English

Pronunciation
IPA|/li�k/
audio|en-us-link.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�k|-ɪ�k

Etymology 1

OE. term|linke probably from ON. *hlenkr, from PG.. Also from L. lychnus, from Gk. lukhnos (lamp). Used in English since the 14th Century.

Noun
en-noun

1. A connection between places, persons, events, or things.

#: The mayor's assistant serves as the link to the media.

1. One element of a chain.

#: The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
#: The weakest link.

1. computing The connection between busses or systems.

#: A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.

1. obsolete A torch used to light dark streets.

Translations
trans-top|connection
Chinese: �� (liánjíe)
Czech: t-|cs|spojení|n, t-|cs|propojení|n
Danish: forbindelse c
Dutch: link m, verbinding f , relatie f , koppeling f
Finnish: t+|fi|yhteys
French: t+|fr|lien|m
Frisian: ferbining, keppeling
German: t+|de|Verbindung|f
Hebrew: ק�ש�ר (Ki'shur) m, ����� (Hul'ya) f
Italian: t+|it|collegamento|m, t+|it|lega|f, t+|it|connessione|f
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Portuguese: ligação f
Russian: �в�з� f
Spanish: t+|es|enlace
Swedish: t-|sv|anknytning|c, t-|sv|länk|c
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trans-top|element of a chain
Chinese: �� (liánjíe)
Czech: t-|cs|�lánek|m
Danish: t-|da|led
Dutch: schakel
Finnish: t+|fi|linkki
French: t+|fr|maillon
Frisian: keppeling
German: Verknüpfung f
Hebrew: ק�ש�ר (Ki'shur) m
Italian: t+|it|anello|m
trans-mid
Portuguese: t-|pt|elo|m
Russian: t+|ru|звено|sc=Cyrl
Spanish: t-|es|eslabón
Swedish: t-|sv|länk|c
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trans-top|computing: connection between busses or systems
Danish: link, forbindelse
Italian: t+|it|connessione|f
trans-mid
Portuguese: ligação f
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checktrans
ttbc|Romanian: leg�tur� f

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive: To connect two or more things.

Translations
trans-top|to connect things
Danish: forbinde, kæde, sammenkæde
Finnish: t+|fi|yhdistää
Indonesian: menghubungkan
trans-mid
Italian: collegare, connettere, linkare (hyperlinks)
Portuguese: ligar v.
Russian: �в�з�ва��
Swedish: t-|sv|länka
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Etymology 2
Shortened form of hyperlink.

Noun
en-noun

1. computing A hyperlink, especially one implemented in HTML.

#: The link on the page points to the sports scores.

Translations
trans-top|computing: hyperlink
Czech: t-|cs|odkaz|m
Danish: t-|da|link
Dutch: t+|nl|link, koppeling f, verwijzing f
Finnish: t+|fi|linkki
German: t+|de|Link m, t-|de|Hyperlink m
Indonesian: pranala
Italian: t+|it|link m, t+|it|collegamento|m
Lower Sorbian: #Lower Sorbian|link m
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Polish: t+|pl|link m
Romanian: t-|ro|hyperlink|n, t-|ro|leg�tur�|f
Portuguese: ligação f
Russian: гипе����лка f , ���лка f
Spanish: t-|es|hipervínculo
Swedish: t-|sv|hyperlänk|c, t-|sv|länk|c
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Dutch

Adjective
link

1. Sly; Cunning.
2. Dangerous.

Noun
link m

1. Link; Connection.

German

Adjective
link

1. left
2. Sly; Cunning.
3. Dangerous.

Category:German adjectives

Hungarian

Etymology
E.|hu term|lang=en|link.

Noun
infl|hu|noun|plural|linkek

1. l|en|link, hyperlink

Italian

Noun
link m inv

1. link (hyperlink)

Synonyms
collegamento

Category:Italian nouns

Lithuanian

Adverb
infl|lt|adverb

1. towards

de:link
fr:link
io:link
it:link
kk:link
ku:link
li:link
hu:link
nl:link
ja:link
pl:link
pt:link
ru:link
simple:link
sk:link
fi:link
ta:link
te:link
vi:link
tr:link
zh:link

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