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link

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of link in English

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /lɪŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlenċe, hlenċa (“ring; chainlink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank.

Noun

link (plural links)

  1. A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
  2. One element of a chain or other connected series.
  3. Abbreviation of hyperlink.
  4. (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
  5. (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
  6. (Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
  7. (figurative) an individual person or element in a system
  8. Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
  9. A sausage that is not a patty.
  10. (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
  11. (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
  12. (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
  13. (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
  14. (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
  15. (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
Synonyms
  • (connection between things): connection; See also Thesaurus:link
Hyponyms
Holonyms
  • (element of a connected series): chain
Derived terms
Descendants

All borrowed.

Translations

Verb

link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)

  1. (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
  2. (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
  3. (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
  4. (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
  5. (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
  6. (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  7. (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
Synonyms
  • (to connect two or more things): affix, attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Plausibly a modification of Medieval Latin linchinus (“candle”), an alteration of Latin lynchinus, itself from Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).

Noun

link (plural links)

  1. (obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.
Derived terms
  • linkboy
  • linkman
Translations

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Verb

link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
Translations

See also

  • Malvern Link

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • kiln

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • 拎 (ling1)

Etymology

From English link.

Pronunciation

Noun

link

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) hyperlink (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Verb

link

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) to link; to add a hyperlink

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪŋk]
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Noun

link m inan

  1. link, hyperlink

Declension

Further reading

  • “link”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “link”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English link (since 1995).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lenk/, [leŋɡ̊]

Noun

link n (singular definite linket, plural indefinite link or links)

  1. link (hyperlink)

Inflection

Synonyms

  • hyperlink

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪŋk/
  • Hyphenation: link
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

link (comparative linker, superlative linkst)

  1. dangerous
  2. (criminal slang) sly; cunning
  3. (slang) jolly, nice
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English link, only since late 20th century.

Noun

link m (plural links, diminutive linkje n)

  1. physical connection, as in a hardware cable
  2. (figuratively) logical connection, as in reasoning about causality
  3. hyperlink
Synonyms
  • (physical connection): verbinding
  • (logical connection): verband
  • (hyperlink): koppeling, verwijzing
Derived terms
  • linken

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linc, from Old High German *link; compare Old High German linka (“the left hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪŋk/

Adjective

link (strong nominative masculine singular linker, comparative linker, superlative am linkesten or am linksten)

  1. (only attributive and not comparable) left
    auf der linken Seite ― on the left
    ihr linker Fuß ― her left foot
  2. (colloquial) untrustworthy
  3. (colloquial) dubious, wrong, disreputable, questionable
  4. (colloquial) sly, cunning

Declension

Further reading

  • “link” in Duden online
  • “link” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliŋk]
  • Rhymes: -iŋk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English link.

Noun

link (plural linkek)

  1. link, hyperlink
    Synonyms: hivatkozás, hiperhivatkozás
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish לינק (link), from German link (“left”).

Adjective

link (comparative linkebb, superlative leglinkebb)

  1. (colloquial) flighty, fickle, fishy, shifty, sleazy, phoney (unreliable, irresponsible, often dishonest)
    Synonyms: könnyelmű, léha, komolytalan, megbízhatatlan, szélhámos
    link alak ― crook, loafer
    link duma ― baloney, eyewash, claptrap, flannel
Declension
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • (flighty, fickle, sleazy): link in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English link.

Noun

link m (invariable)

  1. (computing) link (hyperlink)
    Synonym: collegamento

Derived terms

  • linkare

Lithuanian

Etymology

From a clipping of liñki, liñkui, or liñkuo, ultimately from the same root as liñkti (“to tend”), linkė́ti (“to wish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liŋk]

Preposition

lĩnk

  1. toward (used with genitive case)

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German link.

Adjective

link

  1. left, left-hand

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English link.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliŋk/
  • Rhymes: -iŋk
  • Syllabification: link

Noun

link m inan

  1. (Internet) hyperlink, link (some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action)
    Synonyms: hiperłącze, odnośnik, odsyłacz

Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • linque

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English link.

Pronunciation

Noun

link m (plural links)

  1. (computing) link (text or a graphic that can be activated to open another document)
    Synonyms: hiperligação, ligação

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English link.

Noun

link n (plural linkuri)

  1. link

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English link.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlink/ [ˈlĩŋk]
  • Rhymes: -ink
  • Syllabification: link

Noun

link m (plural links)

  1. (computing) link (text or a graphic that can be activated to open another document)
    Synonym: enlace

Derived terms

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