different between logs vs plank
logs
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l??z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /l??z/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /l??z/
- Rhymes: -??z
Noun
logs
- plural of log
Verb
logs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of log
Anagrams
- Glos, Glos., slog
Latvian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Baltic *lang-, from a variant *leng-, *lang- of Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”) (whence also Latvian liekt (“to bend”), q.v.). According to this hypothesis, the meaning probably evolved from “circle” > “dint” > “hole”, whence “window”. This agrees with the fact that the oldest windows in Northern Europe were actually round holes on the roof for smoke to go out and light to come in which were covered when the weather was cold. Note how in some neighboring languages the word for “window” is related to the word for “eye”, as in Russian ????? (oknó, “window”), ???? (óko, “eye (poetic)”). Cognates include Lithuanian lángas, Old Prussian lanxto (= lanksto < langsto). Other (minoritary) opinions compare logs to Sanskrit ?????? (lak?ate, “to notice, to note”), Old English locian (“to look”), English look, or then derive it from Proto-Indo-European *leng- (“to swing, to flap”) (perhaps because in ancient times windows were covered with animal skins which swung or flapped in the wind).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [luôks]
Noun
logs m (1st declension)
- window (opening in building or vehicle)
Declension
References
Volapük
Noun
logs
- plural of log
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plank
English
Etymology
From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek ?????? (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublet planch, borrowed later from Middle French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plæ?k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
- Homophone: Planck
Noun
plank (plural planks)
- A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- (figuratively) A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
- Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
- (Britain, slang) A stupid person, idiot.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot
- That which supports or upholds.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
Derived terms
- plank spanker
- walk the plank
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: plangk
Translations
Verb
plank (third-person singular simple present planks, present participle planking, simple past and past participle planked)
- (transitive) To cover something with planking.
- (transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- 1998, Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)
- Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- 1998, Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)
- (transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- (transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
- To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- (intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
Translations
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch plank, from Middle Dutch planke, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Northern French planke, from Late Latin planca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pla?k/
Noun
plank (plural planke, diminutive plankie)
- A plank.
Derived terms
- branderplank
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch planke, from Old Dutch *planca, from Old Northern French planke, from Late Latin planca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl??k/
- Hyphenation: plank
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
plank f (plural planken, diminutive plankje n)
- shelf
- (wooden) plank
Derived terms
- boekenplank
- duikplank
- loopplank
- op de planken
- plankenkoorts
- plankgas
- springplank
- surfplank
- van de bovenste plank
Descendants
- Afrikaans: plank
- ? Sranan Tongo: planga
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English plank.
Noun
plank m (invariable)
- (neologism) plank (physical exercise)
Swedish
Noun
plank n
- a high wooden fence which completely prevents any seeing-through
Declension
Derived terms
- bullerplank
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