Definition of FINCH

finch

Plural: finches

Noun

  • A small, seed-eating bird, often brightly colored.
  • any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
  • 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.

Verb

  • To hunt for finches, to go finching.

Examples

  • He hoped to extend the word FINCH into a bingo with his ’ES’.

Origin / 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”).

Scrabble Score: 13

finch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
finch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
finch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

finch: valid Words With Friends Word