mink

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal 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 (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).
  2. The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.
  3. An article of clothing made of mink.
  4. (Scotland, derogatory, slang) A person with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person.

Konzepte

Amerikanischer Nerz

amerikanischer Nerz

Übersetzungen

Lutreola vison group

βιζόν

Mustela vison

pelliccia di visone

ικτίς

vison d’Amerique

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/mɪŋk/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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

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