link

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Old English linke probably from Old Norse *hlenkr, from Proto-Germanic. Used in English since the 14th century.

Noun [edit]

link (plural links)

  1. A connection between places, persons, events, or things.
    The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
  2. One element of a chain or other connected series.
    The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
    The weakest link.
    Sausage link.
  3. Abbreviation of hyperlink.
    The link on the page points to the sports scores.
  4. (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
    A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
  5. (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
  6. (Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
    • 2008, Richard John King, A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex
      They used formerly to live in caves or huts dug into the side of a bank or "link," and lined with heath or straw.
  7. (figuratively) an individual person or element in a system
    • 2010, James O. Young, My Sheep Know My Voice: anointed poetry, AuthorHouse, page 32:
      But know that God is the strongest link.
    • 2010, William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler, Universal Principles of Design, RockPort, page 262:
      The fuse is the weakest link in the system. As such, the fuse is also the most valuable link in the system.
    • 2010, Stephen Fairweather, The Missing Book of Genesis, AuthorHouse, page 219:
      […] . This is so that nobody can change the way every link must talk about the formula that I taught to make a real Chain of Universal Love and not a Chain of Love of a group or sect.”
Holonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from link (noun)
Translations [edit]
connection
element of a chain
computing: connection between busses or systems
computing: hyperlink
mathematics: a space comprising one or more disjoint knots
a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches
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Verb [edit]

link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)

  1. (transitive) To connect two or more things.
    • Eustace
      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.
  2. (intransitive, of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
    My homepage links to my wife's.
  3. (transitive, Internet) To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
    Haven't you seen his Web site? I'll link you to it.
  4. (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
    Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!
  5. (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
connect things
to contain a hyperlink to another page

Etymology 2 [edit]

Plausibly a modification of Medieval Latin linchinus (“candle”), an alteration of Latin lynchinus, itself from Ancient Greek λύχνος (lukhnos, “lamp”).

Noun [edit]

link (plural links)

  1. (obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
torch

Etymology 3 [edit]

Origin unknown.

Verb [edit]

link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)

  1. (Scotland) To skip or trip along smartly.
Translations [edit]
skip along

References [edit]

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams [edit]

Danish [edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia da

Etymology [edit]

From English link (since 1995).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /lenɡk/, [leŋɡ̊]

Noun [edit]

link n (singular definite linket, plural indefinite link or links)

  1. link (hyperlink)

Synonyms [edit]

Inflection [edit]

    Inflection of link
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative link linket link
links		 linkene
genitive links linkets links
links'		 linkenes

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

link (comparative linker, superlative linkst)

  1. dangerous
  2. (criminal slang) sly; cunning
  3. (slang) jolly, nice
Declension [edit]
Declension of link
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial link linker
neuter
singular		 indefinite link linker
definite linke linkere linkste linkst, linkste
common singular linke linkere linkste linkste
plural linke linkere linkste linkste
partitive links linkers
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From English link, only since late 20th century.

Noun [edit]

link m (plural links, diminutive linkje)

  1. physical connection, as in a hardware cable
  2. (figuratively) logical connection, as in reasoning about causality
  3. hyperlink
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

link

  1. first-person singular present indicative of linken
  2. Imperative of linken

References [edit]

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle High German linc.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

link

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

Hungarian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English link.

Noun [edit]

link (plural linkek)

  1. link, hyperlink

Italian [edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

Etymology [edit]

From English link.

Noun [edit]

link m (invariable)

  1. (computing) link (hyperlink)

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Lithuanian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Preposition [edit]

lĩnk

  1. toward (used with genitive case)

Polish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

link m

  1. link, hyperlink

Declension [edit]

    declension of link
singular plural
nominative link linki
genitive linku linków
dative linkowi linkom
accusative link linki
instrumental linkiem linkami
locative linku linkach
vocative linku linki

Synonyms [edit]

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