mink

See also Mink

English

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Etymology

Of North Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĭngk, IPA: /mɪŋk/, X-SAMPA: /mINk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

mink (plural mink or minks)

1. (plural mink) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.
2. (plural minks) An article of clothing made of mink.

Hyponyms

• (mammal): American mink Neovison vison; European mink, Mustela lutreola

Derived terms

• fuck like a mink
• mink coat

Translations

mammal

• Algonquin: càngwèci
• Armenian: ջրաքիս (hy) (ǰrak’is)
• Catalan: visó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貂 (cmn) (diāo), 水貂 (cmn) (shuǐdiāo)

• Czech: norek (cs) m
• Dutch: nerts (nl) m, visotter (nl) m
• Esperanto: lutreolo (eo)
• Estonian: (European mink) euroopa naarits (et), (American mink) mink (et)
• Finnish: (European mink) vesikko (fi), (American mink) minkki (fi)
• French: vison (fr) m
• German: Nerz (de) m, (US) Mink (de) m
• Greek: βιζόν (el) (vizón) n
• Hungarian: nyérc (hu)
• Icelandic: minkur (is) m

• Irish: minc (ga) f
• Italian: visone (it) m
• Japanese: ミンク (ja) (minku)
• Korean: 밍크 (ko) (mingkeu)
• Latvian: ūdele (lv) f
• Lithuanian: audinė (lt) f
• Navajo: tábąąh dlǫ́ʼii
• Polish: norka (pl) f
• Portuguese: visom (pt) m
• Romanian: nurcă (ro) f
• Russian: норка (ru) (nórka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: lasica (sh) f, kanadska kuna (sh) f
• Spanish: visón (es) m
• Swahili: minki (sw)
• Swedish: mårddjur (sv) n

mink coat — see mink coat

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: nerts (nl)

See also

• polecat

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Estonian

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Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. American mink, Mustela vison

Declension

Declension of mink (type paks)

	singular	plural
nominative	mink	mingid
genitive	mingi	minkide
partitive	minki	minke minkisid
illative	minki mingisse	minkidesse
inessive	mingis	minkides
elative	mingist	minkidest
allative	mingile	minkidele
adessive	mingil	minkidel
ablative	mingilt	minkidelt
translative	mingiks	minkideks
terminative	mingini	minkideni
essive	mingina	minkidena
abessive	mingita	minkideta
comitative	mingiga	minkidega

Synonyms

• ameerika naarits

Etymology 2

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. (dated) makeup, cosmetics

Declension

Declension of mink (type paks)

	singular	plural
nominative	mink	mingid
genitive	mingi	minkide
partitive	minki	minke minkisid
illative	minki mingisse	minkidesse
inessive	mingis	minkides
elative	mingist	minkidest
allative	mingile	minkidele
adessive	mingil	minkidel
ablative	mingilt	minkidelt
translative	mingiks	minkideks
terminative	mingini	minkideni
essive	mingina	minkidena
abessive	mingita	minkideta
comitative	mingiga	minkidega

Synonyms

• meik

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Swedish

Noun

mink c

1. American mink (Mustela vison)

Declension

Declension of mink

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mink	minken	minkar	minkarna
genitive	minks	minkens	minkars	minkarnas