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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Various shades ofpink
Pinks:carnation cultivars
Two doors in different shades ofpink(left:peach,right:bubblegum)

Origin uncertain; perhaps fromDutchpinken(“blink”)or the English verbpinkfrom the same source.[1]Perhaps from the notion of the petals beingpinked.

Noun

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pink(countableanduncountable,pluralpinks)

  2. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.[from 17th c.]
    My new dress is a wonderful shade ofpink.
    pink:
    light pink:
    1. Magenta,the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
    2. Palered.
  3. Any of variousflowersof that colour in the genusDianthus,sometimes calledcarnations.[from 16th c.]
    This garden in particular has a beautiful bed ofpinks.
  4. (dated)A perfect example;excellence,perfection;the embodimentofsome quality.[from 16th c.]
    Your hat, madam, is the verypinkof fashion.
  5. Hunting pink;scarlet,as worn by hunters.[from 18th c.]
    • 1928,Siegfried Sassoon,Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man,Penguin, published2013,page23:
      I had taken it for granted that there would be people ‘inpink’, but these enormous confident strangers overwhelmed me with the visible authenticity of their brick-red coats.
    • 1986,Michael J. O'Shea,James Joyce and Heraldry,SUNY, page69:
      it is interesting to note the curious legend that thepinkof the hunting field is not due to any optical advantage but to an entirely different reason.
  6. Ahuntsman.
    • 1857,Thomas Hughes,Tom Brown's School Days:
      Thepinksstand about the inn-door lighting cigars and waiting to see us start, while their hacks are led up and down the market-place, on which the inn looks.
  7. (snooker)One of thecolourballs used insnooker,coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.[from 19th c.]
    Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind thepink.
  8. (slang)An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compareBabbitt,bourgeoisie.
  9. Alternative form ofpinko
    • 1981,Edwin R. Bayley, quoting Ben Hibbs,Joe McCarthy and the Press,page163:
      My own guess is that there are somepinksin the State Department and in other government departments and agencies, and of course they should be found and ousted; but it seems to me that this can be done without besmirching innocent people and without making such broadside charges that people will lose faith in all government.
  10. (slang)Thevaginaorvulva.
    • 2020March 23, Mike Hatch,The Dumb Class: Boomer Junior High,Mike Hatch H&A Publishing,→ISBN,page78:
      Then Eddie did what he calls, 'Two in thepink,one in the stink.' “I held up my right forefinger and middle finger and said, “Two.” Then I held up my ring finger and said “One. Two in the pussy, one in the ass.”
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Adjective

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pink(comparativepinker,superlativepinkest)

  1. Having a colour betweenredandwhite;pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket:scarlet.
  3. Havingconjunctivitis.
  4. By comparison tored(communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actuallysocialistorcommunist.
    • 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 frompinkliberalism to red-red communism.
  5. (informal)Relating towomenorgirls.
    pink-collar
    pinkjob
  6. (informal)Relating tohomosexualsas a group withinsociety.
    thepinkeconomy
    pinkpound
    pinkdollar
    pinktriangle
    • 1991August 24, Lori Nairne, “Whose Parade Is It, Anyway?”, inGay Community News,volume19,number 6, page 5:
      The lesbian and gay movement must decide whether the Parade is for celebrating how far we've come as we further our struggle for liberation, or whether it is going to be just another profit-making industry, supporting lesbian and gay careerism and becoming part of the Establishment (albeit apinkone!)
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Verb

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pink(third-person singular simple presentpinks,present participlepinking,simple past and past participlepinked)

  1. (intransitive)To become pink in color, toredden.
    • 2014,Teresa Carpenter,Her Boss by Arrangement‎[1],page136:
      The woman’s pale skinpinkedas she shook her head. “No. It’s out of my budget. Come on, Sammy”
  2. (transitive)To turn (something) pink.
    • 1961,Tennessee Williams,The Night of the Iguana‎[2],New Directions Publishing, published2009,act II, page46:
      They are all nearly nude,pinkedand bronzed by the sun.
    • 1985,Carl Sagan,chapter 3, inContact,Simon & Schuster, published1997,page57:
      The rabbits, still lining the roadside, but nowpinkedby dawn, craned their necks to follow her departure.
  3. (transitive)To turn (atopazor other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.
    • 2012,David Federman,Modern Jeweler’s Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones‎[3],page227:
      Because heating is relatively easy to perform once one is trained to do it, it can be assumed that any pink topaz from Brazil, the gem’s main modern producer, is colored more by man than nature.[…]Relatively few stones from Brazil have this trace element in enough quantity for what dealers call “pinking.”

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Colors/Colours in English(layout·text)
red orange yellow green blue(incl.indigo;
cyan,teal,turquoise) 		purple/violet
pink(including
magenta) 		brown white gray/grey black

Etymology 2

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Pinks: common minnows

Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regionalGermanPinke(“minnow; small salmon”),but this is not widely accepted.[2]

Noun

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pink(pluralpinks)

  1. (regional)The commonminnow,Phoxinus phoxinus.[from 15th c.]
  2. (regional)A young Atlantic salmon,Salmo salar,before it becomes asmolt;aparr.[from 17th c.]

Etymology 3

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Borrowed fromMiddle Dutchpincke.CompareFrenchpinque.

Noun

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pink(pluralpinks)

  1. (nowobsolete)A narrow boat.[from 15th c.]

Etymology 4

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Probably ultimatelyimitative,[3]or fromDutchpingelen(“to do fine needlework”)orLow German[Term?];compareLow Germanpinken(“hit, peck”)andPinke(“big needle”).

Verb

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pink(third-person singular simple presentpinks,present participlepinking,simple past and past participlepinked)

  1. Todecoratea piece ofclothingorfabricby addingholesor byscallopingthefringe.
  2. To prick with a sword.
    Synonyms:draw blood,jab,prick;see alsoThesaurus:stab
  3. Towoundbyirony,criticism,orridicule.
    Synonym:draw blood
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Noun

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pink(pluralpinks)

  1. (obsolete)A small hole made bypuncturingsomething, as with a rapier, dagger, orpinking iron.
    1. (obsolete)A small hole or puncture made by a sharp, slender instrument such as a rapier,poniardor dagger, or (by extension) abullet;astab.
      • 1601,Weever,Mirr. Mart.,C j:
        At a great word she will her poynard draw, Looke for thepinckeif once thou giue the lye.
      • 1607,Thomas Middleton,Your Five Gallants,iii 5:
        A freebooter’spink,sir, three or four inches deep.
      • 1638,“Lady's Trial”, inFord,III. i:
        The fellow's a shrewd fellow at apink.
      • 1885May 13,Pall Mall G.,4/I:
        He is spotted with marks of stabs and revolver 'pinks',and he takes all his wounds quite as matter of course.
    2. (obsolete)A small hole or eyelet punched in a garment for decoration, as with apinking iron;a scallop.
      • 1512,Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot,IV 215:
        Item,..for iiil* powdringis andpinkisto the sam goune,.xij s
      • 1598,Florio,Tagliuzzi:
        smallpinks,cuts or iagges in clothes
      • 1599,Ben Jonson,Cynthia's Rev.,volume iv:
        Is thispinkeof equall proportion to this cut?
      • c.1632–1641,Ben Jonson, Magnetick Lady, iii. 4:
        You had rather have / An ulcer in your body than apink/ More in your clothes.

References

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  1. ^“pink,v.2.”,inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,June 2006.
  2. ^“pink,n.3.”,inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,June 2006.
  3. ^“pink”,inLexico,Dictionary;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

Etymology 5

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Onomatopoeic.

Verb

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pink(third-person singular simple presentpinks,present participlepinking,simple past and past participlepinked)

  1. Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-setignitiontimingfor the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
  2. Of amusical instrument,to sound a veryhigh-pitched,short note.
    • 1959,Anthony Burgess,Beds in the East(The Malayan Trilogy), published1972,page590:
      And then the record changed, a pianopinkinghigh a Poulenc-like theme.
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Etymology 6

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Borrowed fromDutchpinken.

Verb

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pink(third-person singular simple presentpinks,present participlepinking,simple past and past participlepinked)

  1. (obsolete)Towink;toblink.
    • 1692,Roger L'Estrange, “A Fox and a Cock”, inFables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists‎[4],page409:
      A HungryFoxthat had got aCockin his Eye, and could not tell how to come at him; cast himself at his Length upon the Ground, and there he lay winking andpinkingas if he had Sore Eyes.

Adjective

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pink(notcomparable)

  1. (obsolete)Half-shut; winking.

Etymology 7

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Unknown. Attested from the late 15th century.[1]

Noun

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pink(uncountable)

  1. (historical)Any of variouslake pigmentsordyesinyellow,yellowishgreenorbrownshades, made with plant coloring and ametallicoxidebase.
    • 1816,Pierre François Tingry,The Painter and Varnisher's Guide‎[5],page245:
      To make Dutchpink,boil the stems of woad in a solution of alum, and then mix the liquor with clay, marl, or chalk, which will become mixed with the colour of the decoction
    • 2008,Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin,Pigment Compendium‎[6],page156:
      Carlyle (2001) lists from her study of nineteenth century British documentary sources yellow carmine, Dutchpink,Englishpinkand yellow lake in descending order of intensity.

References

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  1. ^“pink,n.1.”,inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠,Oxford:Oxford University Press,June 2006.

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Chuukese

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishpink.

Adjective

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pink

  1. pinkcoloured

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Of obscure origin. Sometimes compared to Etymology 2 and 3 below in the sense of "something small." Perhaps related topinor otherwise borrowed from asubstratelanguage with unshiftedp-.

DutchWikipediahas an article on:
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Noun

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pinkm(pluralpinken,diminutivepinkjen)

  1. pinkie(little finger)

Etymology 2

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DutchWikipediahas an article on:
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Unknown.

Noun

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pinkm(pluralpinken,diminutivepinkjen)

  1. one-year-oldcalf,a bovineyearling

Etymology 3

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DutchWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipedianl

FromMiddle Dutchpinke,of unkown origin. Connections to Etymology 1 above ( "pinkie" ) in the sense of "elongated object" remain purely hypothetical. Possibly connected withpink eye(literally“half-shut eye”),comparable to the semantics ofFrenchoeillet(literally“little eye”).[1]CompareProto-West Germanic*pinnā.

Noun

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pinkm(pluralpinken,diminutivepinkjen)

  2. apink(historic coastal fishing boat with one mast, often landed on beaches)
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References

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  1. ^Template:R:en:Lexico

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Estonian

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanbenk,most likely influenced bySwedishbänk.

Noun

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pink(genitivepingi,partitivepinki)

  1. bench
    Tšaikovski pink
    the Tchaikovsky bench

Declension

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Declension ofpink(ÕS type22e/riik,k-ggradation)
singular plural
nominative pink pingid
accusative nom.
gen. pingi
genitive pinkide
partitive pinki pinke
pinkisid
illative pinki
pingisse 		pinkidesse
pingesse
inessive pingis pinkides
pinges
elative pingist pinkidest
pingest
allative pingile pinkidele
pingele
adessive pingil pinkidel
pingel
ablative pingilt pinkidelt
pingelt
translative pingiks pinkideks
pingeks
terminative pingini pinkideni
essive pingina pinkidena
abessive pingita pinkideta
comitative pingiga pinkidega

German

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishpink.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pink(strong nominative masculine singularpinker,comparative(very rare)pinker,superlative(very rare)ampinksten)

  1. coloured in astrongshadeofpink
    • 2009,Mark Billingham (English text) and Isabella Bruckmaier (translated from English into German),Das Blut der Opfer. Ein Inspector-Thorne-Roman,Goldmann:
      Die unglaublich langen Beine des Mädchens wurden durch Strümpfe und einpinkTutu betont.
      (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

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  • For paler shades, German does not usepinkbutrosa.
  • Pinkis generally declined like a normal adjective:eine pinke Jacke( “a pink jacket” ). Some prescriptive grammars and dictionaries likeDudenstate that declined forms are colloquial and thatpinkshould be invariable (eine pink Jacke). However, such usage is very rare and would even strike a great deal of native speakers as ungrammatical. See the various corpora atdwds.de,which include hundreds of attestations for the declined forms, but at most a handful for invariable use in attributive position.

Declension

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Positive forms ofpink
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative eristpink sieistpink esistpink siesindpink
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative pinker pinke pinkes pinke
genitive pinken pinker pinken pinker
dative pinkem pinker pinkem pinken
accusative pinken pinke pinkes pinke
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative derpinke diepinke daspinke diepinken
genitive despinken derpinken despinken derpinken
dative dempinken derpinken dempinken denpinken
accusative denpinken diepinke daspinke diepinken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative einpinker einepinke einpinkes (keine)pinken
genitive einespinken einerpinken einespinken (keiner)pinken
dative einempinken einerpinken einempinken (keinen)pinken
accusative einenpinken einepinke einpinkes (keine)pinken
Comparative forms ofpink
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative eristpinker1 sieistpinker1 esistpinker1 siesindpinker1
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative pinkerer1 pinkere1 pinkeres1 pinkere1
genitive pinkeren1 pinkerer1 pinkeren1 pinkerer1
dative pinkerem1 pinkerer1 pinkerem1 pinkeren1
accusative pinkeren1 pinkere1 pinkeres1 pinkere1
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative derpinkere1 diepinkere1 daspinkere1 diepinkeren1
genitive despinkeren1 derpinkeren1 despinkeren1 derpinkeren1
dative dempinkeren1 derpinkeren1 dempinkeren1 denpinkeren1
accusative denpinkeren1 diepinkere1 daspinkere1 diepinkeren1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative einpinkerer1 einepinkere1 einpinkeres1 (keine)pinkeren1
genitive einespinkeren1 einerpinkeren1 einespinkeren1 (keiner)pinkeren1
dative einempinkeren1 einerpinkeren1 einempinkeren1 (keinen)pinkeren1
accusative einenpinkeren1 einepinkere1 einpinkeres1 (keine)pinkeren1

1Very rare.

Superlative forms ofpink
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative eristampinksten1
eristampinkesten1 		sieistampinksten1
sieistampinkesten1 		esistampinksten1
esistampinkesten1 		siesindampinksten1
siesindampinkesten1
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative pinkster1
pinkester1 		pinkste1
pinkeste1 		pinkstes1
pinkestes1 		pinkste1
pinkeste1
genitive pinksten1
pinkesten1 		pinkster1
pinkester1 		pinksten1
pinkesten1 		pinkster1
pinkester1
dative pinkstem1
pinkestem1 		pinkster1
pinkester1 		pinkstem1
pinkestem1 		pinksten1
pinkesten1
accusative pinksten1
pinkesten1 		pinkste1
pinkeste1 		pinkstes1
pinkestes1 		pinkste1
pinkeste1
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative derpinkste1
derpinkeste1 		diepinkste1
diepinkeste1 		daspinkste1
daspinkeste1 		diepinksten1
diepinkesten1
genitive despinksten1
despinkesten1 		derpinksten1
derpinkesten1 		despinksten1
despinkesten1 		derpinksten1
derpinkesten1
dative dempinksten1
dempinkesten1 		derpinksten1
derpinkesten1 		dempinksten1
dempinkesten1 		denpinksten1
denpinkesten1
accusative denpinksten1
denpinkesten1 		diepinkste1
diepinkeste1 		daspinkste1
daspinkeste1 		diepinksten1
diepinkesten1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative einpinkster1
einpinkester1 		einepinkste1
einepinkeste1 		einpinkstes1
einpinkestes1 		(keine)pinksten1
(keine)pinkesten1
genitive einespinksten1
einespinkesten1 		einerpinksten1
einerpinkesten1 		einespinksten1
einespinkesten1 		(keiner)pinksten1
(keiner)pinkesten1
dative einempinksten1
einempinkesten1 		einerpinksten1
einerpinkesten1 		einempinksten1
einempinkesten1 		(keinen)pinksten1
(keinen)pinkesten1
accusative einenpinksten1
einenpinkesten1 		einepinkste1
einepinkeste1 		einpinkstes1
einpinkestes1 		(keine)pinksten1
(keine)pinkesten1

1Very rare.

References

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  • “pink”inDudenonline
  • “pink”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromEnglishpink.

Noun

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pinkmorf

  1. hot pink(a deep vibrant pink color)

Adjective

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pinkmorf

  1. hot pink(having a deep vibrant pink color)

Swedish

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Etymology

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See the verbpinka(“to pee”)

Noun

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pinkn(uncountable)

  1. (slang)pee

Declension

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Declension ofpink
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pink pinks
definite pinket pinkets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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