lock

Etymology 1


From, from , from , from from. The verb is from, , , from , , from. Related to via Latin.

Noun

 * 1) Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
 * 2)  A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
 * 3) A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
 * 4)  The firing mechanism.
 * 5) Complete control over a situation.
 * 6) Something sure to be a success.
 * 7)  A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
 * 8) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
 * 9) A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
 * 10) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
 * 11) A grapple in wrestling.
 * 1) Something sure to be a success.
 * 2)  A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
 * 3) A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
 * 4) A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
 * 5) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
 * 6) A grapple in wrestling.
 * 1) A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
 * 2) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
 * 3) A grapple in wrestling.
 * 1) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
 * 2) A grapple in wrestling.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: ацаԥха
 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قُفْل
 * Hijazi Arabic: قُفُل
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܦܠܵܐ
 * Asturian: peslleru
 * Avar: kӏулал
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: йоҙаҡ
 * Basque: sarraila
 * Belarusian: замо́к
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chakma: 𑄖𑄣
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 鎖
 * Dungan: суәзы
 * Eastern Min: 锁
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: pescatoira
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fermilo, seruro, ŝloso
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, fechadura, pechadura
 * Georgian:, საკეტი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: તાળું
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingush: чӏега
 * Interlingua: serratura
 * Irish:
 * Isan:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kapampangan: kandaru, seradura, kunsi
 * Kazakh: бекіткіш, құлып
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: беклик, къала, сарай, дворец, замок
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ແມ່ກະແຈ
 * Latin: claustra, clausūra
 * Latvian: atslēga,
 * Lithuanian: užraktas
 * Luxembourgish: ,
 * Macedonian: брава, катанец
 * Malay: ibu kunci
 * Maori: raka
 * Marathi: कुलूप
 * Mongolian:
 * ᠴᠣᠣᠵᠢ
 * ᠲᠦᠭᠵᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ
 * ᠣᠨᠢᠰᠤ
 * Ngazidja Comorian: itasa
 * North Frisian: Slot
 * Northern Thai: ᨾᩯ᩵ᨠᩕᨧᩯ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lås
 * Odia:
 * Ojibwe: gashkaabika'igan
 * Old English: loc
 * Old Norse: láss
 * Ossetian: гуыдыр
 * Ottoman Turkish: كلید, مغلاق
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: saradura
 * Plautdietsch: Schlott
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: lock
 * Scottish Gaelic: glas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бра̀ва, ка̀танац
 * Roman: ,
 * Sindhi: تالو
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: zamk
 * Southern Altai: сомок
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kandado
 * Tai Dam: ꪄꪫ꪿ꪱ
 * Tajik: қуфл, қулф
 * Tamil:
 * Tarifit: tišfart
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, , ,
 * Tibetan: སྒོ་ལྕགས
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gulp
 * Tuvan: дээк, шооча
 * Ukrainian: замо́к
 * Urdu: تالا
 * Uyghur:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:
 * White Hmong: ntsuas phoo
 * Yiddish: שלאָס
 * Yup'ik: kelucaq
 * Zazaki: qılf, qefıl
 * Zhuang: suj, daep


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Lock
 * Hungarian:, mutex, ,
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki: qesa


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: هَوِّيس
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zdymadlo, plavební komora
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kluzo
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Schiffshebewerk
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, , מִסְכוֹר
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Luxembourgish: Schleis
 * Macedonian: преводница
 * Malay: pintu air
 * Maori: matatara, matatara poti
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: plavebná komora, vzdúvadlo
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: klut
 * Welsh: loc


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 保險栓
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: за́творач
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:
 * Zazaki: qesa


 * Zazaki: merfeze


 * French:
 * Zazaki: raciye


 * Afrikaans:
 * Czech: druhořadník, hráč druhé řady
 * Maori: kaiwhītiki

Verb

 * 1)  To become fastened in place.
 * 2)  To fasten with a lock.
 * 3)  To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
 * 4)  To intertwine or dovetail.
 * 5)  To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
 * 6) To furnish (a canal) with locks.
 * 7) To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
 * 8) To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
 * 9)  To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
 * 10)  To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
 * 11)  To play in the position of lock.
 * 1) To furnish (a canal) with locks.
 * 2) To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
 * 3) To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
 * 4)  To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
 * 5)  To prevent a page from being edited by other users.
 * 6)  To play in the position of lock.
 * 1)  To play in the position of lock.
 * 1)  To play in the position of lock.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَقْفَلَ
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܦܹܠ, ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: lukittua,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, , , blokkolódik, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: claudor
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: låsa sig,


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: أَقْفَلَ
 * Hijazi Arabic: قَفَل, قَفَّل, صَكّ
 * Armenian:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܦܹܠ, ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ
 * Asturian: pesllar
 * Azerbaijani: qıfıllamaq,
 * Bashkir: бикләү, биктәү
 * Belarusian: запіра́ць, запе́рці, замыка́ць, замкну́ць
 * Bulgarian:, заклю́ча
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: tancar amb cadenat
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 鎖
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: låse
 * Dutch:, op slot doen
 * Esperanto: ŝlosi
 * Estonian: lukustama
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ताला लगाना
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Hunsrik: schliese
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: glasáil
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 鍵を掛ける
 * Jarai: khuă
 * Khmer: ចាក់សោ
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: aizslēgt
 * Lithuanian: užrakinti
 * Macedonian: заклучува, заклучи
 * Maori: raka, tāmau, maukati
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: låse
 * Nynorsk: låsa
 * Old English: lūcan
 * Oromo: qollofuu
 * Ottoman Turkish: كلیدلمك
 * Persian: قفل کردن
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: glais, glas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: закљу̀чати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: zamykať, zamknúť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: cerrar con llave,, , , , , cerrar con seguro , poner seguro
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: སྒོ་ལྕགས་བརྒྱབ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: запира́ти, запе́рти, замика́ти, замкну́ти, зачиня́ти, зачини́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: שליסן, פֿאַרשפּאַרן
 * Zazaki: qefılnayış


 * Finnish: ; lukittua,
 * Hungarian:
 * Romanian: blocabil, blocabilă


 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Maori: tapiki
 * Zazaki: vawyaye


 * Finnish:
 * Italian: restare immobile, congelarsi, bloccarsi, restare impalato


 * Finnish: varustaa suluilla
 * Hungarian: zsilippel elzár
 * Italian: munire di chiuse
 * Zazaki: macelığ


 * Bulgarian: минавам през шлюз
 * Finnish: kulkea sulussa
 * Hungarian: zsilipel


 * Bulgarian:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: maukati, raka

Etymology 2
From, , from , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. It has been theorised that the word may be related to the 🇨🇬 verb in its ancient meaning "to curb".

Noun

 * 1)  A tuft or length of hair, wool, etc.
 * 2) A small quantity of straw etc.
 * 3)  A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.
 * 1) A small quantity of straw etc.
 * 2)  A quantity of meal, the perquisite of a mill-servant.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: ذُؤَابَة
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܪܩܵܐ
 * Bashkir: бөҙрә
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဆံခွေ
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: lok
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian:
 * Galician: bucre, crecha, guedella, repincho, penecho, grifo, frechón, reguñido, carrapizo
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: leve
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: ciabhóg, dlaíóg ghruaige, dlaoi ghruaige, duailín gruaige, dual gruaige, gibne, loca gruaige, táth gruaige, urla
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ផ្នត់សក់
 * Korean:
 * Latin: crīnis
 * Macedonian: прамен
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: taio makawe, kaio, hukahuka, iho
 * Marathi:
 * Mirandese:
 * Odia:
 * Ossetian: стыг
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi:
 * Rajasthani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: kader
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kuźera
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: letse
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: cudyn

Etymology
From, , from.

Noun

 * 1)  a  of hair, a curl of hair

Noun

 * 1) a lid, (when referring to a lid) a cover
 * 2) a cap (when a lid, or often more generally for caps at the end of tubes)
 * 3) popping (as when ears pop)
 * 4)  a (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards
 * 5) call, lure (uninflected, from the verb locka)
 * med lock och pock
 * 1) popping (as when ears pop)
 * 2)  a (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards
 * 3) call, lure (uninflected, from the verb locka)
 * med lock och pock
 * 1)  a (thin) board that covers the gap between panel boards
 * 2) call, lure (uninflected, from the verb locka)
 * med lock och pock

Derived terms

 * Få lock för örat: be deafened. When you have bad hearing from the change in air pressure due to an air plane flight. So it’s sort of like having a casserole cover in your ear