Standard Lemma guide

login

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈlɒɡ.ɪn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with (UK) -ɒɡɪn
  • CMU ARPABET: L AO1 G IH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A hamlet in Cilymaenllwyd community, west Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1623).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I've forgotten my login again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: logon, sign-in, sign-on

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The process or an instance of logging in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Your login failed because you weren't connected to the office network.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: logon, log-on, sign-in, sign-on

Antonyms: logoff, logout

5

verb

Meaning 5

Misspelling of log in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

A deverbal from log in.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ግባ (gəba) — user's identification
  • Armenian: մուտքաբառ (mutkʻabaṙ) — user's identification
  • Armenian: լոգին (login) — user's identification
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用戶名 /用户名 (yònghùmíng) — user's identification
  • Danish: log-in — user's identification
  • Dutch: inloggen — user's identification
  • Dutch: aanmelden — user's identification
  • Dutch: inloggegevens — user's identification
  • Dutch: aanmeldgegevens — user's identification
  • Estonian: kasutajatunnus — user's identification
  • Finnish: käyttäjätunnus — user's identification
  • French: identifiant — user's identification
  • French: ID — user's identification
  • French: nom d'utilisateur — user's identification
  • French: compte — user's identification
  • German: Login — user's identification
  • German: Benutzername — user's identification
  • Hungarian: azonosító — user's identification
  • Hungarian: felhasználónév — user's identification
  • Italian: credenziali — user's identification
  • Japanese: ログイン (roguin) — user's identification
  • Japanese: ユーザー名 (yūzāmei) — user's identification
  • Japanese: 利用者名 (riyōshamei) — user's identification
  • Korean: 로그인 (rogeu'in) — user's identification
  • Korean: 사용자명 (sayongjamyeong) — user's identification
  • Korean: 사용자 이름 (sayongja ireum) — user's identification
  • Macedonian: најава (najava) — user's identification
  • Macedonian: најавување (najavuvanje) — user's identification
  • Malay: log masuk — user's identification
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pålogging — user's identification
  • Polish: login — user's identification
  • Polish: nazwa użytkownika — user's identification
  • Portuguese: login — user's identification
  • Russian: логи́н (logín) — user's identification
  • Russian: и́мя по́льзователя (ímja pólʹzovatelja) — user's identification
  • Russian: и́мя учётной за́писи (ímja učótnoj zápisi) — user's identification
  • Spanish: login (lóguin) — user's identification
  • Spanish: credencial — user's identification
  • Spanish: credenciales — user's identification
  • Swedish: användarnamn — user's identification
  • Tamil: புகுபதிகை (pukupatikai) — user's identification
  • Tigrinya: ብመንነት እተው (bəmännät ʾətäw) — user's identification
  • Arabic: تَسْجِيل دُخُول (tasjīl duḵūl) — logging in
  • Chinese: чинлэ (qinle) — logging in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 記入 /记入 (jìrù) — logging in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登錄 /登录 (dēnglù) — logging in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簽入 /签入 (qiānrù) — logging in
  • Danish: log-in — logging in
  • Estonian: isikutuvastus — logging in
  • Finnish: sisäänkirjautuminen — logging in
  • German: Benutzeranmeldung — logging in
  • German: Anmeldung — logging in
  • German: Einloggen — logging in
  • Hungarian: bejelentkezés — logging in
  • Icelandic: innskráning — logging in
  • Japanese: ログイン (roguin) — logging in
  • Korean: 로그인 (rogeu'in) — logging in
  • Macedonian: најавување (najavuvanje) — logging in
  • Malay: log masuk — logging in
  • Māori: takiuru — logging in
  • Polish: logowanie — logging in
  • Portuguese: login — logging in
  • Russian: вход (vxod) — logging in
  • Russian: вход в систе́му (vxod v sistému) — logging in
  • Spanish: logueamiento — logging in
  • Swedish: logga in — logging in
  • Tamil: புகுபதிகை (pukupatikai) — logging in
Real reading context

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