pink

Significado (English)

Noun

1. A colour reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
2. A colour reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
3. A colour reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
4. Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
5. A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
6. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
7. One of the colour balls used in snooker, coloured pink, with a value of 6 points.
8. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare Babbitt, bourgeoisie.
9. Alternative form of pinko
10. (slang) The vagina or vulva.

Adj

1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
3. Having conjunctivitis.
4. By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
5. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
6. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.

Verb

1. To become pink in color, to redden.
2. To turn (something) pink.
3. To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

Verb

1. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
2. To prick with a sword.
3. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Verb

1. Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).
2. Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.

Verb

To wink; to blink.

Adj

Half-shut; winking.

Concepts

rosado

rosa

🌹

clavel

color rosa

morado

rojizo

ondear

👋

clavellin

golpear

rojillo

de color de rosa

sonrosado

rojo oscuro de cereza

pink

color rosado

clavelito

picar

Synonyms

carnation

scarlet

rosy

light red

pinkish

knock

rose-coloured

rose-colored

rose-colored

reddish

pale red

rose-coloured

red

garden pink

ruddy

ping

peach

🍑

rose

🌹

violet color

pinko

yellowish

tap

rap

humpback salmon

rose colour

samlet

blush-rose

reddish-pink

blush

😊

ruddy-faced

humpie

colour of white man’s skin

rose-colored

faint red

clove

dark red

dianthus

excited

flower

🌸

humpback

humpy

minnow

parr

pierce

pink-cheeked

roseate

rubicund

salmon

scallop

stab

sweet william

transfix

ye

succulent plant

peach blossom

pink salmon

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɪŋk/

Etymology (English)

Cognate with neerlandés: pincken

Cognate with alemán: Pinke

Cognate with bajo alemán: pinken

In summary

Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pincken (“blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked.

Oraciones

It bears dark or light pink flowers in June and July .

Lleva flores oscuras o de color rosa claro en junio y julio.

She expects that her birthday cake should be pink , not purple .

Ella espera que su pastel de cumpleaños sea rosa , no morado.