login

See also: lǫgin, log in, log-in, and Login

English

Alternative forms

• log-in

Etymology

Deverbal from log in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɒɡ.ɪn/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒɡɪn

Noun

login (plural logins)

1. (computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

   Synonyms: logon, sign-in, sign-on

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     If you’re currently confused considering she [Billie Eilish] made $50 million in one year—don’t forget about how high Billie’s taxes must be and how high her expenses presumably are. Anyway, if you need me, I’ll be here using my friend’s ex’s mom’s Netflix log-in.

   I've forgotten my login again.

2. (computing) The process or an instance of logging in.

   Synonyms: logon, log-on, sign-in, sign-on

   Antonyms: logoff, logout

   Your login failed because you weren't connected to the office network.

Derived terms

• login CSRF

Related terms

• log in (verb)
• login wall
• log off (verb)
• log on (verb)
• log out (verb)

 

Translations

user's identification

• Amharic: ግባ (gəba)
• Armenian: մուտքաբառ (mutkʻabaṙ), լոգին (login)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用戶名／用户名 (zh) (yònghùmíng)

• Danish: log-in n
• Dutch: inloggen (nl), aanmelden (nl), inloggegevens n pl, aanmeldgegevens (nl) n pl
• Estonian: kasutajatunnus
• Finnish: käyttäjätunnus (fi)
• French: identifiant (fr) m, ID (fr) m, nom d’utilisateur m, compte (fr) m
• German: Login n, Benutzername (de) m
• Hungarian: azonosító (hu), felhasználónév (hu)
• Italian: credenziali f pl
• Japanese: ログイン (ja) (roguin), ユーザー名 (yūzāmei), 利用者名 (りようしゃめい, riyōshamei)
• Korean: 로그인 (ko) (rogeu'in), 사용자명 (sayongjamyeong), 사용자 이름 (sayongja ireum)
• Macedonian: најава f (najava), најавување n (najavuvanje)
• Malay: log masuk
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pålogging m

• Polish: login (pl) m, nazwa użytkownika f
• Portuguese: login (pt) m
• Russian: логи́н (ru) m (logín), и́мя по́льзователя n (ímja pólʹzovatelja), и́мя учётной за́писи n (ímja učótnoj zápisi)
• Spanish: login m
• Swedish: användarnamn (sv) n
• Tigrinya: ብመንነት እተው (bəmännät ʾətäw)

logging in

• Arabic: تَسْجِيل دُخُول m (tasjīl duḵūl)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: чинлэ (činle)

  Mandarin: 記入／记入 (zh) (jìrù), 登錄／登录 (zh) (dēnglù), 簽入／签入 (zh) (qiānrù)

• Danish: log-in n
• Estonian: isikutuvastus
• Finnish: sisäänkirjautuminen (fi)
• German: Benutzeranmeldung f, Anmeldung (de) f, Einloggen n
• Hungarian: bejelentkezés (hu)
• Icelandic: innskráning f
• Japanese: ログイン (ja) (roguin)
• Korean: 로그인 (ko) (rogeu'in)
• Macedonian: најавување n (najavuvanje)
• Malay: log masuk
• Polish: logowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: login (pt) m
• Russian: вход (ru) m (vxod), вход в систе́му m (vxod v sistému)
• Swedish: logga in (sv)

See also

• credentials

Verb

login

1. Misspelling of log in.

Further reading

• “Login” is not a verb

Anagrams

• Ligon, long i, ligno-, Lingo, lingo, longi, Loing, Olgin

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English login.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɔɡˈɡin/
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

login m (uncountable)

1. (computing) login

   Synonym: accesso

   fare login ― to log in

Old Norse

Participle

login

1. inflection of loginn:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English login.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡin/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡin
• Syllabification: lo‧gin

Noun

login m inan

1. (computing) login (user's identification)

   Synonym: nazwa użytkownika

Declension

Declension of login

	singular	plural
nominative	login	loginy
genitive	loginu	loginów
dative	loginowi	loginom
accusative	login	loginy
instrumental	loginem	loginami
locative	loginie	loginach
vocative	loginie	loginy

Related terms

verbs

• logować impf
• zalogować pf

 

Further reading

• login in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• login in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English login.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ɡin/ [ˈlɔ.ɣin]

Noun

login m (plural logins)

1. (computing) login (the act of logging into a system)
2. (computing) username (name that identifies a user of a computer system)

   Synonyms: (Brazil) nome de usuário, (Portugal) nome de utilizador, username, (Brazil) usuário

Spanish

Noun

login m (plural logins or login)

1. login

Swedish

Noun

login

1. definite singular of logi