zink

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

zink (plural zinks)

  1. (music) A type of cornett.
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Etymology 2

Noun

zink (countable and uncountable, plural zinks)

  1. Obsolete spelling of zinc.
    • 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 2:
      It is prepared, according to Dr. Shaw, as follows: take six ounces of copper, melting it in a wind furnace; add to it one ounce of zink: then stirring the whole well together, pour out the metal immediately.
    • 1880, Maxime Lalanne, translated by S. R. Koehler, A Treatise on Etching, page 62:
      Zink plates cannot be steel-faced, but they can be copper-faced.

Central Melanau

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Noun

zink

  1. zinc (Element)

Danish

Etymology

From German Zink (“zinc”).

Pronunciation

Noun

zink n or c (singular definite zinket or zinken)

  1. zinc

Further reading

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
Chemical element
Zn
Previous: koper (Cu)
Next: gallium (Ga)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɪŋk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zink
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zink.

Noun

zink n (uncountable)

  1. zinc
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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sink
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sèng
  • → Indonesian: seng

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zink

  1. inflection of zinken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

zink

  1. singular imperative of zinken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zinken

Indonesian

Noun

zink (first-person possessive zinkku, second-person possessive zinkmu, third-person possessive zinknya)

  1. zink, zinc

Limburgish

Pronunciation

Noun

zink n

  1. (uncountable) zinc
  2. A part of zinc

Inflection

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Malay

Chemical element
Zn
Previous: tembaga (Cu)
Next: galium (Ga)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Pronunciation

Noun

zink (Jawi spelling زيڠک)

  1. zinc (Element)

Synonyms

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Chemical element
Zn
Previous: koppar (Cu)
Next: gallium (Ga)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zink.

Pronunciation

Noun

zink c (uncountable)

  1. zinc

Declension

Declension of zink
nominative genitive
singular indefinite zink zinks
definite zinken zinkens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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References

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