backlog

English

Etymology

back +‎ log. 1680s; originally a large log at the back of a fire. Figurative sense from 1880s, meaning “something stored up for later use”. Possibly influenced by logbook as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæk.lɒɡ/

Noun

backlog (plural backlogs)

1. A large log to burn at the back of a fire.
   • 1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Ch. V:

     While she was preparing my breakfast, I chopped off a backlog and put it on the fire, […]

2. A reserve source or supply.
3. An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders or unfinished work.

   He went to work on Saturday to try to work through the backlog of papers on his desk.

4. (video games) In visual novels, a log containing text previously read.

Translations

an accumulation or buildup

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 積壓／积压 (zh) (jīyā), 积压 (zh) (jīyā)

• Danish: efterslæb n, pukkel c
• Dutch: achterstand (nl) m
• Finnish: tilauskanta (orders), rästityöt, (work)
• French: arriéré (fr) m (work)
• German: Arbeitsrückstand m, Auftragsüberhang m, Nachholbedarf (de) m, Rückstand (de) m, Rückstau m, Überhang (de) m
• Hungarian: elmaradás (hu), lemaradás (hu), hátralék (hu), restancia
• Italian: arretrato (it) m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avfall (no) n, etterslep n

  Nynorsk: avfall n, etterslep n

• Polish: zaległości f pl
• Russian: (incomplete orders) невы́полненные зака́зы m pl (nevýpolnennyje zakázy), (incomplete jobs, also in IT) незавершённые зада́чи f pl (nezaveršónnyje zadáči), задо́лженность (ru) f (zadólžennostʹ), зава́л (ru) m (zavál)
• Swedish: återstod (sv) c
• Turkish: birikme (tr), birikmiş iş, terakküm, artbirikim

a reserve source or supply

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 存貨／存货 (zh) (cúnhuò), 存货 (zh) (cúnhuò), 儲備／储备 (zh) (chǔbèi), 储备 (zh) (chúbèi)

• Danish: reserve c, fond (da) c
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• Polish: zapas (pl) m
• Russian: запа́с (ru) m (zapás), резе́рвы (ru) m pl (rezérvy)

Verb

backlog (third-person singular simple present backlogs, present participle backlogging, simple past and past participle backlogged)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog

Translations

to acquire something as a backlog, or to become a backlog

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 積壓／积压 (zh) (jīyā), 积压 (zh) (jīyā)

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• Polish: zalegać (pl)
• Russian: накапливать (ru) impf (nakaplivatʹ), накапливаться (ru) impf (nakaplivatʹsja)

Anagrams

• gablock

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Spanish

Noun

backlog m (plural backlogs)

1. backlog