Zink

See also zink

German

Etymology

Probably related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Old High German zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tenduz, *tendaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)dont- (“tooth, projection”), see also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsɪŋk/

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Noun

Zink n (genitive Zinks or Zinkes, no plural)

1. zinc
2. (music) cornetto (a trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods)

Coordinate terms

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