ark

See also: Ark

English

Etymology

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From Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).

Pronunciation

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Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Homophone: arc

Noun

ark (plural arks)

A large box with a flat lid.
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
(Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
(Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Maori: āka

Translations

large box

Bulgarian: сандъ́к (bg) m (sandǎ́k)
Galician: arca (gl) f
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Norwegian: ark (no) m
Portuguese: arca (pt) f
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Russian: сунду́к (ru) m (sundúk)
Swedish: ark (sv) c
Yiddish: אָרון m (orn)

Noah's ship

Arabic: سَفِينَة (ar) f (safīna)
Armenian: տապան (hy) (tapan)
Basque: Noeren ontzia
Belarusian: каўчэ́г m (kaŭčéh)
Bulgarian: ковче́г (bg) m (kovčég), ба́рка f (bárka)
Catalan: arca (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方舟 (zh) (fāngzhōu)
Czech: archa (cs) f
Estonian: Ark (et)
Faroese: ørk f
Finnish: arkki (fi)
French: arche (fr) f
Georgian: კიდობანი (ka) (ḳidobani)
German: Arche (de) f
Greek: κιβωτός (el) f (kivotós)
Hebrew: תֵּיבָה (he) f (tevá)
Hungarian: bárka (hu)
Ido: archo (io)
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Irish: áirc f
Italian: arca (it) f
Japanese: 箱舟 (はこぶね, hakobune)
Latin: arca f
Latvian: arka f
Lithuanian: arka (lt) f
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Macedonian: арка f (arka), ковчег m (kovčeg)
Malay: bahtera
Maltese: arka f
Maori: āka
Ngazidja Comorian: safina class 9
Norwegian: ark (no) m
Old Church Slavonic: ковьчєгъ m (kovĭčegŭ)
Persian: کشتی (fa) (kašti)
Polish: arka (pl) f
Portuguese: arca (pt) f
Romanian: arca f
Russian: ковче́г (ru) m (kovčég)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ковчег m

Roman: kovčeg (sh) m
Slovak: archa f
Slovene: barka f
Spanish: arca (es) f
Swahili: safina
Swedish: ark (sv) c
Turkish: Nuh'un gemisi (tr)
Ukrainian: ковче́г (uk) m (kovčéh)
Vietnamese: tàu (vi)
Volapük: lenaf
Yiddish: תּבֿה f (teyve)

consecrated container

Bulgarian: киво́т m (kivót)
Faroese: ørk f
French: arche (fr) f
Greek: κιβωτός (el) f (kivotós)
Ido: archo (io)
Irish: áirc f
Maori: āka
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Norwegian: ark (no) m
Portuguese: arca (pt) f
Russian: кио́т (ru) m (kiót), киво́т (ru) m (kivót) (dated), ковче́г (ru) m (kovčég)
Spanish: arca (es) f
Swedish: ark (sv) c
Yiddish: אָרון m (orn), אָרון־קודש m (orn-koydesh)

Anagrams

AKR, KAR, RAK, RKA, kar, kra

Danish

Etymology

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark

Noun

ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)

a sheet (of paper)

Synonyms

papir

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑrk/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: ark
Rhymes: -ɑrk

Noun

ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)

ark (ark of the covenant)
ark (ship)
houseboat
Synonym: woonark

Derived terms

woonark

Descendants

Afrikaans: ark

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ar̥k/
Rhymes: -ar̥k

Noun

ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)

(obsolete) sheet (of paper)

Declension

Declension of ark
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ark	arkið	örk	örkin
accusative	ark	arkið	örk	örkin
dative	arki	arkinu	örkum	örkunum
genitive	arks	arksins	arka	arkanna

Synonyms

(sheet of paper): blað, örk

Manx

Alternative forms

urk

Etymology

From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).

Noun

ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)

young pig, piglet

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

North Frisian

Determiner

ark

(Mooring) each; every

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.

Noun

ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

the ark (boat of Noah)
paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant
(architecture) a dormer

Synonyms

kvist (dormer)

Etymology 2

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark

Noun

ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)

a sheet (of paper)

Synonyms

papir

Derived terms

References

“ark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.

Noun

ark f (definite singular arka, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

the ark (boat of Noah)
paktarka - the Ark of the Covenant
(architecture) a dormer

Synonyms

kvist (dormer)

Etymology 2

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark

Noun

ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)

a sheet (of paper)

Synonyms

papir

Derived terms

References

“ark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

audio: (file)

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.^[1]

Noun

ark c

an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box

Declension

Declension of ark
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ark	arken	arkar	arkarna
Genitive	arks	arkens	arkars	arkarnas

Related terms

förbundsark

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”).^[2] Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.^[3]

Noun

ark n

a sheet of paper
(printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book

Declension

Declension of ark
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ark	arket	ark	arken
Genitive	arks	arkets	arks	arkens

Synonyms

papper
blad

Related terms

Descendants

→ Finnish: arkki

References

^ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
^ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
^ ark 2 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

kar, rak

West Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ark/

Noun

ark n (no plural)

tool
stuff, junk

ark

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Danish

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Dutch

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Icelandic

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Manx

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North Frisian

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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Swedish

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Noun

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West Frisian

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