rink

rink

See also: Rink

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US, UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rink, rynk, variation of Middle English ring (“ring”). Compare Low German rink (“ring, circle”), Middle High German rinc (“a ring, circle”).

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A ring; a circle.
2. A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

   We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.

3. A surface for roller skating.
4. A building housing an ice rink.
5. (curling) A team in a competition.

   The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.

Descendants

• Portuguese: rinque

Translations

sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: jääkenttä (fi), kenttä (fi), (in ice hockey) kaukalo (fi), (in curling) rata (fi) French: patinoire (fr) f, piste (fr) f Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can

Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Ojibwe: zhooshkwaada'ewigamig, ᔓᐡᑿᑕᐦᐁᐏᑲᒥᐟ (zhooshkwaada'ewigamig) Polish: lodowisko (pl) n Portuguese: rinque m Russian: като́к (ru) m (katók), (in ice hockey) хоккейная площа́дка f (xokkejnaja ploščádka) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can

surface for roller skating

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rullaluistelukenttä, kenttä (fi), rullaluistelurata, skeittirata, skedemesta

French: please add this translation if you can German: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can

team in curling

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: joukkue (fi) French: équipe (fr) f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Kirn

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Manx

Verb

rink (verbal noun rinkey)

1. to dance

Synonyms

• daunse

Derived terms

• rinkagh

Related terms

• daunsagh
• daunsin
• rinkey

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rinkaną.

Noun

rink (preterite rinkä)

1. (ergative) shake, rock

Related terms

• reka
• rega
• riikk