link

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[edit] English

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[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 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.
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[edit] Translations
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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[edit] Verb

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.
  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.
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[edit] Translations
connect things
to contain a hyperlink to another page

[edit] Etymology 2

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

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link (plural links)

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

[edit] Etymology 3

Origin unknown.

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

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

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

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[edit] Etymology

From English link (since 1995).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /lenɡk/, [leŋɡ̊]

[edit] Noun

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

  1. link (hyperlink)

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[edit] Inflection

    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

[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Adjective

link (comparative linker, superlative linkst)

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


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[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. (figuratively) logical connection, as in reasoning about causality
  3. hyperlink
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[edit] Verb

link

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

[edit] German

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link

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

[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

From English link.

[edit] Noun

link (plural linkek)

  1. link, hyperlink

[edit] Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

[edit] Etymology

From English link.

[edit] Noun

link m. inv.

  1. (computing) link (hyperlink)

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[edit] Lithuanian

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[edit] Preposition

lĩnk

  1. toward (used with genitive case)

[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [lʲĩŋk]

[edit] Noun

link m.

  1. link, hyperlink

[edit] Declension

    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

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