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Added 9 October 2026

pink

/ˈpɪŋk/ noun

In Latin: roseus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pink at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.
Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.
Pale red.

adjective

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
Having conjunctivitis.

verb

To become pink in color, to redden.
To turn (something) pink.
To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat.

noun

A common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus0.
A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

Origin

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.

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