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Origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch pinken (“to blink”) or the English verb pink from the same source. Perhaps from the notion of the petals being pinked. An earlier word for similar flesh-like colors, mostly displaced by pink, was incarnation ([1300s]; see Etymonline) and carnation.

Borrowed from Dutch pinken.

* As an English surname, from Old English pinca (“chaffinch”). This would not be a native Germanic inheritance as the expected form would be finc, thus probably borrowed or contaminated from Vulgar Latin *pincio (see French pinson) and its related parallels. * Also as an English surname, from rare Middle English pink (“something small”), presumably related to pinkie. * As a German occupational surname for a blacksmith, from imitative pink(e)pank, after the sound of hammering. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, variant of Pjeńk, see Penk.

Unknown. Some lexicographers suggest comparison to regional German Pinke (“minnow; small salmon”), but this is not widely accepted.

Borrowed from Middle Dutch pincke. Compare French pinque.

Probably ultimately imitative, or from Dutch pingelen (“to do fine needlework”) or Low German [Term?]; compare Low German pinken (“hit, peck”) and Pinke (“big needle”).

Unknown. Attested from the late 15th century.

Shortening.

Onomatopoeic. Compare ping.

313 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: angelierroos — colored/coloured between red and white
• Afrikaans: ligroos — colored/coloured between red and white
• Afrikaans: pienk — colored/coloured between red and white
• Ainu: ルフレ — colored/coloured between red and white
• Akan: pinke — colored/coloured between red and white
• Akan: penke — colored/coloured between red and white
• Amharic: ሮዝ (roz) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Amharic: ሐምራዊ (ḥämrawi) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Arabic: زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Arabic: وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Arabic: بمبي (bambi) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Arabic: زهري (zahri) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Arabic: بمبه (bamba) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Arabic: پنك (pink) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Armenian: վարդագույն (vardaguyn) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Belarusian: ружо́вы (ružóvy) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Bengali: গোলাপী (gōlapi) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Bulgarian: ро́зов (rózov) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Buryat: ягаан (jagaan) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Catalan: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Chinese Cantonese: 粉紅色 /粉红色 — colored/coloured between red and white
• Chinese Cantonese: 粉色 (fan2 sik1) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Chinese: 水紅 /水红 (chúiâng) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉紅色 /粉红色 (fěnhóngsè) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉色 (fěnsè) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Cornish: gwynnrudh — colored/coloured between red and white
• Cornish: rudhwynn — colored/coloured between red and white
• Cornish: kigliw — colored/coloured between red and white
• Czech: růžový — colored/coloured between red and white
• Danish: lyserød — colored/coloured between red and white
• Dutch: roze — colored/coloured between red and white
• Dutch: rooskleurig — colored/coloured between red and white
• Esperanto: rozkolora — colored/coloured between red and white
• Esperanto: rozokolora — colored/coloured between red and white
• Faroese: ljósareyður — colored/coloured between red and white
• Finnish: vaaleanpunainen — colored/coloured between red and white
• Finnish: pinkki — colored/coloured between red and white
• French: rose — colored/coloured between red and white
• Galician: rosado — colored/coloured between red and white
• Georgian: ვარდისფერი (vardisperi) — colored/coloured between red and white
• German: pink — colored/coloured between red and white
• German: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Greek: ροζ (roz) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Ancient Greek: ῥόδινος (rhódinos) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Greenlandic: aappalujappoq — colored/coloured between red and white
• Hebrew: ורוד — colored/coloured between red and white
• Hebrew: וָרֹד (varód) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Hindi: गुलाबी (gulābī) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Hopi: tsorongpu — colored/coloured between red and white
• Hungarian: rózsaszín — colored/coloured between red and white
• Hungarian: rózsaszínű — colored/coloured between red and white
• Icelandic: bleikur — colored/coloured between red and white
• Ido: roza — colored/coloured between red and white
• Ido: rozea — colored/coloured between red and white
• Indonesian: pink muda — colored/coloured between red and white
• Indonesian: merah muda — colored/coloured between red and white
• Irish: bándearg — colored/coloured between red and white
• Italian: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Japanese: ピンク (pinku) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Japanese: 桃色 (momoiro) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Javanese: jambon — colored/coloured between red and white
• Kalmyk: оошк (ooşk) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Khmer: ស៊ីជំពូ (sii chumpuu) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Korean: 핑크 (pingkeu) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Korean: 분홍빛 (bunhongbit) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Central Kurdish: پەمەیی (pemeyî) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Latin: roseus — colored/coloured between red and white
• Latvian: sārts — colored/coloured between red and white
• Lithuanian: rožinis — colored/coloured between red and white
• Louisiana Creole: ròz — colored/coloured between red and white
• Louisiana Creole: roz — colored/coloured between red and white
• Macedonian: розова (rozova) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Maguindanao: kasumba — colored/coloured between red and white
• Malay: merah muda — colored/coloured between red and white
• Malay: merah jambu — colored/coloured between red and white
• Malayalam: പിങ്ക് (piṅkŭ) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Maltese: roża — colored/coloured between red and white
• Māori: mākurakura — colored/coloured between red and white
• Navajo: dinilchííʼ — colored/coloured between red and white
• Norman: rose — colored/coloured between red and white
• Norwegian Bokmål: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyserød — colored/coloured between red and white
• Norwegian Bokmål: lysrød — colored/coloured between red and white
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Persian: صورتی (surati) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Plautdietsch: fleeschfoawich — colored/coloured between red and white
• Polish: różowy — colored/coloured between red and white
• Portuguese: cor-de-rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Portuguese: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Portuguese: rosado — colored/coloured between red and white
• Portuguese: róseo — colored/coloured between red and white
• Romanian: roz — colored/coloured between red and white
• Romanian: trandafiriu — colored/coloured between red and white
• Russian: ро́зовый (rózovyj) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Sanskrit: कमल (kamala) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Scottish Gaelic: bàn-dhearg — colored/coloured between red and white
• Scottish Gaelic: pinc — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: ружичаст — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: розе — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: ružičast — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: roze — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: roza — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: rozi — colored/coloured between red and white
• Serbo-Croatian: ružičasto — colored/coloured between red and white
• Sinhalese: රෝස (rōsa) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Slovak: ružový — colored/coloured between red and white
• Spanish: rosado — colored/coloured between red and white
• Spanish: sonrosado — colored/coloured between red and white
• Spanish: rosáceo — colored/coloured between red and white
• Spanish: róseo — colored/coloured between red and white
• Spanish: cariaco — colored/coloured between red and white
• Spanish: rosmarino — colored/coloured between red and white
• Sundanese: kayas — colored/coloured between red and white
• Swahili: waridi — colored/coloured between red and white
• Swedish: skär — colored/coloured between red and white
• Swedish: rosa — colored/coloured between red and white
• Swedish: ljusröd — colored/coloured between red and white
• Tagalog: kulay-rosas — colored/coloured between red and white
• Thai: ชมพู (chom-puu) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Turkish: pembe — colored/coloured between red and white
• Udmurt: лемлет (ľemľet) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Ukrainian: роже́вий (rožévyj) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Unami: màxkikte — colored/coloured between red and white
• Urdu: گلابی (gulābī) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Vietnamese: màu hồng — colored/coloured between red and white
• Volapük: redülik — colored/coloured between red and white
• Welsh: pinc — colored/coloured between red and white
• Yiddish: ראָז (roz) — colored/coloured between red and white
• Yoruba: àwọ̀ pupa fẹ́rẹ́ — colored/coloured between red and white
• Afrikaans: pienk — pale red colour
• Arabic: وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy) — pale red colour
• Arabic: زَهْرِيّ (zahriyy) — pale red colour
• Arabic: بَمْبِيّ (bambiyy) — pale red colour
• Arabic: زهري (zahri) — pale red colour
• Arabic: بمبه (bamba) — pale red colour
• Arabic: وردي (wardi) — pale red colour
• Arabic: زهري (zahri) — pale red colour
• Armenian: վարդագույն (vardaguyn) — pale red colour
• Azerbaijani: çəhrayı — pale red colour
• Azerbaijani: gül rəngli — pale red colour
• Azerbaijani: pəmbə — pale red colour
• Bengali: পরাকাষ্ঠা (porakaśṭha) — pale red colour
• Bulgarian: ро́зов цвят (rózov cvjat) — pale red colour
• Burmese: ပန်းရောင် (pan:raung) — pale red colour
• Catalan: rosa — pale red colour
• Chechen: беса-цiениг (besa-cienig) — pale red colour
• Cherokee: ᎩᎦᎨᎢᏳᏍᏗ (gigageiyusdi) — pale red colour
• Chinese Cantonese: 粉紅色 /粉红色 — pale red colour
• Chinese Cantonese: 粉色 (fan2 sik1) — pale red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉紅色 /粉红色 (fěnhóngsè) — pale red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 桃色 (táosè) — pale red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 淡紅 /淡红 (dànhóng) — pale red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 泛紅 /泛红 (fànhóng) — pale red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 粉色 (fěnsè) — pale red colour
• Montagnais: kamitshinanusht — pale red colour
• Czech: růžový — pale red colour
• Danish: lyserød — pale red colour
• Dutch: roze — pale red colour
• Esperanto: rozokoloro — pale red colour
• Estonian: roosa — pale red colour
• Farefare: mõpelŋo — pale red colour
• Faroese: ljósareyður — pale red colour
• Finnish: vaaleanpunainen — pale red colour
• Finnish: pinkki — pale red colour
• Finnish: roosa — pale red colour
• French: rose — pale red colour
• West-Frisian: rôze — pale red colour
• Georgian: ვარდისფერი (vardisperi) — pale red colour
• German: Rosa — pale red colour
• Greek: ροζ (roz) — pale red colour
• Hausa: ruwan hoda — pale red colour
• Hebrew: ורוד (varod) — pale red colour
• Hindi: गुलाबी (gulābī) — pale red colour
• Hopi: tsorongpu — pale red colour
• Hungarian: rózsaszín — pale red colour
• Icelandic: bleikur — pale red colour
• Ido: rozea — pale red colour
• Indonesian: merah muda — pale red colour
• Indonesian: merah jambu — pale red colour
• Ingrian: roozovoi — pale red colour
• Irish: bándearg — pale red colour
• Italian: rosa — pale red colour
• Japanese: 桃色 (momoiro) — pale red colour
• Japanese: ピンク (pinku) — pale red colour
• Japanese: 淡紅色 (tankōshoku) — pale red colour
• Japanese: 薄紅梅 (usukoubai) — pale red colour
• Javanese: jambon — pale red colour
• Kaitag: бежи (beži) — pale red colour
• Kalmyk: оошг (ooşg) — pale red colour
• Kannada: ಗುಲಾಬಿ (gulābi) — pale red colour
• Kapampangan: malare — pale red colour
• Kapampangan: mariwa — pale red colour
• Kapampangan: magingkalimba — pale red colour
• Khmer: ផ្កាឈូក (phkaa chuuk) — pale red colour
• Khoekhoe: ǀnawara — pale red colour
• Kongo: ya roza — pale red colour
• Korean: 분홍색 (bunhongsaek) — pale red colour
• Korean: 핑크 (pingkeu) — pale red colour
• Central Kurdish: ئاڵ (all) — pale red colour
• Central Kurdish: پەمەیی (pemeyî) — pale red colour
• Northern Kurdish: pembeyî — pale red colour
• Northern Kurdish: pîvazî — pale red colour
• Lao: ສີບົວ (sī būa) — pale red colour
• Latvian: rozā — pale red colour
• Latvian: rožains — pale red colour
• Latvian: sārts — pale red colour
• Ligurian: rêuza — pale red colour
• Lingala: roze — pale red colour
• Lithuanian: rožinė — pale red colour
• Louisiana Creole: ròz — pale red colour
• Louisiana Creole: roz — pale red colour
• Malagasy: raozy — pale red colour
• Malagasy: mavokely — pale red colour
• Malay: merah muda — pale red colour
• Malay: merah jambu — pale red colour
• Malayalam: പിങ്ക് (piṅkŭ) — pale red colour
• Maltese: roża — pale red colour
• Māori: māwhero — pale red colour
• Māori: pūwhero-mā — pale red colour
• Mongolian: ягаан өнгө (jagaan öngö) — pale red colour
• Moore: moomde — pale red colour
• Navajo: dinilchííʼ — pale red colour
• Nepali: गुलाबी (gulābī) — pale red colour
• Norwegian Bokmål: rosa — pale red colour
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rosa — pale red colour
• Occitan: ròse — pale red colour
• Occitan: ròsa — pale red colour
• Pashto: ګلابي (gwëlâbi) — pale red colour
• Dari: گلابی (gulābī) — pale red colour
• Iranian Persian: رنگ صورتی (rang-e surati) — pale red colour
• Iranian Persian: صورتی (surati) — pale red colour
• Polish: róż — pale red colour
• Portuguese: cor-de-rosa — pale red colour
• Portuguese: rosa — pale red colour
• Rapa Nui: heŋa heŋa — pale red colour
• Romanian: roz — pale red colour
• Russian: ро́зовый (rózovyj) — pale red colour
• Samoan: piniki — pale red colour
• Scottish Gaelic: bàn-dhearg — pale red colour
• Shona: pingi — pale red colour
• Sinhalese: රෝස (rōsa) — pale red colour
• Slovak: ružový — pale red colour
• Somali: guruud — pale red colour
• Spanish: rosado — pale red colour
• Spanish: rosa — pale red colour
• Sundanese: kayas — pale red colour
• Swedish: rosa — pale red colour
• Swedish: skär — pale red colour
• Tagalog: kalimbahin — pale red colour
• Tagalog: kulay-rosas — pale red colour
• Tagalog: rosas — pale red colour
• Tahitian: târona — pale red colour
• Tajik: гулобӣ (gulobi) — pale red colour
• Tamil: இளஞ்சிவப்பு (iḷañcivappu) — pale red colour
• Telugu: చంద్రకావి (candrakāvi) — pale red colour
• Thai: สีชมพู (sǐi-chom-puu) — pale red colour
• Tok Pisin: pink — pale red colour
• Tongan: lanu pinigiku — pale red colour
• Turkish: pembe — pale red colour
• Turkmen: gülgün — pale red colour
• Ukrainian: роже́вий (rožévyj) — pale red colour
• Urdu: گلابی (gulâbî) — pale red colour
• Uzbek: pushti rang — pale red colour
• Vietnamese: hồng — pale red colour
• Volapük: redül — pale red colour
• Võro: roosa — pale red colour
• Welsh: pinc — pale red colour
• Welsh: rhuddwyn — pale red colour
• Xhosa: pinki — pale red colour
• Zulu: okuphinki — pale red colour
• Arabic: قَرَنْفُل (qaranful) — flower
• Azerbaijani: qərənfil — flower
• Bulgarian: карамфил (karamfil) — flower
• Catalan: clavell — flower
• Chinese Cantonese: 康乃馨 (hong1 nai5 hing1) — flower
• Chinese Mandarin: 康乃馨 (kāngnǎixīn) — flower
• Czech: karafiát — flower
• Dutch: anjer — flower
• Estonian: nelk — flower
• Finnish: neilikka — flower
• French: œillet — flower
• West-Frisian: anjer — flower
• Galician: caravel — flower
• Georgian: მიხაკი (mixaḳi) — flower
• German: Nelke — flower
• Hungarian: szegfű — flower
• Italian: garofano — flower
• Japanese: ナデシコ (nadeshiko) — flower
• Kyrgyz: роза (roza) — flower
• Lithuanian: gvazdikas — flower
• Malagasy: rose — flower
• Māori: māwhero — flower
• Norwegian Bokmål: nellik — flower
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nellik — flower
• Occitan: ròsa — flower
• Polish: goździk — flower
• Portuguese: cravo — flower
• Portuguese: cravina — flower
• Romanian: garoafă — flower
• Russian: гвозди́ка (gvozdíka) — flower
• Serbo-Croatian: каранфил — flower
• Serbo-Croatian: karanfil — flower
• Spanish: clavel — flower
• Swedish: nejlika — flower
• Thai: สีชมพู (sǐi chomphuu) — flower
• Turkish: karanfil — flower
• Volapük: diant — flower
• Welsh: penigan — flower
• Yiddish: נעגעלע (negele) — flower
• Yiddish: גוואָזדיקע (gvozdike) — flower
• French: pétiller — (of a motor car) to emit a high "pinking" noise
• Hungarian: kopog — (of a motor car) to emit a high "pinking" noise
• Russian: барахли́ть (baraxlítʹ) — (of a motor car) to emit a high "pinking" noise