chink

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
2. A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
3. A chip or dent in something metallic.
4. (figuratively) A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.

Verb

1. (transitive) To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
2. (intransitive) To crack; to open.
3. (transitive) To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
2. (transitive) To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.

Verb

Alternative form of kink (“gasp for breath”).

Concepts

fente

tinter

fissure

entrebâillement

gerçure

interstice

faire tinter

fossé

fracture

point

tintement

trou

🕳️

cassure

chinetoque

cliquetis

discontinuité

clic

lézarde

cliquer

creux

crevasse

défaut

espace

Synonymes

crack

fissure

clink

gap

hole

🕳️

slit

tinkle

split

crevice

clang

clank

click

interstice

rift

slot

tink

cleft

rent

jingle

chap

check

aperture

cranny

ting

bore

Chinaman

opening

fracture

ping

rattle

peal

pore

ringing

rupture

rustle

rut

snap

space

stop up

tick

vista

well

whistle

window

🪟

Chink

clickety-clack

space character

slant-eye

click-clack

clinking sound

Traductions

fessura

Spalt

çatlak

grieta

Spalte

yarık

rendija

resquicio

crepa

spleet

tinntinnare

klirren

Ritze

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/t͡ʃɪŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chine

Hérité de ancien anglais: ċine

Hérité de moyen anglais: *chinek

In summary

Of uncertain origin, but apparently an extension (with diminutive -k) of Middle English chine, from Old English ċine (“a crack, chine, chink”), equivalent to chine + -k.
Alternatively, the -k may represent an earlier unrecorded diminutive, perhaps from Middle English *chinek, making it equivalent to chine + -ock (diminutive ending).