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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”), from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“bendsome, flexible”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng-, *klenk- (“to bend; twist; wind”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank. Cognates Cognate with Low German Lenk (“link”), Danish lænke (“chain; link”), Elfdalian lekk (“link”), Icelandic hlekkur (“link”), Norwegian Bokmål lenke (“chain; link”), Norwegian Nynorsk lenke, lenkje (“chain; link”), Swedish länk (“chain; link”).

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

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381 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: لِينْك (līnk) — male given name
• Japanese: リンク (Linku) — male given name
• Korean: 링크 (Ringkeu) — male given name
• Thai: ลิงก์ (Lingk̒) — male given name
• Arabic: وَصْلَة (waṣla) — connection
• Armenian: կապ (kap) — connection
• Aromanian: ligãturã — connection
• Azerbaijani: əlaqə — connection
• Belarusian: су́вязь (súvjazʹ) — connection
• Belarusian: злучэ́нне (zlučénnje) — connection
• Belarusian: злучэ́ньне (zlučénʹnje) — connection
• Bulgarian: съедине́ние (sǎedinénie) — connection
• Bulgarian: свръ́зка (svrǎ́zka) — connection
• Catalan: lligam — connection
• Catalan: vincle — connection
• Chinese Mandarin: 連結 /连结 (liánjié) — connection
• Czech: spojení — connection
• Czech: propojení — connection
• Danish: forbindelse — connection
• Dutch: link — connection
• Dutch: verbinding — connection
• Dutch: relatie — connection
• Dutch: koppeling — connection
• Esperanto: ligo — connection
• Estonian: ühendus — connection
• Finnish: yhteys — connection
• Finnish: sidos — connection
• Finnish: linkki — connection
• French: lien — connection
• French: connexion — connection
• French: rapport — connection
• West-Frisian: ferbining — connection
• West-Frisian: keppeling — connection
• Galician: ligazón — connection
• Galician: vínculo — connection
• Georgian: კავშირი (ḳavširi) — connection
• German: Verbindung — connection
• Hebrew: קֶשֶׁר (késher) — connection
• Hebrew: קישור \ קִשּׁוּר (ki'shur) — connection
• Hungarian: kapcsolat — connection
• Hungarian: kapcsolódás — connection
• Icelandic: tengsl — connection
• Ido: ligilo — connection
• Indonesian: pranala — connection
• Italian: collegamento — connection
• Italian: lega — connection
• Italian: legame — connection
• Italian: connessione — connection
• Italian: rapporto — connection
• Japanese: 連結 (renketsu) — connection
• Javanese: pranala — connection
• Kabuverdianu: élu — connection
• Korean: 연결 (yeon'gyeol) — connection
• Korean: 련결 (ryeon'gyeol) — connection
• Ladino: atamiento — connection
• Ladino: atadijo — connection
• Latin: vinculum — connection
• Latvian: saikne — connection
• Lithuanian: ryšys — connection
• Macedonian: врска (vrska) — connection
• Malay: pautan — connection
• Māori: hononga — connection
• Māori: taukaea — connection
• Khiamniungan Naga: já — connection
• Norman: lian — connection
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbindelse — connection
• Iranian Persian: پِیْوَنْد (peyvand) — connection
• Polish: łącznik — connection
• Polish: więź — connection
• Portuguese: ligação — connection
• Portuguese: vínculo — connection
• Romanian: legătură — connection
• Russian: связь (svjazʹ) — connection
• Russian: соедине́ние (sojedinénije) — connection
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏за — connection
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅza — connection
• Slovak: spojenie — connection
• Slovak: prepojenie — connection
• Slovene: povezava — connection
• Slovene: zveza — connection
• Spanish: enlace — connection
• Spanish: vínculo — connection
• Spanish: lazo — connection
• Swedish: anknytning — connection
• Swedish: länk — connection
• Tajik: пайванд (payvand) — connection
• Tocharian B: meske — connection
• Ukrainian: зв'язо́к (zvʺjazók) — connection
• Ukrainian: з'є́днання (zʺjédnannja) — connection
• Vietnamese: liên kết — connection
• Southern Altai: канат (kanat) — element of a chain
• Arabic: وَصْلَة (waṣla) — element of a chain
• Armenian: օղակ (ōġak) — element of a chain
• Azerbaijani: halqa — element of a chain
• Belarusian: звяно́ (zvjanó) — element of a chain
• Bulgarian: звено́ (zvenó) — element of a chain
• Catalan: baula — element of a chain
• Chinese Mandarin: 連結 /连结 (liánjié) — element of a chain
• Czech: článek — element of a chain
• Danish: led — element of a chain
• Dutch: schakel — element of a chain
• Dutch: schalm — element of a chain
• Dutch: link — element of a chain
• Esperanto: ĉenero — element of a chain
• Esperanto: ligaĵo — element of a chain
• Finnish: lenkki — element of a chain
• French: maillon — element of a chain
• French: chaînon — element of a chain
• West-Frisian: keppeling — element of a chain
• Galician: elo — element of a chain
• Galician: grilón — element of a chain
• Galician: malla — element of a chain
• German: Verknüpfung — element of a chain
• German: Glied — element of a chain
• Hebrew: חוליה \ חֻלְיָה (khulyá) — element of a chain
• Hungarian: láncszem — element of a chain
• Icelandic: hlekkur — element of a chain
• Interlingua: anello — element of a chain
• Irish: lúb — element of a chain
• Italian: anello — element of a chain
• Italian: maglia — element of a chain
• Korean: 고리 (gori) — element of a chain
• Kyrgyz: канат (kanat) — element of a chain
• Latgalian: trūps — element of a chain
• Latgalian: puosmys — element of a chain
• Latvian: posms — element of a chain
• Macedonian: алка (alka) — element of a chain
• Māori: rīki — element of a chain
• Khiamniungan Naga: já — element of a chain
• Norman: lian — element of a chain
• Norwegian Bokmål: ledd — element of a chain
• Iranian Persian: حَلْقِه (halġe) — element of a chain
• Polish: ogniwo — element of a chain
• Portuguese: elo — element of a chain
• Romanian: verigă — element of a chain
• Romanian: za — element of a chain
• Russian: звено́ (zvenó) — element of a chain
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̀рика — element of a chain
• Serbo-Croatian: беочуг — element of a chain
• Serbo-Croatian: kàrika — element of a chain
• Serbo-Croatian: beočug — element of a chain
• Slovak: článok — element of a chain
• Slovene: člen — element of a chain
• Spanish: eslabón — element of a chain
• Swedish: länk — element of a chain
• Swedish: led — element of a chain
• Tarifit: asɣun — element of a chain
• Thai: ลูกโซ่ (lûuk-sôo) — element of a chain
• Ottoman Turkish: حلقه (halka) — element of a chain
• Ottoman Turkish: باقلا (bakla) — element of a chain
• Ukrainian: ла́нка (lánka) — element of a chain
• Albanian: tejlidhje — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Albanian: lidhje — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Arabic: رَابِط (rābiṭ) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Arabic: وَصْلَة (waṣla) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Arabic: رَابِط (rābiṭ) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Armenian: հղում (hġum) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Azerbaijani: keçid — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Azerbaijani: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Belarusian: спасы́лка (spasýlka) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Belarusian: лінк (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Bulgarian: линк (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Bulgarian: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Bulgarian: хипервръ́зка (hipervrǎ́zka) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Catalan: lligam — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Catalan: vincle — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Catalan: enllaç — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Chinese Mandarin: 連結 /连结 (liánjié) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Chinese Mandarin: 鏈接 /链接 (liànjiē) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Crimean Tatar: bağlantı — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Czech: odkaz — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Czech: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Danish: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Dutch: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Dutch: koppeling — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Dutch: verwijzing — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Esperanto: ligilo — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Estonian: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Finnish: linkki — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• French: lien — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• French: lien hypertexte — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• French: hyperlien — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Galician: ligazón — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Galician: hiperligazón — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Georgian: ბმული (bmuli) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Georgian: ლინკი (linḳi) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• German: Link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• German: Hyperlink — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• German: Verweis — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Greek: σύνδεσμος (sýndesmos) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Greek: υπερσύνδεσμος (ypersýndesmos) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Hebrew: קישור \ קִשּׁוּר m לִינְק (ki'shúr) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Hindi: लिंक (liṅk) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Hungarian: hivatkozás — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Hungarian: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Ido: ligilo — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Ido: hiperligilo — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Indonesian: pranala — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Indonesian: tautan — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Interlingua: ligamine — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Interlingua: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Irish: nasc — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Italian: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Italian: collegamento — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Japanese: リンク (rinku) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Korean: 링크 (ringkeu) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Kyrgyz: шилтеме (şilteme) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Ladino: atamiento — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Latvian: saite — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Lithuanian: saitas — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Macedonian: врска (vrska) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Macedonian: хиперврска (hipervrska) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Macedonian: поврзница (povrznica) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Macedonian: линк (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Malay: pautan — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Norman: lian — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Norwegian Bokmål: lenke — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Ossetian: ӕрвитӕн (ærvitæn) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Iranian Persian: پِیْوَنْد (peyvand) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Iranian Persian: لینْک (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Polish: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Polish: hiperłącze — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Polish: odsyłacz — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Polish: odnośnik — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Polish: łącze — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Portuguese: ligação — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Portuguese: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Portuguese: hiperligação — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Romanian: hyperlink — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Romanian: legătură — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Russian: ссы́лка (ssýlka) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Russian: гиперссы́лка (giperssýlka) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Russian: линк (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀везница — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Serbo-Croatian: ли̏нк — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Serbo-Croatian: pòveznica — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Serbo-Croatian: lȉnk — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Slovak: odkaz — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Slovak: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Slovene: povezava — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Lower Sorbian: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Spanish: enlace — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Spanish: vínculo — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Spanish: hiperenlace — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Spanish: hipervínculo — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Swedish: hyperlänk — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Swedish: länk — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Thai: ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (hai-bpəə-líng) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Thai: ลิงก์ (líng) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Turkish: bağ — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Turkish: link — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Ukrainian: посила́ння (posylánnja) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Ukrainian: лінк (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Urdu: رَبْط (rabt) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Vietnamese: liên kết — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Vietnamese: đường dẫn — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Walloon: hårdêye — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Walloon: loyén — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבינדונג (farbindung) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Yiddish: לינק (link) — computing: short for hyperlink — see also hyperlink
• Catalan: enllaç — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Catalan: link — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Danish: link — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Danish: forbindelse — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Dutch: link — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Dutch: verbinding — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Galician: ligazón — computing: connection between buses or systems
• German: Verknüpfung — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Ido: ligilo — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Italian: connessione — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Macedonian: врска (vrska) — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Iranian Persian: پِیْوَنْد (peyvand) — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Iranian Persian: اِتِّصال (ettesâl) — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Portuguese: ligação — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Russian: связь (svjazʹ) — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Spanish: enlace — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Spanish: vínculo — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Ukrainian: з'є́днання (zʺjédnannja) — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Vietnamese: kết nối — computing: connection between buses or systems
• Vietnamese: liên kết — computing: connection between buses or systems
• German: Verschlingung — mathematics: space comprising one or more disjoint knots
• German: Verkettung — mathematics: space comprising one or more disjoint knots
• German: Wildnisstreifen — thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches
• Finnish: lenkki — individual person or element in a system
• German: Glied — individual person or element in a system
• Finnish: lenkki — anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain
• Bulgarian: кули́са (kulísa) — kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained
• German: Koppel — kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained
• German: Getriebeglied — kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained
• German: Koppelstange — kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained
• Bulgarian: шарни́р (šarnír) — engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion
• Finnish: kanki — engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion
• Finnish: kiertokanki — engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion
• Russian: шарни́р (šarnír) — engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion
• Finnish: lenkki — surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain
• German: Kettenglied (0.201168 m) — surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain
• Māori: rīki — surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain
• Bulgarian: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) — chemistry: bond of affinity
• Finnish: sidos — chemistry: bond of affinity
• German: Bindigkeit — chemistry: bond of affinity
• Russian: связь (svjazʹ) — chemistry: bond of affinity
• Serbo-Croatian: veza — chemistry: bond of affinity
• Serbo-Croatian: ве̏за — chemistry: bond of affinity
• Serbo-Croatian: vȅza — chemistry: bond of affinity
• Finnish: mutka — windings of a river; the land along a winding stream
• German: Schlingen — windings of a river; the land along a winding stream
• Bulgarian: факла (fakla) — torch
• Catalan: torxa — torch
• Dutch: fakkel — torch
• Dutch: flambouw — torch
• Dutch: toorts — torch
• French: flambeau — torch
• French: torche — torch
• German: Spanlicht — torch
• German: Kienspan (fatwood) — torch
• Latvian: lāpa — torch
• Bulgarian: съединявам (sǎedinjavam) — to connect
• Bulgarian: свързвам (svǎrzvam) — to connect
• Catalan: lligar — to connect
• Catalan: enllaçar — to connect
• Catalan: vinclar — to connect
• Danish: forbinde — to connect
• Danish: kæde — to connect
• Danish: sammenkæde — to connect
• Dutch: verbinden — to connect
• Dutch: linken — to connect
• Esperanto: ligi — to connect
• Finnish: yhdistää — to connect
• French: relier — to connect
• French: lier — to connect
• Galician: ligar — to connect
• Galician: lear — to connect
• German: verbinden — to connect
• German: verknüpfen — to connect
• Hungarian: összekapcsol — to connect
• Indonesian: menghubungkan — to connect
• Italian: collegare — to connect
• Italian: connettere — to connect
• Italian: linkare — to connect
• Khmer: ជាប់ (coap) — to connect
• Khmer: ភ្ជាប់ (pcoap) — to connect
• Kyrgyz: шилтөө (şiltöö) — to connect
• Macedonian: врзува (vrzuva) — to connect
• Macedonian: поврзува (povrzuva) — to connect
• Macedonian: сврзува (svrzuva) — to connect
• Māori: tūhono — to connect
• Māori: hono — to connect
• Māori: tauhere — to connect
• Khiamniungan Naga: vìang — to connect
• Persian: پیوستن (peyvastan) — to connect
• Portuguese: ligar — to connect
• Portuguese: relacionar — to connect
• Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — to connect
• Slovene: povezati — to connect
• Spanish: enlazar — to connect
• Spanish: ligar — to connect
• Spanish: engarzar — to connect
• Spanish: eslabonar — to connect
• Swedish: länka — to connect
• Swedish: sammanlänka — to connect
• Swedish: förbinda — to connect
• Ukrainian: з'є́днувати (zʺjédnuvaty) — to connect
• Ukrainian: поє́днувати (pojédnuvaty) — to connect
• Ukrainian: сполуча́ти (spolučáty) — to connect
• Vietnamese: kết nối — to connect
• Catalan: enllaçar — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Czech: odkazovat — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Finnish: linkittää — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Finnish: linkata — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• German: verweisen — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• German: verlinken — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Hungarian: hivatkozik — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Irish: nasc — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Persian: پیوند (peyvand) — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Polish: łączyć — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Polish: połączyć — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Portuguese: linkar — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Swedish: länka — to contain a hyperlink to another page
• Esperanto: bindi — to combine objects into an executable
• German: herumspringen — skip along
• German: umherhüpfen — skip along