pink
Having a colour between red and whiteHaving a colour between red and white; pale red.
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» Who is the woman dressed in pink?
Кто эта женщина в розовом? — marafon
Хто ця жінка в рожевому? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 sensesHaving a colour between red and white; pale red.
pink, rosa
ро́зовыйrózovyj
роже́вийrožévyj
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.
By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
(informal)Relating to women or girls.
pink-collar
pink job
(informal)Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
the pink economy
pink pound
(not comparable, obsolete)Half-shut; winking.
- of a light shade of red
Examples
295 sentencesWho is the woman dressed in pink?
Хто ця жінка в рожевому? — deniko
ruКто эта женщина в розовом? — marafon
Who is the girl in the pink dress?
Хто ця дівчинка в рожевій сукні? — deniko
ruКто та девочка в розовом платье? — Wezzel
deWer ist das Mädchen in dem rosa Kleid? — MUIRIEL
I never wear pink.
Я ніколи не ношу рожеве. — deniko
ruЯ никогда не ношу розовое. — marafon
She painted the wall pink.
Вона пофарбувала стіну в рожевий колір. — deniko
ruОна покрасила стену в розовый цвет. — marafon
I have a pink car.
У мене рожевий автомобіль. — deniko
ruУ меня есть розовый автомобиль. — astru
deIch habe ein rosa Auto. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from theOrigin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.
Borrowed from Dutch pinken.
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Forms
pinker, pinkestSynonyms
1 synonyms- of a light shade of red:pinkish
Word family
124 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
4 patterns- wearing a pink
- tickled pink
- pink shirt
- wear pink
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.