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mink
(mɪŋk)
Word forms: plural minks, plural mink
1. countable noun
A mink is a small animal with highly valued fur.
...a proposal for a ban on the hunting of foxes, mink and hares.
Mink is the fur of a mink.
...cashmere coats lined with mink.
...a mink coat.
2. countable noun
A mink is a coat or other garment made from the fur of a mink.
Some people like to dress up in minks and diamonds.
mink in British English
(mɪŋk)
nounWord forms: plural mink or minks
1.
any of several semiaquatic musteline mammals of the genus Mustela, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having slightly webbed feet
2.
the highly valued fur of these animals, esp that of the American mink (M. vison)
3.
a garment made of this, esp a woman's coat or stole
Word origin
C15: from Scandinavian; compare Danish mink, Swedish mänkmink in American English
(mɪŋk)
nounWord forms: plural minks or mink
1.
any of several slim, erminelike musteline carnivores with partly webbed feet; esp., a common dark-brown North American species (Mustela vison) living in water part of the time
2.
its valuable fur, soft, thick, and white to brown in color
Word origin
LME minke < Scand, as in Swed menkImage ofmink
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female animals, carnivoreIn other languagesmink
British English: mink /mɪŋk/ NOUN
A mink is a small furry animal with highly valued fur.
The hunting of mink is not allowed.
- American English: mink
- Arabic: مينك
- Brazilian Portuguese: marta
- Chinese: 貂
- Croatian: kanadska kuna
- Czech: norek
- Danish: mink
- Dutch: nerts
- European Spanish: visón
- Finnish: minkki
- French: vison
- German: Nerz
- Greek: βιζόν
- Italian: visone
- Japanese: ミンク
- Korean: 밍크
- Norwegian: mink
- Polish: norka zwierzę
- European Portuguese: marta
- Romanian: nurcă
- Russian: норка
- Latin American Spanish: visón
- Swedish: mink
- Thai: ตัวมิงค์ ขนใช้ทำเสื้อกันหนาว
- Turkish: vizon
- Ukrainian: норка
- Vietnamese: chồn vizon
Chinese translation of 'mink'
mink
(mɪŋk)
n (c)
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水貂
(shuǐdiāo) (只, zhī)⇒ a mink coat
一件貂皮大衣
(yī jiàn diāopí dàyī)
related words
name of female sow
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