different between finch vs junco

English

Etymology

From Middle English fynche, from Old English fin?, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek ??????? (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian ?????? (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit ?????? (phi?gaka, “drongo, shrike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Noun

finch (plural finches)

1. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• brambling
• canary
• crossbill (Loxia spp.)
• redpoll (Acanthis spp.)
• serin
• siskin

Verb

finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)

1. To hunt for finches, to go finching.

References

• finch at OneLook Dictionary Search
• finch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle English

Noun

finch

1. Alternative form of fynche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yoy-ni-. Doublet of juncus and junk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???ko?/
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Hyphenation: jun?co

Noun

junco (plural juncos or juncoes)

1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
2. (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.

Hyponyms

• blue snowbird, snowbird (Junco hyemalis)
• dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)

Derived terms

• dark-eyed junco

Related terms

• juncaceous
• Junco
• juncous

Translations

References

Further reading

• junco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

junc?

1. dative singular of juncus
2. ablative singular of juncus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. reed, rush

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)

Descendants

• ? English: junk (or via Dutch jonk)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunko/, [?x??.ko]
• Rhymes: -unko

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus. Cognate with English junk.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. reed, rush

   Synonyms: junquera, carrizo, caña

Derived terms

• junquillo

Descendants

• ? English: junco
• ? Translingual: Junco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)