pink

CEFRA1

/ˈpɪŋk/

adjective · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having a pale red color.

  2. 02

    noun

    A pale red color.

Examples

  • I'm tickled pink about winning 10,000 yen at the horse races.

  • The boss called Jim into his office and gave him his pink slip.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈpʰiŋk]
  • /ˈpiŋk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.

  2. Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.

  3. Pale red.

More examples

In context

  • Who is the girl in the pink dress?

  • My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

  • This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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.