different between tronk vs trink

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans tronk, from Dutch tronk, from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus. Doublet of truncus and trunk.

Noun

tronk (plural tronks)

1. (South Africa) A prison.
   • 1985, Lawrence George Green, Maureen Barnes, The best of Lawrence Green

     It was built, as far as I can discover, because the Cape Argus rightly denounced the overcrowding of the old "tronk" on the waterfront.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch tronk (“prison, dungeon, stocks”), from Portuguese tronco (“block, prison, dungeon”), from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr??k/

Noun

tronk (plural tronke)

1. prison

Descendants

• ? English: tronk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr??k/
• Hyphenation: tronk
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tronc (“trunk”), from Old French tronc (“trunk”), from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Noun

tronk m (plural tronken, diminutive tronkje n)

1. (now dialectal) trunk, tree trunk

   Synonyms: boomstam, stam

2. (now dialectal) tree stump

   Synonyms: boomstronk, stronk

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese tronco (“block, prison, trunk”), from Latin truncus (“trunk”).

Noun

tronk m (plural tronken)

1. (obsolete, Dutch East Indies, Cape Peninsula) prison, dungeon, stocks

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tronk
  • ? English: tronk

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