pinken

English

Etymology

From pink +‎ -en.

Verb

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

To become pink.

• Esperanto: roziĝi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: rosir (fr)

To make pink.

• Esperanto: rozi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: rosir (fr)

To blush.

• Esperanto: ruĝiĝi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: rougir (fr)

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Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Noun

pinken

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of pink

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Adjective

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