Meaning
4 sensesAny Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
Fink
зя́бликzjáblik
зя́бликzjáblyk
Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
(UK, dated, slang)A woman.
- any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
Examples
13 sentencesThat sounds like a blue finch.
Do you want to buy a finch?
Your finch has escaped.
Is that a finch?
That's a finch.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from PrFrom Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
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