From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον, from ἐν + καίω.

• (RP, America) enPR: ĭngk, IPA: /ɪŋk/
• (pre-/ŋ/ tensing) IPA: /iŋk/

ink (uncountable)

1. A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
   • 1667 May 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 26th, 1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VI, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC ↗, page 285 ↗:

     While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King and Queen sitting [Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France], by Van Dyke [Anthony van Dyck]; and did it very finely.

2. (countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
3. The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
4. (slang, uncountable) Publicity.

   Synonyms: ballyhoo, flak, hoopla, hype, plug, spotlight

   to get ink

   The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.

5. (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.

   Synonyms: paint

6. (slang) Cheap red wine.

• French: encre
• German: Tinte
• Italian: inchiostro
• Portuguese: tinta
• Russian: черни́ла
• Spanish: tinta

• French: encre
• Italian: inchiostro
• Portuguese: tinta
• Russian: черни́ла
• Spanish: tinta

ink (inks, present participle inking; simple past and past participle inked)

1. (transitive) To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
2. (transitive) To sign (a contract or similar document).
3. (transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
4. (intransitive, of a squid or octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)

• (sign) endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe

• Italian: inchiostrare
• Portuguese: tintar, entintar
• Spanish: entintar

• Italian: firmare
• Portuguese: assinar, firmar
• Spanish: firmar

• Italian: tatuare
• Portuguese: tatuar
• Spanish: tatuar