mink

(Angielski)

  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.

Częstotliwość

C2
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/mɪŋk/
Etymologia (Angielski)

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”).

norka

norki

Lutreola vison group

βιζόν

Mustela vison

martre du Canada

λουτρεόλη

ζώο γένους mustela

Amerikanischer Nerz

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