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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /liŋk/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-link.ogg


Etymology 1

From probably from *, from . Used in English since the 14th Century.

Noun

  1. A connection between places, persons, events, or things.
  2. : The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
  3. One element of a chain.
  4. : The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
  5. : The weakest link.
  6. The connection between busses or systems.
  7. : A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
  8. Shortened form of hyperlink, especially one implemented in HTML.
  9. : The link on the page points to the sports scores.
  10. A space comprise|comprising one or more disjoint knots.


Derived terms


Translations
  • Chinese: 連結 (liánjíe)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|spojení|n}}, {{t-|cs|propojení|n}}
  • Danish: forbindelse
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|link|m}}, {{t+|nl|verbinding|f}}, {{t-|nl|relatie|f}}, {{t|nl|koppeling|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|lien|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Verbindung|f}}
  • Hebrew: {{t+|he|קשר|m|sc=Hebr}}, {{t+|he|קישור|m|sc=Hebr}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|collegamento|m}}, {{t+|it|lega|f}}, {{t+|it|connessione|f}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligação|f}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|связь|f|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: {{t-|sv|anknytning|c}}, {{t+|sv|länk|c}}
  • West Frisian: ferbining, keppeling
  • Chinese: 連結 (liánjíe)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|článek|m}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|schakel|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German: {{t+|de|Verknüpfung|f}}
  • Hebrew: {{t-|he|חוליה|f|sc=Hebr}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|anello|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t-|pt|elo|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|звено|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|länk|c}}
  • West Frisian: keppeling
  • Italian: {{t+|it|connessione|f}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligação|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|odkaz|m}}
  • Danish:
  • Dutch: , {{t|nl|koppeling|f}}, {{t-|nl|verwijzing|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Link|m}}, {{t-|de|Hyperlink|m}}
  • Indonesian: {{t+|id|pranala|xs=Indonesian}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|link|m}}, {{t+|it|collegamento|m}}
  • Lower Sorbian: {{tø|dsb|link|m|xs=Lower Sorbian}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|link|m}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligação|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|hyperlink|n}}, {{t-|ro|legătură|f}}
  • Russian: гиперссылка , ссылка
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|hyperlänk|c}}, {{t+|sv|länk|c}}

Verb

  1. To connect two or more things.


Translations

Etymology 2

Plausibly a modification of {{term|linchinus||candle|lang=la}}, an alteration of , itself from {{term|λυχνοσ||tr=lychnos|lamp}}, akin to {{term|λευκοσ||tr=leukos|white}}.

Noun

  1. A torch, used to light dark streets.


Derived terms


Translations
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|fakkel|m}}, {{t|nl|flambouw|m}}, {{t+|nl|toorts|f}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|flambeau|m}}, {{t+|fr|torche|f}}

Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

Verb

  1. To skip or trip along smartly.


Translations

References


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Dutch

Etymology 1

Adjective

{{nl-adj|infl=linke|linker|linkst}}

  1. {{context|criminal|_|slang}} sly; cunning
  2. dangerous
  3. In the Context of jolly, nice


Derived terms


Etymology 2

From , only since late 20th century.

Noun

{{nl-noun2|m|s|je}}

  1. Physical connection, as in a hardware cable.
  2. In the Context of Logical connection, as in reasoning about causality.
  3. A hyperlink.


Synonyms


Derived terms


Verb

link

  1. {{nth s ind sim pres of|linken|nth=1|L=Dutch}}


References


Category:Dutch verb forms

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German

Adjective

link

  1. left
  2. sly; cunning.
  3. dangerous.


Category:German adjectives

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Hungarian

Etymology

From .

Noun

  1. , hyperlink


Category:hu:Computing

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Italian

Etymology

From .

Noun

link

  1. In the Context of link#English|link


Synonyms


Derived terms


Category:Italian nouns

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Lithuanian

Adverb

  1. towards


br:link de:link fr:link io:link it:link kk:link ku:link lo:link li:link hu:link nl:link ja:link pl:link pt:link ru:link simple:link sk:link fi:link ta:link te:link vi:link tr:link zh:link

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [Prob. corrupted from lint and this
for lunt a torch, match, D. lont match; akin to G. lunte, cf.
MHG. l["u]nden to burn. Cf. Lunt, Linstock.]
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Link \Link\, n. [OE. linke, AS. hlence; akin to Sw. l[aum]nk
ring of a chain, Dan. l[ae]nke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G.
gelenk joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.]
1. A single ring or division of a chain.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds
together, or connects, separate things; a part of a
connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

The link of brotherhood, by which
One common Maker bound me to the kind. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]

And so by double links enchained themselves in
lover's life. --Gascoigne.
[1913 Webster]

3. Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of
horsehair. --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a
mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of
confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other
parts is produced and constrained.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Mach.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting
force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a
bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the
slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of
which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of
which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link
motion.
[1913 Webster]

6. (Surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain,
being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain
being 66 feet in length. Cf. Chain, n., 4.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Chem.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between
atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or
attraction.
[1913 Webster]

8. pl. Sausages; -- because linked together. [Colloq.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [See Linch.]
1. A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank
between cultivated fields, etc. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a
winding; a meander; -- usually in pl. [Scot.]

The windings or "links" of the Forth above and below
Stirling are extremely tortuous. --Encyc. Brit.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. pl. Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating
land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
[Scot.]

Golf may be played on any park or common, but its
original home is the "links" or common land which is
found by the seashore, where the short close tuft,
the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in
the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks,
supply the conditions which are essential to the
proper pursuit of the game. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. pl. Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played;
a golf course.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Link \Link\, v. i.
To be connected.
[1913 Webster]

No one generation could link with the other. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Linked
(l[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Linking.]
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join;
to attach; to unite; to couple.
[1913 Webster]

All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman
Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws
and the same government, but by all the facilities of
commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
--Eustace.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet link
n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
[syn: nexus]
2: a fastener that serves to join or link; "the walls are held
together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during
construction" [syn: linkup, tie, tie-in]
3: the state of being connected; "the connection between church
and state is inescapable" [syn: connection, connectedness]
[ant: disjunction]
4: a connecting shape [syn: connection, connexion]
5: a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
6: (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a
program or an element on a list to another program or list
7: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, contact, {inter-group
communication}]
8: a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave);
part of a more extensive telecommunication network [syn: {radio
link}]
9: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for
the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: {data
link}]
v 1: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these
facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate,
tie in, relate, colligate, link up, connect]
[ant: decouple]
2: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can
you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes
together"; "Link arms" [syn: connect, tie, link up]
[ant: disconnect]
3: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect,
link up, join, unite]
4: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
yoke]
Moby Dictionary
accord , accouple , accumulate , addition , adjunct , affairs ,
affiliation , affinity , agent , agglutinate , alliance , ally , amass ,
ankle , appendage , apply , approximation , arm , articulate ,
articulation , assemblage , assemble , associate , association , band ,
be continuous , bind , bond , bough , boundary , bracket , branch ,
bridge , bridge over , broker , bunch , bunch up , butt , catenate ,
cement , cervix , chain , clap together , clinch , closeness , closure ,
clot , cluster , collect , combination , combine , come together ,
component , comprise , concatenate , conglobulate , congregate ,
conjoin , conjugate , connect , connect up , connectedness ,
connecting link , connecting rod , connection , connector ,
constituent , contiguity , continuate , continue , contrariety ,
converge , copulate , correlate , couple , coupling , cover , cresset ,
crowd , date , dealings , deduction , disjunction , distributor ,
dovetail , draw a parallel , elbow , element , embrace , encompass ,
equate , filiation , flambeau , flaming torch , flare , flock together ,
flow together , forgather , form a series , fuse , fusee , gang around ,
gang up , gather , gather around , gliding joint , glue , go-between ,
hand , herd together , hinge , hinged joint , hip , hive , homology ,
horde , huddle , identify , identify with , imp , include , intercourse ,
interdependence , interface , intermediary , intermedium , interrelate ,
intimacy , jobber , join , joining , joint , junction , juncture , knee ,
knot , knuckle , lay together , league , leg , liaison , ligament ,
ligature , limb , link up , linkage , linking , lobe , lobule ,
lump together , maintain continuity , marry , marshal , mass , mediary ,
mediator , medium , meet , member , merge , middleman , mill , miter ,
mobilize , mortise , muster , mutual attraction , nearness , neck ,
nexus , offshoot , organ , pair , parallel , parallelize ,
piece together , pinion , pivot , pivot joint , propinquity , proximity ,
put together , rabbet , rally , rally around , ramification , rapport ,
relate , relatedness , relation , relations , relationship , relativize ,
rendezvous , roll into one , run on , runner , scarf , scion , seam ,
seethe , shoulder , signal flare , similarity , solder , span , splice ,
spray , sprig , spur , stick together , stitch , stream , string ,
string together , surge , suture , swarm , switch , sympathy , symphysis ,
tail , take in , tape , tendril , thread , throng , tie , tie rod , tie-in ,
tie-up , toggle , toggle joint , torch , twig , unify , union , unite ,
vinculum , wed , weld , wholesaler , wing , wrist , yoke


FOLDOC link

1. hard link or symbolic link.

2. hyperlink.

(1997-10-22)


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