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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Holonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 References 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Adjective 2.1.1.1 Derived terms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Synonyms 2.2.1.2 Derived terms 2.2.2 Verb 2.3 References 3 German 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 4 Hungarian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.2.2 Derived terms 6 Lithuanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Preposition

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /liŋk/
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• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

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.

   The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.

   The weakest link.

3. (computing) The connection between busses or systems.

   A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.

4. (computing) Shortened form of hyperlink, especially one implemented in HTML.

   The link on the page points to the sports scores.

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.

[edit] Holonyms

• chain

[edit] Derived terms

• hyperlink
• link-up
• missing link

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[edit] Verb

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

1. (transitive) To connect two or more things.
2. (intransitive, of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.

   My homepage links to my wife's.

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• link up

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[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

link (plural links)

1. (obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.

[edit] Derived terms

• linkboy
• linkman

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[edit] Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

[edit] Verb

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

1. (Scottish) To skip or trip along smartly.

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[edit] References

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

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Adjective

link, linke (comparative linker, linkere; superlative linkst, linkste)

1. (criminal slang) sly; cunning
2. dangerous
3. (Dutch boys’ slang) jolly, nice

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• linkerd

[edit] Etymology 2

From English link, only since late 20th century.

[edit] Noun

link m. (plural links, diminutive linkje)

1. Physical connection, as in a hardware cable.
2. (metaphorically) Logical connection, as in reasoning about causality.
3. A hyperlink.

[edit] Synonyms

• (physical connection): verbinding
• (logical connection): verband
• (hyperlink): koppeling, verwijzing

[edit] Derived terms

• linken

[edit] Verb

link

1. First-person singular indicative simple present form of linken.
2. Imperative form of linken.

[edit] References

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

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[edit] German

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'liŋk/

[edit] Adjective

link

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

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

From English link.

[edit] Noun

link (plural linkek)

1. link, hyperlink

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[edit] Italian

Wikipedia ^it

[edit] Etymology

From English link.

[edit] Noun

link m. inv.

1. (computing) link (hyperlink)

[edit] Synonyms

• collegamento

[edit] Derived terms

• linkare

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [liŋk]

[edit] Preposition

lĩnk

1. toward (used with genitive case)