clink

Significado (Inglês)

Freqüência

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/klɪŋk/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

From Middle English clinken, from Old English *clincan (compare clynnan, clynian (“to sound; resound”)), from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (“to sound”). Cognates include Middle Dutch klinken and German klingen. Related to cling (sound) and clang. May be further related to call. Perhaps of onomatopoeic origin, as metal against metal.

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