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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

finch

/fɪnt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
finch
IPA
/fɪnt͡ʃ/
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).

noun

Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

noun

Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

noun

A woman.

British usage; Dated; Slang

verb

To hunt for finches, to go finching.

name

A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.

name

A community and former township in North Stormont, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *(s)píngis Proto-Germanic *finkiz Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping- Proto-Germanic *finkô Old English finċ Middle English fynch English 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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fynch, finċ, *finki, *finkiz

Usage

Inflected Forms

finches (plural) finches (present, singular) finching (participle, present) finched (participle, past) finched (past)

Derived Forms

brushfinch bullfinch chaffinch cowfinch fallowfinch finchbill finchery finchlike firefinch goldfinch greenfinch hawfinch

Phrases

Abert's finch Baltimore finch Bengalese finch blue finch bramble finch brambling finch canary finch Cassin finch

Frequently Paired Words

aberdevine amadavat avadavat brambling canary crossbill euphonia redpoll

Synonyms

bird

Homonyms

finch

Rhymes With

inch lynch pinch clinch winch flinch grinch cinch synch hinch kinch minch

Questions

How do you pronounce finch?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɪnt͡ʃ/.
What does finch mean?
Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
Where does finch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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