finch
/fɪnt͡ʃ/
finch noun: any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
Noun
finch (plural finches)
- Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
- Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
- A woman.
- "Well, she could have put it across me for that matter if Dodger, who'd seen her up there, didn't happen to call round to do with the business," admitted George simply. "All these finches seem to get themselves up in the same way nowadays, till I can't tell one sort of tart from another. But I...1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- Synonyms:
- bird
Verb
finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)
- To hunt for finches, to go finching.
Proper noun capitalized: Finch
Finch
- A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.
- A community and former township in North Stormont, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.
finch meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian
finch in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
finch in Arabic
- any bird of the family Fringillidae
- شُرْشُور šuršūr, بِرْقِش birqiš
finch in Persian
- any bird of the family Fringillidae
- سهره sehre, فنچ fenč, ونج venj
Examples of finch in a sentence
- A charm of finches flew overhead, singing into the vivid afternoon sky.
- The finching yards of the country estates were important meeting points of the elite.
- The molecular work also makes a compelling case that Darwin's finches were originally grassquits.
Synonyms of finch
Forms of finch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | finches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | finches |
| present participle | finching |
| past participle | finched |
| past | finched |
Origin of finch
From Middle English fynch, from Old English finċ, from Proto-West Germanic *finki, from Proto-Germanic *finkiz (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos (“chaffinch”). Compare Welsh pinc (“finch”), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spíngos, “chaffinch”), Russian пе́нка (pénka, “wren”), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, “drongo, shrike”).
Words formed from finch
- Atticus Finch
- Abert's finch
- Baltimore finch
- Bengalese finch
- blue finch
- bramble finch
- brambling finch
- brushfinch
- bullfinch
- canary finch
- Cassin finch
- Cassin's finch
- chaffinch
- cherry finch
- chestnut-breasted mountain finch
- chestnut-eared finch
- citril finch
- Cocos finch
- cold-finch
- copper finch
- Corsican finch
- cowfinch
- crimson-browed finch
- crimson finch
- crimson-winged finch
- cuckoo-finch
- cut-throat finch
- Darwin's finch
- desert finch
- double-barred finch
- estrilid finch
- European finch
- fallowfinch
- fallow finch
- finchbill
- finchery
- finchlike
- fire finch
- firefinch
- Galapagos finch
- goldfinch
- gold-naped finch
- golden-naped finch
- Gough finch
- Gouldian finch
- Gould's finch
- Lady Gouldian finch
- greenfinch
- ground finch
- hawfinch
- house finch
- koa finch
- masked finch
- melba finch
- mountain finch
- oriole finch
- owl finch
- painted finch
- parrotfinch
- pinefinch
Phrases with finch
- gold finch
- rosy finch
- star finch
- spice finch
- widow finch
- zebra finch
- purple finch
- trumpeter finch
- red-browed finch
- plum-headed finch
- Przewalski's finch
- yellow-rumped finch
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Words that rhyme with finch
Questions about finch
- What does finch mean?
- Finch means any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- What is finch in Tamil?
- Finch in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Finch meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is finch?
- Finch can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce finch?
- Finch is pronounced /fɪnt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of finch?
- The plural of finch is finches.
Words near finch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: finch (page history and authors); Finch (page history and authors); finch (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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