different between sinch vs finch

English

Noun

sinch (plural sinches)

1. Alternative form of cinch (simple saddle girth used in Mexico)

Verb

sinch (third-person singular simple present sinches, present participle sinching, simple past and past participle sinched)

1. (transitive, US, Western US) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle).

   to sinch up a saddle

Anagrams

• Insch, chins

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *c?nque, from Latin qu?nque, from Proto-Italic *k?enk?e. Cognates include Italian cinque and French cinq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?k/

Numeral

sinch

1. five

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