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padlock

noun · verb · 4 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæ̞dˌlɒk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈpædˌlɑk/
  • Australian: /ˈpæ̞dˌlɔk/
  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 D L AA2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To lock using a padlock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lock

4

verb

Meaning 4

fasten with a padlock

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lock

History

Etymology

From earlier pad lock (19th c.); Middle English padlock, padlokke, from pad-, of unknown origin, + lok (“lock”). Perhaps originally a lock for a pad (“gate”), or a gate opening to a path, or a lock for a basket or pannier, from UK dialect pad (“a pannier”).

Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: dry — type of lock
  • Arabic: كَيْلُون (kaylūn) — type of lock
  • Arabic: كَالُون (kālūn) — type of lock
  • Arabic: قفل (ʔifl) — type of lock
  • Aromanian: cãtinar — type of lock
  • Azerbaijani: asma qıfıl — type of lock
  • Basque: giltzarrapo — type of lock
  • Belarusian: замак навясны (zamak navjasny) — type of lock
  • Bulgarian: катина́р (katinár) — type of lock
  • Catalan: cadenat — type of lock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 掛鎖 /挂锁 (guàsuǒ) — type of lock
  • Czech: visací zámek — type of lock
  • Danish: hængelås — type of lock
  • Dutch: hangslot — type of lock
  • Esperanto: pendseruro — type of lock
  • Finnish: riippulukko — type of lock
  • Finnish: munalukko — type of lock
  • French: cadenas — type of lock
  • Galician: cadeado — type of lock
  • Georgian: ბოქლომი (boklomi) — type of lock
  • German: Vorhängeschloss — type of lock
  • Greek: λουκέτο (loukéto) — type of lock
  • Gujarati: તાળું (tāḷũ) — type of lock
  • Hindi: ताला (tālā) — type of lock
  • Hungarian: lakat — type of lock
  • Hunsrik: Hengschloss — type of lock
  • Hunsrik: Katëaat — type of lock
  • Ido: padloko — type of lock
  • Indonesian: gembok — type of lock
  • Ingrian: munalukku — type of lock
  • Irish: glas fraincín — type of lock
  • Irish: glas crochta — type of lock
  • Italian: lucchetto — type of lock
  • Japanese: パドロック (padorokku) — type of lock
  • Japanese: パッドロック (paddorokku) — type of lock
  • Japanese: 蝦錠 (ebijō) — type of lock
  • Javanese: gembok — type of lock
  • Javanese: kontholan — type of lock
  • Korean: 자물쇠 (jamulsoe) — type of lock
  • Lao: ຮູບກຸນແຈ (hūp kun chǣ) — type of lock
  • Lithuanian: spynà — type of lock
  • Lun Bawang: fasek — type of lock
  • Luxembourgish: Schlass — type of lock
  • Luxembourgish: Klauschter — type of lock
  • Macedonian: ка́танец (kátanec) — type of lock
  • Macedonian: ка́тинар (kátinar) — type of lock
  • Malay: mangga — type of lock
  • Malay: ibu kunci — type of lock
  • Mongolian: цоожоор (coožoor) — type of lock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hengelås — type of lock
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hengelås — type of lock
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hengjelås — type of lock
  • Plautdietsch: Henjschlott — type of lock
  • Polish: kłódka — type of lock
  • Portuguese: cadeado — type of lock
  • Portuguese: aloquete — type of lock
  • Punjabi: ਕੁੰਡੀ (kuṇḍī) — type of lock
  • Punjabi: کُنْڈی (kunḍī) — type of lock
  • Romanian: lacăt — type of lock
  • Russian: вися́чий замо́к (visjáčij zamók) — type of lock
  • Russian: замо́к (zamók) — type of lock
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̀танац — type of lock
  • Serbo-Croatian: ло̏кот — type of lock
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàtanac — type of lock
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȍkot — type of lock
  • Slovene: žabica — type of lock
  • Lower Sorbian: pyto — type of lock
  • Spanish: candado — type of lock
  • Swahili: kufuli — type of lock
  • Swedish: hänglås — type of lock
  • Tarifit: tišfart — type of lock
  • Telugu: తాళము (tāḷamu) — type of lock
  • Thai: แม่กุญแจ (mɛ̂ɛ-gun-jɛɛ) — type of lock
  • Turkish: asma kilit — type of lock
  • Unami: këpakhwikàn — type of lock
  • Urdu: تالا (tālā) — type of lock
  • Uzbek: osma qulf — type of lock
  • Welsh: clo clap — type of lock
  • Welsh: clo clwt — type of lock
  • Yup'ik: kelucaq — type of lock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用掛鎖鎖上 /用挂锁锁上 (yòng guàsuǒ suǒshàng) — to lock using a padlock
  • Dutch: met een hangslot afsluiten — to lock using a padlock
  • Finnish: sulkea riippulukolla — to lock using a padlock
  • French: cadenasser — to lock using a padlock
  • German: mit einem Vorhängeschloss verschließen — to lock using a padlock
  • Hungarian: lakatol — to lock using a padlock
  • Hungarian: lelakatol — to lock using a padlock
  • Hungarian: bezár — to lock using a padlock
  • Hungarian: lezár — to lock using a padlock
  • Ido: padlokagar — to lock using a padlock
  • Italian: lucchetto — to lock using a padlock
  • Lun Bawang: masek — to lock using a padlock
  • Macedonian: закатанчува (zakatančuva) — to lock using a padlock
  • Polish: zamykać na kłódkę — to lock using a padlock
  • Polish: zamknąć na kłódkę — to lock using a padlock
  • Portuguese: cadear — to lock using a padlock
  • Portuguese: trancar — to lock using a padlock
  • Spanish: candar — to lock using a padlock
  • Spanish: asegurar — to lock using a padlock
  • Turkish: kilitlemek — to lock using a padlock
Real reading context

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