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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Adjective 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.2 See also 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɪŋk

[edit] Etymology 1

Precise origin uncertain; perhaps shortened from pink-eye (compare French œillet).

[edit] Noun

pink (plural pinks)

1. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

   This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

2. (archaic) excellence, perfection

   Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

3. hunting pink; scarlet
   • 1986: 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. Formerly no man might hunt even on his own estate until he had a licence of free warren from the Crown. Consequently he merely hunted by the pleasure of the crown, taking part in what was an exclusively Royal sport by Royal permission. And for this Royal sport, he wore the Kings livery of scarlet. — Michael J O'Shea, James Joyce and Heraldry (SUNY 1986, p. 69)
4. A colour between red and white; pale red.

   My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

5. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 6 points.
6. (colloquial) The European minnow.
7. (colloquial) A young salmon.
8. (slang) A unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.

[edit] Translations

Note: the flower is NOT the same as a rose - ensure that the translations for the flower name are correct

• Bosnian: ružičasta f., rozna f.
• Catalan: rosa
• Esperanto: rozo
• Galician: rosa
• Interlingua: rosate
• Lithuanian: rožinis rožinė
• Volapük: redülik

[edit] Adjective

pink (comparative pinker, superlative pinkest)

1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
3. Having conjunctivitis.
4. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
   • 1976: Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis

     The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.

[edit] Derived terms

clove pink fire pink hunting pink in the pink moss pink pink bits pink-collar pink dollar pink elephants

pink gin pink lady pink pound pink salmon pink slip pink snapper pinkie pinking shears pinko

pink of health pinky salmon pink sea pink shell pink shocking pink swamp pink tickle pink wild pink

[edit] Translations

to be checked

• Bosnian: ružičast(i)

[edit] Etymology 2

Dutch / Middle English pin(c)ke.

[edit] Noun

pink (plural pinks)

1. A narrow boat.

[edit] Etymology 3

Probably from Low Dutch or Low German; compare Low German pinken ‘hit, peck’.

[edit] Verb

to pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
2. To prick with a sword.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 642:

     ‘Pugh!’ says she, ‘you have pinked a man in a duel, that's all.’

[edit] See also

• fuchsia
• magenta
• Appendix:Colours

[edit] Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic

[edit] Verb

to pink (third-person singular simple present pinks, present participle pinking, simple past and past participle pinked)

1. (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).

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[edit] Noun

pink m. (plural pinken, diminutive pinkje, diminutive plural pinkjes)

1. pinkie (little finger)
2. one-year-old calf
3. a pink (ship - see Etymology 2)

[edit] Derived terms

• bij de pinken zijn

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[edit] Noun

pink n. (uncountable)

1. (slang) pee

[edit] See also

• pinka