different between zink vs bink

English

Noun

zink (countable and uncountable, plural zinks)

1. (music, countable) A type of cornett.
2. (uncountable) Obsolete form of zinc.
   • 1765, Temple H. Croker, Thomas Williams, Samuel Clarke, The complete dictionary of arts and sciences: Volume 2

     It is prepared, according to Dr. Shaw, as follows: take six ounces of copper, melting it in a wind furnace; add to it one ounce of zink: then stirring the whole well together, pour out the metal immediately.

Derived terms

• zinkist

Central Melanau

Alternative forms

• jing

Etymology

From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Noun

zink

1. zinc (Element)

Danish

Etymology

From German Zink (“zinc”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senk/, [se????]

Noun

zink n or c (singular definite zinket or zinken)

1. zinc

Further reading

• zink on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Zink (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??k/
• Hyphenation: zink
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Zink.

Noun

zink n (uncountable)

1. zinc

Derived terms

• verzinken
• zinken (“made of zinc”)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sink
• ? Indonesian: seng

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zink

1. first-person singular present indicative of zinken
2. imperative of zinken

German

Verb

zink

1. singular imperative of zinken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zinken

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?z???k]

Noun

zink n

1. (uncountable) zinc
2. A part of zinc

Inflection

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Malay

Alternative forms

• seng
• ?????
• ????

Etymology

From English zinc, from German Zink, from Zinken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ze?(k?)]
• Rhymes: -ze?, -e?

Noun

zink (Jawi spelling ????)

1. zinc (Element)

Synonyms

• ayan / ?????
• timah sari / ???? ?????

Swedish

Etymology

From German Zink

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?nk/

Noun

zink c (uncountable)

1. zinc

Declension

Derived terms

• förzinka

References

• zink in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

From Middle English bink, binke, variants of Middle English benk, benke, from Old English benc (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. More at bench.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

bink (plural binks)

1. (Britain, Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A bench.

Anagrams

• knib

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??k/

Etymology 1

From Middle English benk, from Old English ben?, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Cognate with English bench.

Noun

bink (plural binks)

1. bench, ledge
2. (archaic) shelf, storage rack

Alternative forms

• benk

Etymology 2

Noun

bink (plural binks)

1. (Hawick) Alternative form of byke