pinken

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English

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Etymology

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From pink +‎ -en.

Verb

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pinken (third-person singular simple present pinkens, present participle pinkening, simple past and past participle pinkened)

  1. (intransitive) To become pink.
    • 2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii:
      For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.
  2. (transitive) To make pink.
  3. (intransitive) To blush.

Translations

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Noun

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pinken

  1. plural of pink

German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pinken

  1. inflection of pink:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural