fink
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
fink (plural finks)
- (chiefly US, slang) A contemptible person.
- (chiefly US, slang) An informer.
- (chiefly US, slang) A strikebreaker.
Synonyms[edit]
- (informer): See Thesaurus:informant
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Verb[edit]
fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle finking, simple past and past participle finked)
Synonyms[edit]
- inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle fought, simple past and past participle fought)
References[edit]
- “fink” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “fink” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007) (lists 3 noun and 2 verb senses, all of which are characterized as dated)
- "fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
- “fink” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.
- Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)
Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *spinga, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”), identical with Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “id”), English spink, Old Norse spiki (“kind of bird”). One might also consider a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *finkiz, *finkōn (“finch”), possibly Balkan Gothic.
Noun[edit]
fink m (indefinite plural finkë, definite singular finku, definite plural finkët)
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finker, definite plural finkene)
- a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “fink” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finkar, definite plural finkane)
- a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “fink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German[edit]
Noun[edit]
fink m
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
fink c
- a finch (bird)
Declension[edit]
| Declension of fink | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fink | finken | finkar | finkarna |
| Genitive | finks | finkens | finkars | finkarnas |
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- Albanian nouns
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- sq:Birds
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
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- nb:Birds
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