Meaning

6 senses
  1. (UK, dialectal)A man, especially a warrior or hero.

  2. (UK, dialectal)A ring; a circle.

  3. A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

    We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.

    Eisbahn, Kunsteisbahn

    като́кkatók, хоккейная площа́дкаxokkejnaja ploščádka

  4. A surface for roller skating.

    Rollschuhbahn

    ринкrink

    building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating

  5. A building housing an ice rink.

  6. A team in a competition.

    The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. I want to go to the skating rink.

    Я хочу піти на каток.

    ruЯ хочу на каток.

    deIch will zur Eisbahn.

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  2. The skating rink is open from dawn to dusk.

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  3. Tom and Mary held hands as they skated around the rink.

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  4. I want to go to the ice rink.

    Я хочу піти на каток.

    ruЯ хочу на каток.

    deIch will zur Eisbahn.

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  5. The skaters skated around the rink.

    deDie Schlittschuhläufer liefen um die Bahn.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports:
surface for roller skating:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports:
surface for roller skating:

Origin

From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-G

From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”).

Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring.

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Forms

plural: rinks
Singularrink
Pluralrinks

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating:skating rink

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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