pinkish

English

Etymology

pink +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋkɪʃ/

Adjective

pinkish (comparative more pinkish, superlative most pinkish)

1. Somewhat pink.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

   • 2014, Clint Pustejovsky, Snakes of Central Texas: A Guide to Common and Notable Species, Quick Reference Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, Central Texas whipsnake N[on-venomous] Masticophis taeniatus girardi:

     F[eatures] [...] Black or dark brown back; faded white stripes and white patches on the sides; pinkish/peach-colored belly

Translations

somewhat pink

• Afrikaans: pienkerig
• French: rosâtre (fr)
• Georgian: მოვარდისფრო (movardispro)
• Greek: ροζέ (el) (rozé)
• Hebrew: ורדרד m (v'radrád)
• Latvian: rožains, rozīgs, iesārts
• Maori: mākurakura
• Russian: розова́тый (ru) (rozovátyj)
• Spanish: rosadizo, arosado
• Turkish: pembemsi (tr), pembemtırak (tr)

Anagrams

• kinship