fink

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

fink (plural finks)

1. (chiefly US, slang) A contemptible person; an informer; a strikebreaker.

Verb

fink (third-person singular simple present finks, present participle finking, simple past and past participle finked)

1. (chiefly US, slang) To betray a trust; to inform on.

References

• “fink” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “fink” in Microsoft's Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition (2007) (lists 3 noun and 2 verb senses, all of which are characterized as dated)
• "fink" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• “fink” in the Compact Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Alternative forms

• fing

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *spinga, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”), identical with Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “id”), English spink, Old Norse spiki (“kind of bird”). One might also consider a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *finkiz, *finkōn (“finch”), possibly Balkan Gothic.

Noun

fink m (indefinite plural finkë, definite singular finku, definite plural finkët)

1. finch

Alternative forms

• finke

Etymology

From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/

Noun

fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finker, definite plural finkene)

1. a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches

References

• “fink” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Middle Low German vinke. Akin to English finch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪŋk/

Noun

fink m (definite singular finken, indefinite plural finkar, definite plural finkane)

1. a bird of the family Fringillidae, the finches

References

• “fink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

fink m

1. finch

Noun

fink c

1. a finch (bird)

References

• fink in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)