different between mink vs fisher

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English mink (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: m?ngk, IPA^(key): /m??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

mink (plural mink or minks)

1. (plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).
2. (plural mink) The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.
3. (plural minks) An article of clothing made of mink.
4. (Scotland, slang, derogatory) (plural minks) An individual with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person.

Alternative forms

• minx (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (mammal): American mink (Neovison vison), European mink (Mustela lutreola)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• polecat

References

Further reading

• mink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mink (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

mink c (singular definite minken, plural indefinite mink)

1. mink

References

• “mink” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. American mink, Neovison vison

Declension

Synonyms

• ameerika naarits

Etymology 2

From German Schminke.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. (dated) makeup, cosmetics

Declension

Synonyms

• meik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mi?k]
• Hyphenation: mink
• Rhymes: -i?k

Etymology 1

Pronoun

mink

1. (personal, folksy) Alternative form of mi (“we”).

Declension

Etymology 2

mi (“what”) +? -nk (“our, of ours”, possessive suffix)

Pronoun

mink

1. first-person plural single-possession possessive of mi

Declension

Further reading

• (“we”; dialectal) mink , redirecting to (1): mi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??k/

Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink m (definite singular minken, indefinite plural minkar, definite plural minkane)

1. an American mink, Neovison vison or Mustela vison
   • 1928, Edv. Ryste, Mink-al:

     Å ala mink er eit gildt arbeid for alle som er glade i dyr; for det er eit vakkert dyr med mange tiltalande eigenskapar […]

     Breeding mink is pleasant work for everyone who loves animals; as it is a beautiful animal with many appealing properties […]

Etymology 2

Verb

mink

1. imperative of minka

References

• “mink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish or another Uralic language in a region where the mink is found.

Noun

mink c

1. American mink (Neovison vison).

Declension

References

• Hogg & Denison (2008): A History of the English Language

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f???/
• Homophone: fissure
• Rhymes: -???(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English fischer, fischare, from Old English fis?ere (“fisher”), from Proto-Germanic *fisk?rijaz (“fisher”), equivalent to fish +? -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fisker (“fisher”), West Frisian fisker (“fisher”), Dutch visser (“fisher”), German Low German Fisker, Fisser (“fisher”), German Fischer (“fisher”), Danish fisker (“fisher”), Swedish fiskare (“fisher”).

Noun

fisher (plural fishers)

1. A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport.
2. A person attempting to catch fish.

Usage notes

Traditionally less common than fisherman, "fisher" is gaining in use as a more gender-inclusive alternative.

Synonyms

• (catcher of wild fish): angler, fisherman, fisherperson, piscary, piscator, piscatorialist, piscatorian, piscicapturist
• (catcher of captive fish): fish farmer, pisciculturist

Hyponyms

• (female): fisheress (rare), fisherwoman, piscatrix

Derived terms

Related terms

• (act): See fishing
• (adj): piscatory, piscatorial, piscatorian, piscatorious
• (adv): piscatorially
• (writing on fishermen): piscatory

Translations

Etymology 2

From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.

Noun

fisher (plural fishers)

1. A North American marten, Martes pennanti, that has thick brown fur.
   • 2003, Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics, page 207,

     The term "forest carnivores" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.

2. The fur of Martes pennanti.

Synonyms

• (Martes pennanti): pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox

Derived terms

• fisher cat
• fisher marten

Translations

See also

• Fisher (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Martes pennanti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Martes pennanti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• sherif