hub

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌb

Etymology

From earlier hubbe, same origin as hob. Originally a dialectal word. Origin unknown.

Noun

hub (plural hubs)

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave
2. A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted

   Hongkong airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.

3. (computing) a computer networking device connecting several ethernet ports. See switch.
4. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

Derived terms

• hubbed
• hubbing

Translations

The central part of a wheel

• Breton: bendell (br) m
• Dutch: naaf (nl)
• Finnish: keskiö (fi), pyörännapa (fi)
• French: moyeu (fr) m
• German: Nabe (de) f, Radnabe (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: χοίνιξ m

  Modern: πλήμνη (el) (plímni) f, χοινίκη (el) (xiníki) f, (colloquial) αφαλός (el) (afalós) m

• Hungarian: kerék közepe (hu)
• Jèrriais: moueu m
• Portuguese: jante (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: cìoch (gd) f
• Spanish: buje (es) m, maza (es) f
• Swahili: vitovu (sw)
• Swedish: nav (sv) n

A point where many routes meet

• Dutch: draaischijf (nl), centrum (nl)
• Finnish: keskiö (fi)
• French: pôle (fr) m
• German: Drehkreuz (de) n, Drehscheibe (de) f, Zentrum (de) n
• Greek: κόμβος (el) (kómvos) m
• Hungarian: csomópont (hu)

• Portuguese: cruzamento (pt) m, entroncamento (pt) m
• Spanish: (highways) distribuidor vial (es) m, (for planes, trains) nudo (es) m, centro (es) m, (transfer) punto de transbordo (es) m
• Swahili: vitovu (sw)
• Swedish: korsväg (sv) c, knutpunkt (sv) c, nav (sv) n

a computer networking device

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集線器 (cmn), 集线器 (cmn) (jíxiànqì)

• Czech: rozbočovač (cs) m, hub (cs) m
• Dutch: hub (nl), knooppunt (nl)
• Finnish: keskitin (fi)
• French: hub (fr) m

• German: Hub (de) n, Netzknoten (de) m
• Greek: κόμβος (el) (kómvos) m
• Japanese: ハブ (ja) (habu)
• Russian: хаб (ru) (xab) m
• Spanish: concentrador (es) m, multiplexor (es) m
• Swahili: vitovu (sw)

A stake with a nail in it

• Portuguese: poste (pt) m

• Swahili: vitovu (sw)

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Translations to be checked

• French: moyeu m (1), centre m

Anagrams

• Buh

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɦup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: hub

Noun

hub

1. genitive plural of houba

Verb

hub

1. imperative singular of hubit

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

hub m (invariable)

1. hub (transport, computing)