name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
rink
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, UK, US: /ɹɪŋk/
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CMU ARPABET: R IH1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A man, especially a warrior or hero.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A ring; a circle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.
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noun
Meaning 5
A surface for roller skating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A building housing an ice rink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A team in a competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.
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verb
Meaning 8
To skate on an ice rink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, dated, intransitive
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noun
Meaning 9
building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skating rink
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building, edifice
Narrower terms: ice rink, ice-skating rink, ice
History
Etymology
From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.
Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пързалка (pǎrzalka) — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Czech: kluziště — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Finnish: jääkenttä — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Finnish: kenttä — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Finnish: kaukalo — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Finnish: rata — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- French: patinoire — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- French: piste — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- German: Eisbahn — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- German: Kunsteisbahn — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Ojibwe: zhooshkwaada'ewigamig — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Ojibwe: ᔓᐡᑿᑕᐦᐁᐏᑲᒥᐟ (zhooshkwaada'ewigamig) — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Polish: lodowisko — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Portuguese: rinque — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Russian: като́к (katók) — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Russian: хоккейная площа́дка (xokkejnaja ploščádka) — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Slovak: klzisko — sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports
- Czech: brusliště — surface for roller skating
- Finnish: rullaluistelukenttä — surface for roller skating
- Finnish: kenttä — surface for roller skating
- Finnish: rullaluistelurata — surface for roller skating
- Finnish: skeittirata — surface for roller skating
- Finnish: skedemesta — surface for roller skating
- German: Rollschuhbahn — surface for roller skating
- Russian: ринк (rink) — surface for roller skating
- Finnish: joukkue — team in curling
- French: équipe — team in curling