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zink

zink noun: a type of cornett. Also the obsolete spelling of zinc.

Noun

zink (plural zinks)

  1. A type of cornett.

Proper noun capitalized: Zink

Zink

  1. A surname.

Also used as

zink is also the obsolete spelling of zinc.

Forms of zink

pluralzinks
alternative formzinck
alternative formzincke
alternative formzinke

Origin of zink

* As a German surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, spike, tooth”). * As a surname derived from various Romance languages, from Jacinctus, derived from the saint's name Hyacinthus. Comparable to Spanish Jacinto, Italian Giacinto.

Words formed from zink

Questions about zink

What does zink mean?
Zink means a type of cornett.
What part of speech is zink?
Zink can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of zink?
The plural of zink is zinks.

Words near zink in the dictionary

  1. Zingis Khan
  2. zingless
  3. zings
  4. zingy
  5. Zinj
  6. zink
  7. zinke
  8. zinked
  9. zinkenite
  10. zinkenites
  11. zinkes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zink (page history and authors); Zink (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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