Mink in Scrabble and Meaning

• Finder
• Unscrambler
• Dictionary

Valid words made from Mink

Jump to...

• 4 letter words
• 3 letter words
• 2 letter words

Results

4-letter words (1 found)

3-letter words (3 found)

2-letter words (3 found)

You can make 7 words from mink according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mink

mink imnk mnik nmik inmk nimk mikn imkn mkin kmin ikmn kimn mnki nmki mkni kmni nkmi knmi inkm nikm iknm kinm nkim knim

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word mink. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in mink.

Definitions and meaning of mink

mink

Etymology

From Late Middle English mynk (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”). Compare Danish mink (“mink”), Icelandic minkur (“mink”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: mĭngk, IPA^(key): /mɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

mink (plural mink or minks)

1. (plural mink or minks) Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).
2. (plural mink) The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.
3. (plural minks) An article of clothing made of mink.
4. (Scotland, slang, derogatory) (plural minks) An individual with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person.

Alternative forms

• minx (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (mammal): American mink (Neovison vison), European mink (Mustela lutreola)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• polecat

References

Further reading

• mink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mink (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

mink c (singular definite minken, plural indefinite mink)

1. mink

References

• “mink” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. American mink, Neovison vison

Declension

Synonyms

• ameerika naarits

Etymology 2

From German Schminke.

Noun

mink (genitive mingi, partitive minki)

1. (dated) makeup, cosmetics

Declension

Synonyms

• meik

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiŋk]
• Hyphenation: mink
• Rhymes: -iŋk

Etymology 1

Pronoun

mink

1. (personal, folksy) Alternative form of mi (“we”).

Declension

Etymology 2

mi (“what”) +‎ -nk (“our, of ours”, possessive suffix)

Pronoun

mink

1. (rare) first-person plural single-possession possessive of mi

Declension

Further reading

• (“we”; dialectal) mink , redirecting to (1): mi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪŋk/

Etymology 1

From English mink.

Noun

mink m (definite singular minken, indefinite plural minkar, definite plural minkane)

1. an American mink, Neovison vison or Mustela vison

Etymology 2

Verb

mink

1. imperative of minka

References

• “mink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mink, itself from Swedish mänk, mink (“European mink”), from Middle Low German mink, menk.

Noun

mink c

1. American mink (Neovison vison).

Declension

References

• Hogg & Denison (2008): A History of the English Language