Blotting paper absorbs ink.
Source: tatoeba (19752)
Ink
//ɪŋk//
Synonyms for "ink" (77 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
9 entriescapable of
4 entriesderived
99 entriesShowing 16 of 99 words.
has context
1 entrieshas property
4 entriesis a
9 entriesmanner of
3 entriespart of
1 entriesreceives action
3 entriesrelated to
55 entriesShowing 16 of 55 words.
used for
12 entriesTranslations
251 translations across 162 languages.
Afar
1 entries- midad noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Afrikaans
1 entries- ink noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Albanian
1 entries- bojë noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Amharic
1 entries- ቀለም noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- μέλαν noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- μελάνιον noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ὀλός noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Arabic
4 entries- حبر noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- حبر noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- حِبْر noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- مداد noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Aragonese
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Aramaic
4 entries- דְּיוּתָא noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ܕ݁ܝܘܿܬ݂ܵܐ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ܚܸܒ݂ܪܵܐ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ܡܹܠܵܢܝܼܢ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Armenian
1 entries- թանաք noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Assamese
1 entries- চিয়াঁহী noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Asturian
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mürəkkəb noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Basque
2 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Belarusian
2 entries- туш noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- чарні́ла noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Bengali
1 entries- কালি noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- स्याही noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Bulgarian
4 entries- масти́ло noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- масти́ло noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- подписвам verb (sign a document)
- подпиша verb (sign a document)
Burmese
1 entries- မင် noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Catalan
4 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- signar verb (sign a document)
- tatuar verb (apply a tattoo)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مەرەکەب noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- مەرەکەب لێدان verb (apply ink)
Chakma
1 entries- 𑄇𑄣𑄨 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏁᎯ ᏗᎨᏪᎶᏗ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Chichewa
1 entries- inki noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 墨魚汁 /墨鱼汁 noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 墨 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- 墨水 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- 墨魚汁 /墨鱼汁 noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- 烏賊墨汁 /乌贼墨汁 noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Classical Mandaic
1 entries- ࡃࡉࡅࡕࡀ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Corsican
1 entries- inchjostru noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- mürekep noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Czech
1 entries- inkoust noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Dalmatian
1 entries- inghiastro noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Danish
2 entries- blæk noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- sværte noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Dari
3 entries- جَوْهَر noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- سِیَاهِی noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- مُرَکَّب noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Dutch
3 entries- inkt noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- inkt noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- inkten verb (apply ink)
Esperanto
1 entries- inko noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Estonian
2 entries- tint noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tint noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Ewe
1 entries- inki noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Faroese
1 entries- blekk noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Finnish
2 entries- muste noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- muste noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
French
3 entries- encre noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- encre noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- encrer verb (apply ink)
Friulian
1 entries- ingjustri noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Galician
3 entries- borra noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Georgian
1 entries- მელანი noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
German
1 entries- Tinte noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌻 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Greek
2 entries- μελάνι noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- μελάνι noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Greenlandic
1 entries- pilikki noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Gujarati
1 entries- શાહી noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Hani
1 entries- meiqsyu noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Hausa
1 entries- tawada noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Hawaiian
1 entries- wai ʻeleʻele noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Hebrew
1 entries- דְּיוֹ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Hindi
1 entries- स्याही noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Hungarian
2 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Tint noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Icelandic
1 entries- blek noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ido
2 entries- inko noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- inkizar verb (apply ink)
Igbo
1 entries- ehicha noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Indonesian
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ingrian
1 entries- cernila noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Interlingua
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- جُوْهَر noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- سِیاهی noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- مُرَکَّب noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Irish
1 entries- dúch noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Italian
4 entries- inchiostro noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- inchiostro noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- firmare verb (sign a document)
- inchiostrare verb (apply ink)
Japanese
3 entries- インキ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- インク noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- 墨 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦩꦁꦱꦶ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Kannada
1 entries- ಶಾಯಿ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Kazakh
1 entries- сия noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Khmer
1 entries- ទឹកខ្មៅ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Korean
2 entries- 먹물 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- 잉크 noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Kumyk
1 entries- шакъы noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сыя noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Lao
1 entries- ຫມຶກ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Latin
2 entries- ātrāmentum noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- encaustō verb (apply ink)
Latvian
1 entries- tinte noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ligurian
1 entries- tenta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Lithuanian
2 entries- rašalas noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tušas noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Livonian
1 entries- tint noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Lombard
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Low German
1 entries- Black noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Luhya
1 entries- luwino noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Tënt noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Lü
2 entries- ᦓᧄᧉᦔᦲᧉ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ᦓᧄᧉᦵᦖᦲᧅ noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Macedonian
2 entries- мастило noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- мастило noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Maguindanao
1 entries- dauat noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Malagasy
1 entries- ranomainty noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Malay
3 entries- dakwat noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- mangsi noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Malayalam
1 entries- മഷി noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Maltese
1 entries- linka noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᡝᡥᡝ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Manx
1 entries- doo noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Maranao
1 entries- daoat noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Marathi
1 entries- शाई noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Middle English
1 entries- ynke noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Minangkabau
1 entries- dawat noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Mirandese
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Mongolian
2 entries- бэх noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ᠪᠡᠬᠡ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Muong
1 entries- mâc noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Māori
3 entries- māmangu noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- waingārahu noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- waituhi noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Navajo
1 entries- bee akʼeʼelchíhí tóhígíí noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Nepali
1 entries- मसी noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- wino noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Norman
1 entries- encre noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- blekk noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- blekk noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- blekk noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- blekk noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Occitan
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Odia
1 entries- କାଳି noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Old Czech
1 entries- črnidlo noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Old English
1 entries- blæc noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Old Irish
1 entries- dub noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- سواد noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- مركب noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Pashto
2 entries- سياهي noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ورېغ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Piedmontese
1 entries- inciòstr noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Tint noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Polish
4 entries- atrament noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- inkaust noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tusz noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tuszować verb (apply ink)
Portuguese
4 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- assinar verb (sign a document)
- entintar verb (apply ink)
Rohingya
1 entries- hali noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Romagnol
1 entries- inciòstar noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Romanian
1 entries- cerneală noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Russian
2 entries- черни́ла noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- черни́ла noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Saho
1 entries- midad noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Samoan
1 entries- vaitusi noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मसी noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Santali
1 entries- ᱥᱤᱭᱟᱦᱤ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sardinian
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dubh noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- inc noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- màstilo noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- ма̀стило noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sicilian
1 entries- nchiostru noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sindhi
1 entries- مَسُ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sinhalese
1 entries- තීන්ත noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Slovak
1 entries- atrament noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Slovene
3 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- črnilo noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Somali
2 entries- khad noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tawaad noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Southern Altai
2 entries- бойу noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- чернила noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Spanish
4 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- tinta noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- entintar verb (apply ink)
- firmar verb (sign a document)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- enki noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sundanese
1 entries- mangsi noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Swahili
3 entries- wino noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- wino noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- wino verb (apply ink)
Swedish
3 entries- bläck noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- bläck noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
- bläcka verb (apply ink)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠇꠣꠟꠤ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tagalog
1 entries- tinta noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tajik
1 entries- сиёҳӣ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tamil
1 entries- மை noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tatar
1 entries- сыя noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tausug
1 entries- dawat noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Telugu
1 entries- సిరా noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Thai
2 entries- น้ำหมึก noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- หมึก noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཕྱག་སྣག noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- སྣག་ཚ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Turkish
1 entries- mürekkep noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Turkmen
1 entries- syýa noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Tày
1 entries- sloăc noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Udi
1 entries- танакӏ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Ukrainian
3 entries- атра́мент noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- туш noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- чорни́ло noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Urdu
1 entries- سِیاہی noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Uyghur
1 entries- سىياھ noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Uzbek
1 entries- siyoh noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mực noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
- mực noun (dark fluid ejected by squid etc)
Vilamovian
1 entries- inkaojst noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Volapük
1 entries- nig noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Walloon
1 entries- intche noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Welsh
1 entries- inc noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Yiddish
1 entries- טינט noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Zhuang
1 entries- raemxmaeg noun (coloured fluid used for writing)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Printing ink is in short supply.
Source: tatoeba (27159)
My ballpoint pen just ran out of ink.
Source: tatoeba (33635)
Write with pen and ink.
Source: tatoeba (33804)
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