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finch^¹

/fɪnt͡ʃ/

Rhymes with -ɪntʃ

Where it comes from

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”).

noun 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.
UK, dated, slang A woman. "Well, she could have put it across me for that matter if Dodger, who'd seen her up there, didn't happen to call round to do with the business," admitted George simply. "All these finches seem to get themselves up in the same way nowadays, till I can't tell one sort of tart from another. But I suppo
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verb finches · finching · finched

To hunt for finches, to go finching.

Finch^²

/fɪnt͡ʃ/

Sounds like finch · Rhymes with -ɪntʃ

proper noun

A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.
A community and former township in North Stormont, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sparrow, serin, zebra, chef, head, savage, yeah, chief, bengalese, finn, hatton, cassin, greenfinch, goldfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch

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noun any bird of the family Fringillidae

Español	pinzón
中文	燕雀 yànquè, 雀 què
Português	fringilídeo
Français	pinson
Deutsch	Fink
Italiano	fringuello, canarino, cardellino
Ελληνικά	σπίνος spínos, σπίζα spíza
Română	cinteză, fringilidă, fringilid
Русский	зя́блик zjáblik
العربية	شُرْشُور šuršūr, بِرْقِش birqiš
עברית	פרוש

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@misc{finch_2026,
  title = {finch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/finch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}