him says he's a fink.”
- Court—“A wh-a-a-at?”
- Attorney—"Be somewhat more explicit, Mr. Carroll.”
- Witness—“You know what I mean; he's a stiff, a skate. He drinks and never comes up. He's always layin' to make a touch, too. I know that boy like a book.”
Noun
fink (plural finks)
- (chiefly US, slang) A contemptible person.
- (chiefly US, slang) An informer.
- (chiefly US, slang) A strikebreaker.
Synonyms
- (informer): See Thesaurus:informant
Derived terms
- ratfink
Translations
Verb
fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle finking, simple past and past participle finked)
- (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.
Synonyms
- inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
Derived terms
- fink out
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle fought, simple past and past participle fought)
- (dialectal, th-fronting) Pronunciation spelling of think.
Etymology 3
From Afrikaans vink
Noun
fink (plural finks)
- (South Africa) Any of several birds in the family Ploceidae native to southern Africa.
References
- “fink” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- "fink" in the Dictionary of South African English
- “fink”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Albanian
Alternative forms
- fing
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spinga, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”), identical with Greek ??????? (spíngos, “id”), English spink, Old Norse spiki (“kind of bird”). One might also consider a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *finkiz, *fink?n (“finch”), possibly Balkan Gothic.
Noun
fink m (indefinite plural finkë, definite singular finku, definite plural finkët)
- finch
Related terms
- beng
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- finke
Etymology
From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??k/
Noun
fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finker, definite plural finkene)
- a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches
Derived terms
- bokfink
References
- “fink” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??k/
Noun
fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finkar, definite plural finkane)
- a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches
Derived terms
- bokfink
References
- “fink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Noun
fink m
- finch
Swedish
Noun
fink c
- a finch (bird)
Declension
Derived terms
- bergfink
- bofink
References
- fink in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- knif
fink From the web:
- what fink means
- what fink means in spanish
- finker meaning
- what funky means
- fink what power art thou
- finkelstein what is global governance
- finky what does it mean
- finke what does it mean
you may also like
- zink vs fink
- ink vs zink
- zinc vs zink
- link vs zink
- pink vs zink
- pled vs peled
- pled vs plewd
- pled vs pued
- pled vs plec
- pled vs pleid
- pled vs poled
- pled vs plew
- pled vs pred
- forestes vs forester
- forestes vs foresters
- foreseek vs foreseer
- forester vs foreseer
- foreseen vs foreseer
- foresee vs foreseer
- foreseek vs foresought