finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
Forms: form: finches
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ping-
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”).
Senses: glosses: Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
glosses: Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
glosses: Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Pipilo aberti
word: Abert's finch
taxonomic: Icterus galbula
word: Baltimore finch
taxonomic: Lonchura striata domestica
word: Bengalese finch
taxonomic: Porphyrospiza caerulescens
word: blue finch
word: bramble finch
taxonomic: Fringilla montifringilla
word: brambling finch
taxonomic: Atlapetes spp.
word: brushfinch
taxonomic: Pyrrhula spp.
word: bullfinch
taxonomic: Serinus spp.
word: canary finch
word: Cassin finch
taxonomic: Haemorhous cassinii
word: Cassin's finch
taxonomic: Fringilla coelebs
word: chaffinch
taxonomic: Coccothraustes vulgaris
word: cherry finch
taxonomic: Carduelis citrinella
word: citril finch
taxonomic: Pinaroloxias inomata
word: Cocos finch
word: cold-finch
taxonomic: Fringilla coelebs
word: copper finch
taxonomic: Carduelis corsicana
word: Corsican finch
word: cowfinch
taxonomic: Carpodacus subhimachalus
word: crimson-browed finch
taxonomic: Neochmia phaeton
word: crimson finch
taxonomic: Rhodopechys spp.
word: crimson-winged finch
taxonomic: Anomalospiza imberbis
word: cuckoo-finch
taxonomic: Amadina fasciata
word: cut-throat finch
alt: Geospizinae spp.
word: Darwin's finch
taxonomic: Rhodospiza obsoleta
word: desert finch
alt: Stizoptera bichenovii
word: double-barred finch
taxonomic: Estrildidae spp.
word: estrilid finch
taxonomic: Chloris spp.
word: European finch
word: fallowfinch
taxonomic: Saxicola oenanthe
word: fallow finch
taxonomic: Spizixos spp.
word: finchbill
word: finchery
word: finchlike
taxonomic: Lagonosticta spp.
word: firefinch
english: Pyromelana spp., Euplectes spp.
translation: Pyromelana spp., Euplectes spp.
word: fire finch
alt: Geospizinae spp.
word: Galapagos finch
taxonomic: Spinus spp.
word: goldfinch
word: gold-naped finch
taxonomic: Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
word: golden-naped finch
alt: Rowetha goughensis
word: Gough finch
word: Gouldian finch
word: Gould's finch
alt: Chloebia gouldiae
word: Lady Gouldian finch
taxonomic: Chloris spp.
word: greenfinch
word: ground finch
taxonomic: Coccothraustes coccothraustes
word: hawfinch
taxonomic: Haemorhous mexicanus
word: house finch
word: koa finch
taxonomic: Poephila personata
word: masked finch
word: melba finch
english: Leucosticte spp.; Fringilla montifringilla
translation: Leucosticte spp.; Fringilla montifringilla
word: mountain finch
taxonomic: Linurgus olivaceus
word: oriole finch
alt: Stizoptera bichenovii
word: owl finch
word: painted finch
word: parrotfinch
word: pinefinch
word: Przewalski's finch
word: purple finch
alt: Chloebia gouldiae
word: rainbow finch
taxonomic: Neochmia temporalis
word: red-browed finch
word: redfinch
word: rockfinch
taxonomic: Carpodacus spp.
word: rosefinch
taxonomic: Leucosticte spp.
word: rosy finch
taxonomic: Carpodacus sipahi
word: scarlet finch
word: sharp-beaked ground finch
word: snowfinch
taxonomic: Lonchura striata domestica
word: society finch
taxonomic: Callacanthis burtoni
word: spectacled finch
word: star finch
word: stormfinch
word: thistlefinch
taxonomic: Bucanetes githagineus
word: trumpeter finch
word: vampire ground finch
word: warbler-finch
taxonomic: Ploceidae spp.
word: weaver finch
word: widow finch
word: yellow-rumped finch
word: zebra finch
Related terms: word: aberdevine
word: amadavat
word: avadavat
word: brambling
word: canary
taxonomic: Loxia spp.
word: crossbill
word: euphonia
taxonomic: Acanthis spp.
word: redpoll
word: serin
word: siskin