lok

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

From Dutch lokken, from Middle Dutch locken, from Old Dutch loccon, from Proto-Germanic *lukkōną.

lok (present lok, present participle lokkende, past participle gelok)

1. (transitive) to lure, to bait

From Dutch lok, from Middle Dutch locke.

lok (plural lokke, diminutive lokkie)

1. lock of hair

Deverbal from lokat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlok]
• Rhymes: -ok

lok m inan (diminutive loček)

1. gulp, swallow of a liquid

   Synonyms: doušek, hlt

• “lok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “lok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “lok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /lɔk/

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• Hyphenation: lok
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Homophone: Lok

From Middle Dutch locke, from Old Dutch lock, from Frankish *lokk, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz.

lok f (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. lock of hair

   Synonym: haarlok

2. one curl in hair of the head, confer goldilocks

   Synonym: haarlok

• goudlokje
• haarlok

• Afrikaans: lok

From Middle Dutch loc, from Old Dutch *loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką.

lok n (plural lokken, diminutive lokje n)

1. (archaic) hole

   Synonyms: gat, hol, holte

• lokerig

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lok

1. inflection of lokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• kol

• IPA^(key): /lɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

From Old Norse lok, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, shut, cover”).

lok n (genitive singular loks, nominative plural lok)

1. lid

• augnlok

From the same origin as the "lid" sense of Etymology 1, as "closing lid" > "close, finish, end".^[1]

lok n pl (plural only, genitive plural loka)

1. end; especially in fixed expressions

   kaupið er greitt í lok mánaðarins ― the purchase is paid at the end of the month

   í lokin ― at the end

   að lokum ― in the end

   að líða undir lok ― to come to an end

• “lok” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlok/ [ˈlɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: lok

lok (plural lok-lok)

1. (rail transport) apocopic form of lokomotif (“locomotive”)

• “lok” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Akin to the synonymous Tat lak, Azerbaijani lək, Armenian լաք (lakʻ). See the Armenian entry for more.

lok

1. square-shaped bed (in a garden)

• Агарунов, Я., Агарунов, М. (2010) “лок”, in Большой словарь языка горских евреев джуури [Large Dictionary of the Juhuri Language of Mountain Jews]‎^[1] (in Russian), Baku: Абилов, Зейналов и сыновья, page 162b

From Javanese ꦭꦸꦏ꧀ (luk), from Old Javanese eluk.

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /loʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lʊʔ/
• Rhymes: -loʔ, -oʔ

lok (Jawi spelling لوق)

1. crooked (having one or more bends or angles)

• “lok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Sicilian locu, from Latin locus.

• IPA^(key): /lɔːk/

lok m (plural lokijiet)

1. place

   Synonyms: mkien, post

From Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).

• loc, lock, loke

lok (plural lokkes or loken)

1. lock

• English: lock
• Scots: lock
• Yola: lauckès (plural)

• “lok, n.²”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English lāc, from Proto-West Germanic *laik, from Proto-Germanic *laikaz.

• loke, loc, loac, lock, lake, lac

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːk(ə)/, /lɔk/, /ˈlaːk(ə)/

lok (plural lokes or lakes)

1. A religious offering or sacrifice.

• English: lake (“play”) (dialectal)

• “lōk, n.³”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

lok

1. (intransitive) to turn, change direction

• loklok

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

• IPA^(key): /luːk/

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• Rhymes: -uːk
• Hyphenation: lok

Short form of lokomotiv

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka or lokene)

1. a loco (short for locomotive)

• lokfører

lok

1. imperative of loke

• “lok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• klo, kol-

Short form of lokomotiv

• IPA^(key): /lʊkː/

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka)

1. a loco (short for locomotive)

• lokførar

From Old Norse lok.

• IPA^(key): /loːk/

lok n (definite singular loket, indefinite plural lok, definite plural loka)

1. alternative form of lokk

• augelok

• “lok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from German Locke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: lok

lok m inan (diminutive loczek)

1. curl, lock

   Synonym: pukiel

• lok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Slavic *lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”).

• IPA^(key): /lóːk/

lọ̑k m inan

1. bow (weapon)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lók
gen. sing.	lóka
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lók	lóka	lóki
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lóka	lókov	lókov
dative (dajȃlnik)	lóku	lókoma	lókom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lók	lóka	lóke
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lóku	lókih	lókih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lókom	lókoma	lóki

• “lok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

lok

1. pasture

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[2], 2005

Short for lokomotiv

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lok n

1. locomotive, engine, loco; The machine which pulls a train forward.

   Synonym: lokomotiv

2. (in the capitalized definite "Loket") Leif "Loket" Olsson

• ånglok
• diesellok
• ellok
• lokförare
• lokvissla

• manövervagn (“driving trailer; control car”)

• lok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• KOL, klo, kol

From English lock.

lok

1. lock

lok (nominative plural loks)

1. mirror

• lokaglätik
• lokamamagod
• lokön

Compare English luck. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /lok/

lok n (no plural, diminutive lokje)

1. luck, fortune

   Synonym: gelok

• lokwinskje

• “lok”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011