hub

See also: Hub

English

Etymology

From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌb/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

hub (plural hubs)

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
2. A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.

   Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.

3. (computing) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
4. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
5. A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
6. (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

7. (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

   a hub in the road

8. (video games) An area in a video game from which most or all of the game's levels are accessed.
   • 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog (page 47)

     In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.

9. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
10. A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
11. A screw hob.
12. A block for scotching a wheel.

Derived terms

• hubbed
• hubbing
• hub world

Synonyms

• (video games): hub world

Translations

central part of a wheel

• Armenian: սռնակալ (hy) (sṙnakal), անվակունդ (hy) (anvakund)
• Breton: bendell (br) m
• Bulgarian: главина (bg) f (glavina)
• Catalan: boixa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: náboj (cs) m inan
• Dutch: naaf (nl)
• Esperanto: nabo (eo)
• Finnish: keskiö (fi), pyörännapa (fi), napa (fi)
• French: moyeu (fr) m
• Galician: buxa f
• German: Nabe (de) f, Radnabe f
• Greek: πλήμνη (el) f (plímni), χοινίκη f (choiníki), (colloquial) αφαλός (el) m (afalós)

  Ancient: πλήμνη f (plḗmnē), χοίνιξ m (khoínix)

• Hungarian: kerék közepe, agy (hu)
• Ido: nabo (io)
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• Italian: mozzo (it) m
• Japanese: 轂 (ja) (こしき, koshiki)
• Macedonian: главина f (glavina)
• Maori: pūtahi
• Norman: moueu m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nav n

  Nynorsk: nav n

• Polish: piasta (pl) f
• Portuguese: cubo de roda m
• Russian: втулка (ru) (vtulka)
• Scottish Gaelic: cìoch f
• Spanish: buje (es) m, maza (es) f
• Swahili: vitovu (sw)
• Swedish: nav (sv) n
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: moyoû (wa) m

point where many routes meet

• Bulgarian: кръстопът (bg) m (krǎstopǎt)
• Dutch: draaischijf (nl), centrum (nl)
• Finnish: solmukohta (fi), solmu (fi)
• French: pôle (fr) m
• German: Drehkreuz (de) n, Drehscheibe (de) f, Zentrum (de) n
• Greek: κόμβος (el) m (kómvos)
• Hungarian: csomópont (hu), kerékpár agy
• Italian: incrocio (it) m, punto di snodo m
• Maori: pūtahi
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: knutepunkt n

  Nynorsk: knutepunkt n

• Polish: węzeł (pl) m
• Portuguese: cruzamento (pt) m, entroncamento (pt) m
• Spanish: (highways) distribuidor vial m, (for planes, trains) nudo (es) m, centro (es) m, (transfer) punto de transbordo m
• Swahili: vitovu (sw)
• Swedish: korsväg (sv) c, knutpunkt (sv) c, nav (sv) n
• Walloon: croejhlåde (wa) f

computer networking device

• Bulgarian: хъб m (hǎb)
• Catalan: concentrador m, repetidor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集線器／集线器 (zh) (jíxiànqì), 集线器 (zh) (jíxiànqì)

• Czech: rozbočovač m, hub (cs) m
• Dutch: hub (nl), knooppunt (nl)
• Finnish: keskitin (fi)
• French: concentrateur (fr) m, commutateur (fr)
• German: Hub (de) n, Netzknoten m
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• Greek: κόμβος (el) m (kómvos)
• Italian: concentratore (it) m
• Japanese: ハブ (ja) (habu)
• Polish: koncentrator m, hub (pl) m
• Portuguese: hub m
• Russian: хаб (ru) m (xab)
• Spanish: concentrador m, multiplexor m
• Swahili: vitovu (sw)

stake with a nail in it

• Italian: stadia (it) f, mira (it) f, asta graduata f
• Portuguese: poste (pt) m
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• Swahili: vitovu (sw)

male weasel

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rough protuberance

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goal or mark

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hardened, engraved steel punch

• Bulgarian: пуансон m (puanson)
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screw hob

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

block for scotching a wheel

• French: cale (fr) f
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Anagrams

• Buh, hbu

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦup/
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: hup

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of houba

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of huba

Verb

1. second-person singular imperative of hubit

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Italian

Etymology

From English hub.

Noun

hub m (uncountable)

1. hub (transport, computing)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English hub.

Noun

hub m (plural s)

1. (networking) hub (device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices such as they act as a single network segment)

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Spanish

Etymology

From English hub.

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

1. (networking) hub

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White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu˥/

Noun

hub

1. a clay pot or vase, especially as used for storing food or water

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)