mink

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the expensive fur of a mink
  2. noun fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks
  3. noun slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur

Etymology

From Late Middle English mynk (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”). Compare Danish mink (“mink”), Icelandic minkur (“mink”).

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