different between brink vs trink

English

Etymology

Middle English brinke, from Old Norse *brenka, brinka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ren- (“project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), dialectal German Brunkel, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b???k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

brink (plural brinks)

1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.

   the brink of a river

2. (figuratively) The edge or border

   the brink of success

   He's on the brink of madness.

Derived terms

• brinkmanship
• on the brink

Translations

Further reading

• brink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brink in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brinc, from Old Dutch brink, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Cognate with English brink.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br??k/
• Hyphenation: brink
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

brink m (plural brinken, diminutive brinkje n)

1. village green, functioning as a central square
2. edge or margin of a field
3. edge or margin of a hill
4. grassy edge or margin of a strip of land
5. grassland

Derived terms

• brinkdorp

Middle English

Noun

brink

1. Alternative form of brinke

English

Etymology

From Middle English treinekys or trynk, but earlier origin is unknown. Attested in Anglo-Norman or Middle English legal texts from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???k/

Noun

trink (plural trinks)

1. (obsolete) A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post or anchor; set net.
2. (obsolete) A fisherman who uses a trink.

References

• trink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Albanian

Etymology

Clipping of i ri trink, a semi-calque of Venetian novo de trinca, Italian nuovo di trinca. A derivative of trim +? -kë is also possible.

Adjective

trink m (feminine trinke)

1. brand new

Related terms

• trim

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???k/

Verb

trink

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