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• Received-Pronunciation: /lɒɡ/
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• General-American: /lɔɡ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /lɑɡ/
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• rhymes with -ɒɡ
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• CMU ARPABET: L AO1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Initialism.

From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.

Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.

From Hebrew לֹג.

A clipping of logarithm.

Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2.

236 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَشَبَة (ḵašaba) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Armenian: գերան (geran) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Azerbaijani: şalban — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Azerbaijani: tir — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Belarusian: бервяно́ (bjervjanó) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Belarusian: бярно́ (bjarnó) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Belarusian: кало́да (kalóda) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Bulgarian: дъ́нер (dǎ́ner) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Burmese: တုံး (tum:) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Catalan: tió — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Catalan: tronc — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Chinese Mandarin: 圓木 /圆木 (yuánmù) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Czech: kmen — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Czech: kláda — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Dutch: boomstam — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Dutch: boomstronk — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Esperanto: ŝtipo — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Estonian: ront — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Estonian: palk — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Finnish: runko — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Finnish: puunrunko — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• French: grume — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• French: tronc — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Galician: rolla — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Galician: tora — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Georgian: მორი (mori) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• German: Rundholz (forestial) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• German: Langholz (forestial) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• German: Baumstamm — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• German: Stamm — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Greek: κούτσουρο (koútsouro) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Greek: κορμός (kormós) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Ancient Greek: στέλεχος (stélekhos) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Hebrew: בּוּל עֵץ (bul 'etz) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Hindi: कुंदा (kundā) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Hindi: लट्ठा (laṭṭhā) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Icelandic: drumbur — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Ingrian: hers — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Ingrian: palkki — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Irish: bloc — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Italian: tronco — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Japanese: 丸太 (maruta) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Japanese: 丸木 (maruki) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Kazakh: бөрене (börene) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Khmer: ហ៊ុប (hup) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Korean: 통나무 (tongnamu) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Kyrgyz: жумуру жыгач (jumuru jıgac) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Lao: ຂອນ (khǭn) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Lao: ຕົ້ນ (ton) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Latin: stīpes — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Latin: tignum — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Latvian: baļķis — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Latvian: bluķis — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Lithuanian: rąstas — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Macedonian: клада (klada) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Macedonian: стебло (steblo) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Malay: balak — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Mansaka: batang — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Māori: kōporo — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Mongolian: гуалин (gualin) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Munsee: ăpánzhuy — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Nogai: бурыс (burıs) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Occitan: tronc — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Occitan: bilhon — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Church Slavic: брьвьно (brĭvĭno) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Old East Slavic: бьрьвьно (bĭrĭvĭno) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Old East Slavic: колода (koloda) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Old English: stocc — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Old Turkic: 𐰃𐰍𐰲 — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Persian: کُندِه (konde) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Polish: kłoda — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Portuguese: tora — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Romagnol: zòc — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Romagnol: zöc (Bassa Romagna) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Romanian: buștean — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Romanian: trunchi — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Russian: бревно́ (brevnó) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Russian: коло́да (kolóda) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Scottish Gaelic: sgonn — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Serbo-Croatian: бр́вно — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Serbo-Croatian: bŕvno — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Sicilian: zuccu — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Slovak: kmeň — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Slovak: brvno — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Slovak: klada — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Slovene: hlod — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Southern Altai: јадык (ǰadïk) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Southern Altai: агаш (agaš) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Southern Altai: айылдыҥ базырузы (ayïldïŋ bazïruzï) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Spanish: leño — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Spanish: tronco — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Swahili: gogo — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Swedish: stock — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Tagalog: punghal — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Tagalog: kalap — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Tajik: ғӯлачӯб (ġülačüb) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Tajik: болор (bolor) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Tajik: кунда (kunda) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Thai: ซุง (sung) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Thai: ท่อน (tɔ̂n) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Tibetan: ཤིང་དུམ — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Turkish: kütük — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Ottoman Turkish: كوتوك (kütük) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Ukrainian: коло́да (kolóda) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Ukrainian: бервено́ (bervenó) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Uzbek: yogʻoch — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Uzbek: xoda — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Vietnamese: gỗ tròn — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Welsh: boncyff — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Welsh: cyff — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Yiddish: ליפּע (lipe) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Yiddish: בערווענע (bervene) — trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
• Azerbaijani: şalban — bulky piece of timber
• Belarusian: бервяно́ (bjervjanó) — bulky piece of timber
• Belarusian: пале́на (paljéna) — bulky piece of timber
• Belarusian: кало́да (kalóda) — bulky piece of timber
• Burmese: တုံး (tum:) — bulky piece of timber
• Catalan: tronc — bulky piece of timber
• Chinese Mandarin: 木頭 /木头 (mùtou) — bulky piece of timber
• Czech: poleno — bulky piece of timber
• Dutch: houtblok — bulky piece of timber
• Estonian: palk — bulky piece of timber
• Estonian: pakk — bulky piece of timber
• Finnish: tukki — bulky piece of timber
• Finnish: hirsi — bulky piece of timber
• French: bûche — bulky piece of timber
• Galician: rebolo — bulky piece of timber
• German: Sägerundholz (forestial) — bulky piece of timber
• German: Kurzholz (forestial) — bulky piece of timber
• German: Rundbalken — bulky piece of timber
• German: Stammabschnitt — bulky piece of timber
• German: Stammstück — bulky piece of timber
• German: Holzklotz — bulky piece of timber
• Greek: κούτσουρο (koútsouro) — bulky piece of timber
• Ingrian: hersi — bulky piece of timber
• Ingrian: palkki — bulky piece of timber
• Italian: tronchetto — bulky piece of timber
• Italian: ceppo — bulky piece of timber
• Japanese: 薪 (maki) — bulky piece of timber
• Khmer: ដុល (dol) — bulky piece of timber
• Korean: 통나무 (tongnamu) — bulky piece of timber
• Latin: cala — bulky piece of timber
• Lithuanian: malka — bulky piece of timber
• Occitan: fusta — bulky piece of timber
• Occitan: cepa — bulky piece of timber
• Occitan: estèla — bulky piece of timber
• Old East Slavic: бьрьвьно (bĭrĭvĭno) — bulky piece of timber
• Old East Slavic: полѣно (polěno) — bulky piece of timber
• Old English: stocc — bulky piece of timber
• Polish: kłoda — bulky piece of timber
• Polish: polano — bulky piece of timber
• Polish: kloc — bulky piece of timber
• Polish: bierwiono — bulky piece of timber
• Portuguese: tora — bulky piece of timber
• Portuguese: cepo — bulky piece of timber
• Russian: бревно́ (brevnó) — bulky piece of timber
• Russian: поле́но (poléno) — bulky piece of timber
• Russian: коло́да (kolóda) — bulky piece of timber
• Scottish Gaelic: sgonn — bulky piece of timber
• Slovak: poleno — bulky piece of timber
• Spanish: leño — bulky piece of timber
• Swahili: gogo — bulky piece of timber
• Swedish: stock — bulky piece of timber
• Tagalog: troso — bulky piece of timber
• Tagalog: punghal — bulky piece of timber
• Turkish: tomruk — bulky piece of timber
• Ottoman Turkish: كوتوك (kütük) — bulky piece of timber
• Ottoman Turkish: طومروق (tomruk) — bulky piece of timber
• Ukrainian: коло́да (kolóda) — bulky piece of timber
• Ukrainian: полі́но (políno) — bulky piece of timber
• Ukrainian: бервено́ (bervenó) — bulky piece of timber
• Bulgarian: лаг (lag) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Chinese Mandarin: 計程儀 /计程仪 (jìchéngyí) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Danish: log — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Finnish: loki — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• French: loch — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• German: Log — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Greek: δρομόμετρο (dromómetro) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Hebrew: לוֹג (log) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Hebrew: מַד מְהִירוּת (mad mehirut) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Italian: solcometro — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Japanese: 測程儀 (sokuteigi) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Norwegian Bokmål: logg — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: logg — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Portuguese: barquilha — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Portuguese: barquinha — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Russian: лаг (lag) — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Spanish: registro — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Swedish: logg — nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
• Estonian: päevik — chronological record
• Estonian: kroonika — chronological record
• Finnish: lokikirja — chronological record
• Greek: χρονολογία (chronología) — chronological record
• Hebrew: יומן (yomán) — chronological record
• Irish: taifead — chronological record
• Japanese: 履歴 (rireki) — chronological record
• Japanese: 記録 (kiroku) — chronological record
• Japanese: ログ (rogu) — chronological record
• Māori: rangitaki — chronological record
• Persian: روینگار — chronological record
• Polish: log — chronological record
• Russian: журна́л (žurnál) — chronological record
• Russian: рее́стр (rejéstr) — chronological record
• Swedish: logg — chronological record
• Swedish: journal — chronological record
• Swedish: dagbok — chronological record
• Swedish: diarium — chronological record
• Turkish: kütük — chronological record
• Bulgarian: лог (log) — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Chinese Mandarin: 日誌 /日志 (rìzhì) — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Hebrew: יומן (yomán) — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Māori: rangitaki — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Polish: log — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Russian: лог (log) — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Turkish: kütük — (computer) an append-only sequence of records written to disk
• Dutch: houthakken — to cut down trees
• Finnish: hakata — to cut down trees
• Finnish: kaataa puita — to cut down trees
• French: couper — to cut down trees
• French: abattre — to cut down trees
• Greek: υλοτομώ (ylotomó) — to cut down trees
• Japanese: 伐採 (bassai) — to cut down trees
• Portuguese: cortar — to cut down trees
• Spanish: talar — to cut down trees
• Swedish: fälla (träd) — to cut down trees
• Finnish: kirjata — make an entry in a log
• German: protokollieren — make an entry in a log
• Hebrew: רשם (rashám) — make an entry in a log
• Japanese: 記録する (kirokusuru) — make an entry in a log
• Persian: روینگاشتن — make an entry in a log
• Portuguese: lançar — make an entry in a log
• Spanish: registrar — make an entry in a log
• Swedish: logga — make an entry in a log
• Swedish: anteckna — make an entry in a log
• Swedish: journalföra — make an entry in a log
• Swedish: diarieföra — make an entry in a log