hub

English Online Dictionary. What means hub‎? What does hub mean?

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/
• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /hʊb/
• 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.
3. A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
4. (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
5. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
6. A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
7. (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

8. (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
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.

Synonyms

• (video games): hub world

Derived terms

Translations

Proper noun

the hub

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hub

Anagrams

• Buh, hbu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦup]
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: hup

Etymology 1

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of houba

Etymology 2

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of huba

Etymology 3

Verb

hub

1. second-person singular imperative of hubit

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hub.

Noun

hub m (invariable)

1. hub (transport, computing)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hub.

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxab/ [ˈxaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab
• IPA^(key): /ˈxob/ [ˈxoβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ob

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

1. (networking) hub

White Hmong

Etymology

From Mandarin 壶 (hú) ("pot" or"kettle").

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)