ink

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋk/, [ˈɪŋk] (Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing) IPA(key): /ˈiŋk/, [ˈiŋk] Rhymes: -ɪŋk Hyphenation: ink Homophone: inc. === Noun === ink (usually uncountable, plural inks) A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc. (countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid. The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy. (slang, uncountable) Publicity. Synonyms: ballyhoo, flak, hoopla, hype, plug, spotlight to get ink (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work. Synonym: paint (slang) Cheap red wine. ==== Alternative forms ==== inke (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: インク → Korean: 잉크 (ingkeu) → Telugu: ఇంకి (iṅki) → Welsh: inc ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ink (third-person singular simple present inks, present participle inking, simple past and past participle inked) (transitive) To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink. (transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document). (transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone). (intransitive, of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3) ==== Synonyms ==== (sign): endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe ==== Translations ==== === See also === dye atrament === Further reading === ink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === -kin, -kin-, -nik, Kin, Nik, k'in, kin == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch inkt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əŋk/ === Noun === ink (plural inkte or inke) ink === Verb === ink (present ink, present participle inkende, past participle geïnk) to ink == Middle English == === Pronoun === ink alternative form of inc