English Online Dictionary. What means links? What does links mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /lɪŋks/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋks
- Homophone: lynx
Etymology 1
See link.
Noun
links
- plural of link
Verb
links
- third-person singular simple present indicative of link
Etymology 2
From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”).
Noun
links (plural links)
- A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
Derived terms
- Lundin Links
Translations
Anagrams
- kilns, slink
Danish
Noun
links n
- indefinite genitive singular of link
- indefinite plural of link
- indefinite genitive plural of link
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪŋks/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋks
- Homophone: lynx
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lincs (“left, clumsy”). Equivalent to link + -s.
Adverb
links
- on the left
- to the left
Usage notes
When used as a modifier, before a noun, the form linker is used.
Antonyms
- rechts
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the adverb links.
Adjective
links (comparative linkser, superlative meest links or linkst)
- (not comparable) left
- Synonym: linker
- Antonym: rechts
- left-wing, leftist, belonging to the ideological left
- Antonym: rechts
- (predicatively) left-handed
- Synonym: linkshandig
- Antonym: rechts
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Berbice Creole Dutch: slinggrid
Etymology 3
From the adverb links.
Noun
links n (uncountable)
- the left, the left side or tendency, especially in politics and any ideology
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
links
- plural of link
Anagrams
- slink
German
Alternative forms
- l., li. (abbreviations)
Etymology
From Middle High German linkes, originally the genitive of linc, whence modern link; see there for more. Cognate with Dutch links.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪŋks/
Adverb
links
- on the left
- to the left
- inside out
- links verbügeln ― iron inside out
- From Atemschaukel (originally 2009) by Herta Müller:.
Related terms
- link
- Linker
- Linke f
- linksdonauisch
- linksdünisch
- linkselbisch
- linksdrehend
- Linkshänder
- linksmaasisch
- linksodrisch
- linksrekursiv
- linksrheinisch
- Linksruck
- linksseitig
- Linksschwenk
- Linksverkehr
- linksweserisch
(political)
- linksalternativ
- linksextrem, linksextremistisch
- Linksfaschismus
- linkslastig
- Linkstotalitarismus
- Linkstum
Further reading
- links on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “links” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “links” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German links, Dutch links.
Adverb
links
- left, to the left
Portuguese
Noun
links
- plural of link
Scots
Etymology
From Old English hlinc (“a ridge", "slope", "bank”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪŋks/
Noun
links
- Dunes (especially sandy dunes)
References
- The Dictionary of the Scots language
Spanish
Noun
links m pl
- plural of link