Finch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Origin

From Old English finċ, from Proto-Germanic *funkiz, *funkjon (compare Dutch vink, German Fink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pingos ("chaffinch") (compare Welsh pinc ("finch"), Ancient Greek σπίγγος (spingos, "chaffinch"), Russian пенка (pénka, "wren"), Sanskrit फिङ्गक (phiṅgaka, "drongo, shrike")).

Full definition of finch

Noun

1. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

Derived terms

Verb

1. To hunt for finches, to go finching.