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zark
English
Etymology
Coined by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978).
Pronunciation
Interjection
zark
- (slang, euphemistic) Fuck.
Derived terms
- zarking
- zark off
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ark
English
Etymology
From Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arce? (“I enclose”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophone: arc
Noun
ark (plural arks)
- A large box with a flat lid.
- (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
- Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
- A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
- (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
- (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
Synonyms
- barge
- basket
- chest
- coffer
- hutch
- refuge
- retreat
- shelter
- ship
- vessel
Derived terms
- Ark of the Covenant
- Noah's Ark
- pig ark
Descendants
- ? Maori: ?ka
Translations
Further reading
- ark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ark in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- AKR, KAR, RAK, RKA, kar, kra
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
Etymology 1
Via Middle Low German ark from Latin arcus. The Latin words means "bow", but it is here used in a wider sense of the folded paper. Compare the same semantic development in German Bogen (“bow; sheet of paper”).
Noun
ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)
- a sheet (of paper)
Inflection
Synonyms
- papir
Etymology 2
From Old Danish ark, Old Norse ?rk, from Proto-Germanic *ark?, borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, coffin; ark”).
Noun
ark c (singular definite arken, plural indefinite arker)
- (biblical) ark (Noah's Ark or the Ark of the Convenant)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rk/
- Hyphenation: ark
- Rhymes: -?rk
Noun
ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)
- ark (ark of the covenant)
- ark (ship)
- houseboat
- Synonym: woonark
Derived terms
- woonark
Descendants
- Afrikaans: ark
Icelandic
Etymology
From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar?k/
- Rhymes: -ar?k
Noun
ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)
- (obsolete) sheet (of paper)
Declension
Synonyms
- (sheet of paper): blað, örk
Manx
Alternative forms
- urk
Etymology
From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *?orkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pór?os, from *per?- (“to dig”).
Noun
ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)
- young pig, piglet
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 orc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arke
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“a bow, arc, arch”).
Noun
ark (plural arks)
- The path of the sun across the sky.
Descendants
- English: arc
References
- “ark, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
North Frisian
Determiner
ark
- (Mooring) each; every
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ?rk (“chest”), from Proto-Norse *???? (*arku), borrowed during pre-Christian time from Latin arca (“chest, box”), from arce? (“enclose, box in”), from Proto-Italic *arke?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk- (“to protect, guard”).
Noun
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant
Synonyms
- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2
From Old Danish ark, arken, arkens, through Middle Low German or Low German arkener (“breast protection”), from Old French arquiere (“shooting range”).
Noun
ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- (architecture) a dormer
Etymology 3
From Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“arc, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erk?o- (“bow, arrow”).
Noun
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)
- a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms
- papir
Derived terms
- A4-ark
- faktaark
- papirark
- regneark
References
- “ark” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ?rk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.
Noun
ark f (definite singular arka, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)
- the ark (boat of Noah)
- paktarka - the Ark of the Covenant
- (architecture) a dormer
Synonyms
- kvist (dormer)
Etymology 2
From Latin arcus, via Low German ark
Noun
ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)
- a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms
- papir
Derived terms
- A4-ark
- faktaark
- papirark
References
- “ark” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.
Noun
ark c
- an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
- the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box
Declension
Related terms
- förbundsark
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.
Noun
ark n
- a sheet of paper
- (printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book
Declension
Synonyms
- papper
- blad
Related terms
- arkmatare
- arksignatur
- dubbelark
Descendants
- ? Finnish: arkki
References
Anagrams
- kar, rak
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ark/
Noun
ark n (no plural)
- tool
- stuff, junk
Further reading
- “ark (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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