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Translingual

Symbol

log

  1. (mathematics) logarithm (ot the -often cognate- equivalent in other languages, e.g. logarithme)

Related terms

English

Pronunciation

Wikipedia has articles on: Log

Etymology 1

Recorded since 1398, of unknown origin. The theory from Old Norse lág (“‘a felled tree’”)[1] is widely doubted on phonological grounds; an alternative is sound expression of the notion of something massive

Noun

Singular log

Plural logs

log (plural logs)

  1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
    They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
  2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
  3. A chip log, a device used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water
  4. A logbook
  5. A blockhead, very dumb person
  6. (surfing slang) longboard.
    I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood — Neal Miyake 1999 [1]
  7. A rolled cake with filling; Swiss roll.

Derived terms

Translations
trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
  • Dutch: bootstam, bootstronk
bulky piece of timber
  • Dutch: houtblok nl(nl) m.
blockhead — see blockhead, dumb person
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  • Arabic: زند الخشب (zánad al-xášab) m.
  • Chinese: 木头 (mùtou)
  • Estonian: palk
  • Finnish: tukki fi(fi)
  • French: tronc fr(fr) m., billot fr(fr) m., souche fr(fr) f., bûche fr(fr) f.,
  • German: Holzklotz de(de) m., Scheit de(de) n.
  • Hebrew: בול עץ (bul etz) m.
  • Hungarian: fatönk hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: trjádrumbur m., drumbur m.
  • Italian: ciocco it(it) m.
  • Japanese: 丸太 (まるた, maruta)
  • Korean: 통나무 (tongnamu)
  • Latvian: baļķis m.
  • Portuguese: tronco pt(pt) m., lenha pt(pt) f., tora pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: бревно ru(ru) (brevnó) n.
  • Slovene: deblo sl(sl) n.
  • Spanish: leño es(es) m.
  • Swahili: kikingi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: stock sv(sv) c.

Verb

Infinitive to log

Third person singular logs

Simple past logged

Past participle logged

Present participle logging

to log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)

  1. (transitive) To cut trees into logs
  2. (transitive) To cut down (trees).
  3. (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by log chip
  4. (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations
cut down trees

Etymology 2

From logbook, itself from log (above) + book

Noun

Singular log

Plural logs

log (plural logs)

  1. A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress
  2. A record of performance etc.

Derived terms

Translations
logbook
  • Dutch: logboek n.
  • Estonian: logiraamat, logi
  • Finnish: loki fi(fi)
  • French: livre de bord fr(fr) m., registre fr(fr) m., carnet fr(fr) m.
  • German: Logbuch de(de) n.
  • Hungarian: napló hu(hu)
record — see record

Verb

Infinitive to log

Third person singular logs

Simple past logged

Past participle logged

Present participle logging

to log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)

  1. (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log(book).
  2. (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations
make an entry in a log
  • Finnish: kirjata fi(fi)
  • French: inscrire fr(fr) un évènement dans un journal, ajouter fr(fr) un évènement (une ligne, une information) dans un journal (no specific verb)
  • Portuguese: lançar
  • Spanish: registrar es(es)
  • Swedish: logga

References

  1. ^ log in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Dutch

Etymology 1

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: Log

Wikipedia nl

Presumably Germanic, cognates may include English log, lag, Middle Low German luggich 'slow'

Adjective

log, logge (comparative logger, loggere; superlative logst, logste)

  1. lumbering, inert, slow in movement; immobile
  2. (originally) plumb, (too) heavy in built ande/or weight
  3. cumbersome, hard to move or change
  4. dull, uninspired

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Germanic: cognate with liegen 'to (tell a) lie', German lügen

Noun

log n. (plural loggen, diminutive logje, diminutive plural logjes)

  1. A lie, violation of the truth

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Germanic: from equivalent German Loch 'hole, opening, cavity'

Noun

log n. (plural loggen, diminutive logje, diminutive plural logjes)

  1. (obsolete) An alternative form of loch

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Germanic: from English log (cfr. supra), sense (and short for) chip log

Noun

log (plural loggen, diminutive [[#Dutch|]], diminutive plural s)

  1. A chip log, instrument to measure a vessel's speed

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb form

log

  1. imperative and singular present imperfect forms of loggen (cfr. supra)

Latvian

Noun

log singular vocative form of logs

  1. A window

Declensions

singular plural
nominative logs logi
genitive loga logu
dative logam logiem
accusative logu logus
locative logā logos
vocative log logi

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Germanic *loga-, from Indo-European *legh-. Cognate with Old Frisian lōch, Old High German luog. The IE root is also the source of Greek λεκτρον, Latin lectus ‘bed’, Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Slavic *ležati (Russian лежать).

Noun

lōg n.

  1. A place, stead
    on his log: in his place; instead of him.

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Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Verb form

lōg

  1. first-person singular preterite of lēan
  2. third-person singular preterite of lēan

Slovene

Noun

lóg

  1. A grove
  2. A small forest

Swedish

Verb form

log

  1. Past tense of le.

Volapük

Case Singular Plural
Nominative log logs
Accusative logi logis
Genitive loga logas
Dative loge loges

Etymology

Compound of French le and German Auge

Noun

log

  1. An eye

 

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