finch

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪnt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪntʃ === Noun === finch (plural finches) Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis). Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak. Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== aberdevine amadavat avadavat brambling canary crossbill (Loxia spp.) euphonia redpoll (Acanthis spp.) serin siskin === Verb === finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched) To hunt for finches, to go finching. === References === finch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “finch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “finch”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Middle English == === Noun === finch alternative form of fynch