different between rink vs trink

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US, UK) IPA^(key): /???k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

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 *re?- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rink, rynk, variation of ring (“ring”); compare Low German rink (“ring, circle”), Middle High German rinc (“a ring, circle”). Doublet of ring.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A ring; a circle.
2. A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

   We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.

3. A surface for roller skating.
4. A building housing an ice rink.
5. (curling) A team in a competition.

   The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.

Descendants

• Portuguese: rinque

Translations

Anagrams

• Kirn

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

rink (verbal noun rinkey)

1. to dance

Synonyms

• daunse

Derived terms

• rinkagh

Related terms

• daunsagh
• daunsin
• rinkey

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rinkan?.

Noun

rink (preterite rinkä)

1. (ergative) shake, rock

Related terms

• reka
• rega
• riikk

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