loket

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech loket.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlokɛt]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ket
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

loket m inan

  1. elbow (joint)
  2. ell, cubit (unit of length)

Declension

Derived terms

  • loketní
  • loktíček
  • loktík
  • tenisový loket
  • zač je toho loket

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “loket”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch loket, a derivative (using a French-derived suffix; see French -ette) of the noun loke (closure, closed room), which is derived (with ablaut) from the verb luken (to shut, close) (modern Dutch luiken).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːˈkɛt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ket
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

loket n (plural loketten, diminutive loketje n)

  1. a ticket window
  2. a counter, an office (at an institution)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: loket
  • Indonesian: loket
    • Sundanese: lokét (counter) (semantic loan)
  • Papiamentu: lokèt
  • Sundanese: lokét (wallet)

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “loket”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch loket, from Middle Dutch loket.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abonəmɛn/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧kèt

Noun

lokèt (plural loket-loket)

  1. a ticket window, in extension a counter, an office

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːkə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːkə
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ket
  • Homophone: loke

Noun

loket n

  1. definite singular of lok

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːkət/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ət
  • Hyphenation: lo‧ket

Verb

loket

  1. simple past and present perfect of loke

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

loket n

  1. definite singular of lok

Old Czech

Alternative forms

  • łoket (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olkъtь.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɫokɛt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈlokɛt/

Noun

loket m inan

  1. elbow (joint)
  2. ell, cubit (unit of length)

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “loket”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

loket

  1. definite singular of lok

Anagrams