fink

See also: Fink

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

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Noun

fink (plural finks)

1. (chiefly US, slang) A contemptible person.
2. (chiefly US, slang) An informer.
3. (chiefly US, slang) A strikebreaker.

Synonyms

• (informer): See Thesaurus:informant

Derived terms

• ratfink

Translations

Translations

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informer

• Russian: предатель (ru) (predatelʹ)
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strikebreaker

• Czech: stávkokaz (cs) m
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Verb

fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle finking, simple past and past participle finked)

1. (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.

Synonyms

• inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out

Derived terms

• fink out

Translations

to betray a trust

• Russian: предавать (ru) (predavatʹ)
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Etymology 2

Verb

fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle fought, simple past and past participle fought)

1. (dialectal, th-fronting) Pronunciation spelling of think.

References

• “fink”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Template:R:Encarta (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, 2019–2022.
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• fing

Etymology

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

fink m (plural finkë, definite finku, definite plural finkët)

1. finch

Related terms

• beng

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• finke

Etymology

From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/

Noun

fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finker, definite plural finkene)

1. a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches

Derived terms

• bokfink

References

• “fink” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/

Noun

fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finkar, definite plural finkane)

1. a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches

Derived terms

• bokfink

References

• “fink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Noun

fink m

1. finch

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Swedish

Noun

fink c

1. a finch (bird)

Declension

Declension of fink
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fink	finken	finkar	finkarna
Genitive	finks	finkens	finkars	finkarnas

Compounds

• bergfink
• bofink

References

• fink in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• knif