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parkins

parkins is the plural of parkin.

Meaning of parkin

Noun (1)

parkin (countable and uncountable, plural parkins)

  1. A traditional soft cake of Northern England, usually made with oatmeal and treacle.

Noun (2)

parkin (usually uncountable, plural parkins)

  1. (usually) A particular protein, mutations in which are associated with Parkinson's disease.

See all 4 meanings of parkin

Proper noun capitalized: Parkins

Parkins

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.

Origin of parkins

From Parkin + the patronymic suffix -s.

Phrases with parkins

Questions about parkins

What does parkins mean?
Parkins means a surname transferred from the given name.
What is parkins the plural of?
Parkins is the plural of parkin.
What part of speech is parkins?
Parkins is a proper noun.

Words near parkins in the dictionary

  1. parking violation
  2. parking violations
  3. parking warden
  4. parking wardens
  5. parkings
  6. parkins
  7. Parkinson
  8. Parkinson's
  9. Parkinson's disease
  10. Parkinson's law
  11. Parkinson's mask

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Adapted from Wiktionary: parkins (page history and authors); Parkins (page history and authors); parkin (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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