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{{also|Link}}
{{selfref|For Wiktionary's links, see [[Wiktionary:Links]]}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/lɪŋk/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-link.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪŋk|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|linke}}, {{m|enm|lenke}}, from a merger of {{inh|en|ang|hlenċe}}, {{m|ang|hlenċa||ring; chainlink}} and {{der|en|non|*hlenkr}}, {{m|non|hlekkr||ring; chain}}; both from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hlankiz||ring; bond; fettle; fetter}}. Used in English since the 14th century. Related to {{m|en|lank}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[connection]] between [[place]]s, [[people]], [[event]]s, [[thing]]s, or [[idea]]s.
#: {{ux|en|The mayor’s assistant serves as the '''link''' to the media.}}
#* {{RQ:Cowper Task
|passage=The '''link''' of brotherhood, by which / One common Maker bound me to the kind.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1573|author=w:George Gascoigne|title=A Hundreth Sundry Flowres
|passage= And so by double '''lynkes''' enchaynde themselues in louers life}}
# One element of a [[chain]] or other connected series.
#: {{ux|en|The third '''link''' of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.}}
#: {{ux|en|The weakest '''link'''.}}
# {{abbreviation of|en|hyperlink}}
#: {{ux|en|The '''link''' on the page points to the sports scores.}}
# {{lb|en|computing}} The connection between [[bus]]es or systems.
#: {{ux|en|A by-N-'''link''' is composed of N lanes.}}
# {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[space]] [[comprise|comprising]] one or more [[disjoint]] [[knot]]s.
# {{lb|en|Sussex}} a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Richard John King|title=A Handbook for Travellers in Kent and Sussex|passage=They used formerly to live in caves or huts dug into the side of a bank or "'''link'''," and lined with heath or straw.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} an individual person or element in a [[system]]
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=James O. Young|title=My Sheep Know My Voice: anointed poetry|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=zfDXFn0u4E8C&pg=PA32&dq=%22link%22#v=onepage|page=32|publisher=AuthorHouse
|passage=But know that God is the strongest '''link'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=William Lidwell; Kritina Holden; Jill Butler|title=Universal Principles of Design|location=RockPort|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=3RFyaF7jCZsC&pg=PA262&dq=%22link%22#v=onepage|page=262
|passage=The fuse is the weakest '''link''' in the system. As such, the fuse is also the most valuable '''link''' in the system.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Stephen Fairweather|title=The Missing Book of Genesis|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=fwSV0E71YCkC&pg=PA219&dq=%22link%22#v=onepage|page=219|publisher=AuthorHouse
|passage=“{{...}} This is so that nobody can change the way every '''link''' must talk about the formula that I taught to make a real Chain of Universal Love and not a Chain of Love of a group or sect.”}}
# Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
#* {{RQ:Mortimer Husbandry|passage=a '''link''' of horsehair}}
# A [[sausage]] that is not a [[patty]].
# {{lb|en|kinematics}} Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
# {{lb|en|engineering}} Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
# {{lb|en|surveying}} The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
# {{lb|en|chemistry}} A [[bond]] of [[affinity]], or a [[unit]] of [[valence]] between [[atom]]s; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1822|author=[[w:Allan Cunningham (author)|Allan Cunningham]]|chapter=[[s:Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry/The King of the Peak|The King of the Peak]]|title=Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/traditionaltales01cunn#page/222/mode/2up|volume=1|page=222
|passage='Dame Foljambe,' said the old man, 'the march of thy tale is like the course of the Wye, seventeen miles of '''links''' and windings down a fair valley five miles long. {{...}}'}}
# {{lb|en|broadcasting}} An [[introductory]] [[cue]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2002|author=Carole Fleming|title=The Radio Handbook|page=53
|passage=Too much talk on a music-based station can cause listeners who tune in for the music to go elsewhere. {{...}} 'Some people will say “your '''link''' has to be 45 seconds long” but I don't do that,' explains the programme controller of Trent FM, Dick Stone.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|connection between things}} {{l|en|connection}}; See also [[Thesaurus:link]]

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en
|backlink
|deep link
|hyperlink
|missing link
|permalink
|sausage link
|surface link
|symlink|chain-link|dangling link

}}

=====Holonyms=====
* {{sense|element of a connected series}} {{l|en|chain}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en
|a chain is only as strong as its weakest link|dynamic-link library|link verb
|blue link|clean link
|Brunnian link|link-baiting|sneaky link
|cannot-link
|causal link
|chainlink
|coat link
|comm link
|cross-link
|[[cufflink]], [[cuff link]]
|dancing links
|dead link
|disintegrating link
|drink link
|external link
|fat link
|firm link
|forward link
|hard link
|Hopf link
|hot link
|internal link
|linkage
|[[link-bait]], [[link bait]]
|link bar
|link boy
|link building
|link-dead
|link doping
|link editor
|link exchange
|link farm
|link juice
|[[link-language]], [[link language]]
|linkless
|link motion
|[[linkrot]], [[link rot]]
|link spam
|link state
|link time
|link topology
|[[linkup]], [[link-up]]
|link whore
|link whoring
|magic link
|magnet link
|missing link
|must-link
|OpenLink
|permissive-action link
|piped link
|pretzel link
|red link
|reverse link
|sea link
|sleeve-link
|snap-link
|sock link
|soft link
|symbolic link
|text link
|weakest link
|weak link
|Whitehead link
}}

=====Descendants=====
''All borrowed.''
{{hcol|4}}
* {{desc|az|link}}
* {{desc|be|лінк}}
* {{desc|bg|линк}}
* {{desc|ca|link}}
* {{desc|zh|-}}
*: {{desc|yue-HK|-}} {{l|zh|link|tr=ling1}}, {{l|zh|拎|tr=ling1}}
* {{desc|cs|link}}
* {{desc|da|link}}
* {{desc|nl|link}}
* {{desc|et|link}}
* {{desc|fi|linkki}}
* {{desc|ka|ლინკი}}
* {{desc|de|link}}
* {{desc|he|לינק|tr=línk}}
* {{desc|hi|लिंक}}
* {{desc|hu|link}}
* {{desc|it|link}}
* {{desc|ja|リンク|tr=rinku}}
* {{desc|ko|링크}}
* {{desc|dsb|link}}
* {{desc|mk|линк}}
* {{desc|fa|لینک|tr=link}}
* {{desc|pl|link}}
* {{desc|pt|link}}
* {{desc|ro|link}}
* {{desc|sh|линк|link}}
* {{desc|sk|link}}
* {{desc|es|link}}
* {{desc|ru|линк}}
* {{desc|th|ลิงก์|tr=líng}}
* {{desc|tr|link}}
* {{desc|uk|лінк}}
* {{desc|yi|לינק}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|connection}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وَصْلَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կապ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|ligãturã|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|əlaqə}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|су́вязь|f}}, {{t|be|злучэ́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съедине́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|свръ́зка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lligam|m}}, {{t+|ca|vincle|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|連結|tr=liánjié}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|spojení|n}}, {{t|cs|propojení|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forbindelse|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|link|m}}, {{t+|nl|verbinding|f}}, {{t+|nl|relatie|f}}, {{t+|nl|koppeling|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|ligo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|ühendus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhteys}}, {{t+|fi|sidos}}, {{t+|fi|linkki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lien|m}}, {{t+|fr|connexion|f}}, {{t+|fr|rapport|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|კავშირი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Verbindung|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קֶשֶׁר|m|tr=késher}}, {{t+|he|קישור|m|tr=ki'shur|alt=קישור \ קִשּׁוּר}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kapcsolat}}, {{t+|hu|kapcsolódás}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|tengsl|n-p}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|ligilo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|pranala}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|collegamento|m}}, {{t+|it|lega|f}}, {{t+|it|legame|m}}, {{t+|it|connessione|f}}, {{t+|it|rapporto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|連結|tr=れんけつ, renketsu}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|pranala}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|élu}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|연결(連結)}}, {{t+|ko|련결(連結)}} {{q|North Korea}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|atamiento|m}}, {{t|lad|atadijo|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|saikne|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|ryšys|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|врска|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|pautan}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hononga}}, {{t|mi|taukaea}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|lian|m}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|forbindelse|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پیوند|tr=peyvand}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|łącznik|m}}, {{t+|pl|więź|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligação|f}}, {{t+|pt|vínculo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|legătură|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|связь|f}}, {{t+|ru|соедине́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ве̏за|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|vȅza|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|spojenie|n}}, {{t|sk|prepojenie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|povezava|f}}, {{t|sl|zveza|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|enlace|m}}, {{t+|es|vínculo|m}}, {{t+|es|lazo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|anknytning|c}}, {{t+|sv|länk|c}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|пайванд}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|meske}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|зв'язо́к|m}}, {{t+|uk|з'є́днання|n}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|liên kết}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|ferbining}}, {{t|fy|keppeling}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|element of a chain}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|وَصْلَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|օղակ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|halqa}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|звяно́|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|звено́|n}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|baula|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|連結|tr=liánjié}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|článek|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|led|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schakel|m}}, {{t+|nl|schalm|m}}, {{t+|nl|link|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|ĉenero}}, {{t|eo|ligaĵo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lenkki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|maillon}}, {{t+|fr|chaînon|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|elo|m}}, {{t|gl|grilón|m}}, {{t+|gl|malla|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Verknüpfung|f}}, {{t+|de|Glied|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חוליה|f|tr=khulyá|alt=חוליה \ חֻלְיָה}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|láncszem}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hlekkur|m}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|anello}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|anello|m}}, {{t+|it|maglia|f}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|고리}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|trūps|m}}, {{t|ltg|puosmys|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|posms|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|алка|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rīki}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|lian|m}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|ledd|n}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|حلقه|tr=halka}}, {{t|ota|باقلا|tr=bakla}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|حلقه|tr=halqe}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|ogniwo|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|elo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|verigă|f}}, {{t+|ro|za|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|звено́|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ка̀рика|f}}, {{t|sh|беочуг|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|kàrika|f}}, {{t+|sh|beočug|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|článok|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|člen|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|eslabón|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|länk|c}}, {{t+|sv|led|c}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|asɣun|m}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ลูกโซ่}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ла́нка|f}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|keppeling}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-also|computing: short for hyperlink|hyperlink}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|tejlidhje|f}}, {{t+|sq|lidhje|f}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|رَابِط|m}}, {{t|ar|وَصْلَة|f}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|رَابِط|m|tr=rābiṭ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|հղում}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|keçid}}, {{t+|az|link}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|спасы́лка|f}}, {{t|be|лінк|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|линк|m}}, {{t+|bg|връ́зка|f}}, {{t|bg|хипервръ́зка|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lligam|m}}, {{t+|ca|vincle|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|連結|tr=liánjié}}, {{t+|cmn|鏈接|tr=liànjiē}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|bağlantı}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|odkaz|m}}, {{t+|cs|link|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|link|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|link|m}}, {{t+|nl|koppeling|f}}, {{t+|nl|verwijzing|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ligilo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|link}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|linkki}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lien|m}}, lien {{t+|fr|hypertexte}}, {{t+|fr|hyperlien|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|ligazón|m}}, {{t|gl|hiperligazón|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბმული}}, {{t|ka|ლინკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Link|m}}, {{t+|de|Hyperlink|m}}, {{t+|de|Verweis|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σύνδεσμος|m}}, {{t+|el|υπερσύνδεσμος}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קישור|m|tr=ki'shúr|alt=קישור \ קִשּׁוּר}} {{t|he|לִינְק|m|tr=link}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|लिंक}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hivatkozás}}, {{t+|hu|link}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|ligilo}}, {{t|io|hiperligilo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|pranala}}, {{t+|id|tautan}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|ligamine}}, {{t|ia|link}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|nasc|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|link|m}}, {{t+|it|collegamento|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|リンク|tr=rinku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|링크}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|шилтеме|f}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|atamiento|m}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|saite|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|saitas|m}}
* Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|link|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|врска|f}}, {{t+|mk|хиперврска|f}}, {{t|mk|поврзница|f}}, {{t|mk|линк|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|pautan}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|lian|m}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|lenke|m|f}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|ӕрвитӕн}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پیوند|tr=peyvand}}, {{t|fa|لینک|tr=link}}, {{t|fa|وندال}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|link|m}}, {{t+|pl|hiperłącze|n}}, {{t+|pl|odsyłacz|m}}, {{t+|pl|odnośnik|m}}, {{t+|pl|łącze|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligação|f}}, {{t+|pt|link|m}}, {{t+|pt|hiperligação|f}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|hyperlink|n}}, {{t+|ro|legătură|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ссы́лка|f}}, {{t+|ru|гиперссы́лка|f}}, {{t+|ru|линк|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по̀везница|f}}, {{t|sh|ли̏нк|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pòveznica|f}}, {{t+|sh|lȉnk|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|odkaz|m}}, {{t+|sk|link|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|povezava|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|enlace|m}}, {{t+|es|vínculo|m}}, {{t+|es|hiperenlace|m}}, {{t+|es|hipervínculo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hyperlänk|c}}, {{t+|sv|länk|c}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์}}, {{t+|th|ลิงก์}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|bağ}}, {{t+|tr|link}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|посила́ння|n}}, {{t+|uk|лінк|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ربط|tr=rabt}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|liên kết}}, {{t+|vi|đường dẫn}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|hårdêye|f}}, {{t+|wa|loyén|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַרבינדונג|f}}, {{t|yi|לינק|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|computing: connection between buses or systems}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|enllaç|m}}, {{t+|ca|link|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|link}}, {{t+|da|forbindelse}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|link}}, {{t+|nl|verbinding|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|ligazón|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Verknüpfung|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|ligilo}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|connessione|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|врска|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پیوند|tr=peyvand}}, {{t+|fa|اتصال|tr=ettesâl}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligação|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|связь|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|enlace|m}}, {{t+|es|vínculo|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|з'є́днання|n}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|kết nối}}, {{t+|vi|liên kết}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|mathematics: space comprising one or more disjoint knots}}
* German: {{t|de|Verschlingung|f}}, {{t+|de|Verkettung|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches}}
* German: {{t|de|[[Wildnis]]streifen|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|individual person or element in a  system}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lenkki}}
* German: {{t+|de|Glied|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lenkki}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|type of sausage}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|kinematics: elementary piece of a mechanism by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кули́са|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Koppel|f}}, {{t|de|[[Getriebe]]glied|n}}, {{t|de|Koppelstange|f}} {{qualifier|rod}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|engineering: intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|шарни́р|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|linkku}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|surveying: length of one joint of Gunter's chain}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lenkki}}
* German: {{t+|de|Kettenglied|n}} {{qualifier|0.201168 m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rīki}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|chemistry: bond of affinity}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|връ́зка|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sidos}}
* German: {{t|de|Bindigkeit|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|veza|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|windings of a river; the land along a winding stream}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|mutka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schlingen|f-p}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Norman: {{t-check|nrf|lian}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Romanian: {{t+check|ro|legătură|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[connect]] (two or more things).
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1813|author={{w#|John Chetwode Eustace}}|title=A Tour Through Italy
|passage=All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were '''linked''' together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|Internet|of a web page}} To contain a [[hyperlink]] to another page.
#: {{ux|en|My homepage '''links''' to my wife's.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|Internet}} To supply (someone) with a [[hyperlink]]; to [[direct]] by means of a link.
#: {{ux|en|Haven't you seen his website? I'll '''link''' you to it.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|Internet}} To post a [[hyperlink]] to.
#: {{ux|en|Stop '''linking''' those unfunny comics all the time!}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To demonstrate a [[correlation]] between (two things).
# {{lb|en|compilation}} To combine [[object]]s generated by a [[compiler]] into a single [[executable]].
#: {{rfex|en}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[meet with]] (someone).
#* {{quote-song|en|date=2016-02-14|author=w:[[Skepta|Joseph Adenuga]]; w:[[D Double E|Darren Dixon]]; w:[[ASAP Nast|Tariq Devega]]|title=w:[[Ladies Hit Squad (song)|Ladies Hit Squad]]|album=w:[[Konnichiwa (Skepta album)|Konnichiwa]]|track=6|artist={{w|Skepta}}|feat=w:D Double E; w:ASAP Nast|publisher=w:Boy Better Know|passage='''Linked''' us, now she don't wanna '''link''' them man again / Your ex plays in the Prem but you never see him taking a pen}}
#* {{quote-song|en|author={{w|Ramz (rapper)|Ramz}}|authorlabel=no|title={{w|Barking (song)|Barking}}|year=2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrrbEjJEVz4|text=I might '''link''' my ting from Barkin'}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|to connect two or more things}} {{l|en|affix}}, {{l|en|attach}}, {{l|en|join}}, {{l|en|put together}}; see also [[Thesaurus:join]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{top2}}
* [[linkee]]
* {{l|en|link in}}
* {{l|en|link out}}
* {{l|en|link up}}
{{bottom}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|connect things}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|съединявам}}, {{t+|bg|свързвам}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|lligar}}, {{t+|ca|enllaçar}}, {{t+|ca|vinclar}}
* Danish: {{t|da|forbinde}}, {{t|da|kæde}}, {{t|da|sammenkæde}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|verbinden}}, {{t+|nl|linken}} {{qualifier|hyperlinks}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|ligi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhdistää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|relier}}, {{t+|fr|lier}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|ligar}}, {{t+|gl|lear}}
* German: {{t+|de|verbinden}}, {{t+|de|verknüpfen}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|összekapcsol}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menghubungkan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|collegare}}, {{t+|it|connettere}}, {{qualifier|hyperlinks}} {{t|it|linkare}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ជាប់|tr=coap|sc=Khmr}}, {{t+|km|ភ្ជាប់|tr=pcoap|sc=Khmr}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|шилтөө}}
* Lao: {{t-needed|lo}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|врзува}}, {{t|mk|поврзува}}, {{t|mk|сврзува}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tūhono}}, {{t|mi|hono}}, {{t|mi|tauhere}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پیوستن|tr=peyvastan}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|ligar}}, {{t+|pt|relacionar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|свя́зывать}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|povezati}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|enlazar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|länka}}, {{t+|sv|sammanlänka}}, {{t+|sv|förbinda}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|з'є́днувати}}, {{t|uk|поє́днувати}}, {{t|uk|сполуча́ти}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|kết nối}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to contain a hyperlink to another page}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|enllaçar}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|odkazovat}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|linkittää}}, {{t+|fi|linkata}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|lier|alt=être lié (à)}} <!-- was "[[lier#French|être lié]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->, {{t+check|fr|pointer}} (sur), {{t-check|fr|[[contenir]] [[un]] [[lien]] ([[vers]])}}, {{t+check|fr|hyperlier|alt=être hyperlié (à)}} <!-- was "[[hyperlier#French|être hyperlié]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* German: {{t+|de|verweisen}}, {{t+|de|verlinken}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hivatkozik}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|nasc}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پیوند|tr=peyvand}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|linkar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|länka}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to combine objects into an executable}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|bindi}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
Plausibly a modification of {{der|en|ML.|-}} {{m|la|linchinus||candle}}, an alteration of {{der|en|la|lynchinus}}, itself from {{der|en|grc|λύχνος||lamp}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[torch]], used to light dark streets.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 4-1|3|3|passage=Thou hast saved me a thousand marks in '''links''' and torches}}
#* {{RQ:Dickens Hard Times|7|text=You were coming out of the Italian Opera, ma’am, in white satin and jewels, a blaze of splendour, when I hadn’t a penny to buy a '''link''' to light you.’}}
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island|text=Give me a loan of the '''link''', Dick.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|linkboy}}
* {{l|en|linkman}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|torch}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|факла|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|torxa|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fakkel|m}}, {{t+|nl|flambouw|m}}, {{t+|nl|toorts|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|flambeau|m}}, {{t+|fr|torche|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Spanlicht|n}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}, {{t+|de|Kienspan|m}} {{qualifier|fatwood}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|lāpa|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
{{unk|en}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|Scotland|intransitive}} To [[skip]] or [[trip]] along [[smart]]ly; to go quickly.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1902|author=John Buchan|title=The Outgoing of the Tide
|passage=On a sudden he was aware of a man '''linking''' along at his side. He cried a fine night, and the man replied.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|skip along}}
* German: {{t+|de|herumspringen}}, {{t|de|umherhüpfen}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|Malvern Link}}

===References===
* {{R:Websters}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ikln|kiln}}

==Chinese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|zh|拎|tr=ling{{sup|1}}}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|yue|en|link}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|c=ling1
|cat=n,v
}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese|computing}} [[hyperlink]] {{zh-mw|c:條}}

===Verb===
{{head|zh|verb}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese|computing}} to [[#English|link]]; to [[add]] a [[hyperlink]]

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|cs|ɪŋk|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|m-in}}

# {{l|en|link}}, [[hyperlink]]

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|m}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:KNLA}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

{{C|cs|Computing|Internet}}

==Danish==
{{wikipedia|lang=da}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|da|en|link}} (since 1995).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/lenk/|[leŋɡ̊]}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|et|pl-indef-2=links}}

# {{l|en|link}} (''[[hyperlink]]'')

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|et|pl-indef-2=links|gen-pl-indef-2=links'}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|da|hyperlink}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/lɪŋk/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-link.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|link}}
* {{rhymes|nl|ɪŋk|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|nl}}

====Adjective====
{{nl-adj}}

# [[dangerous]]
# {{lb|nl|criminal|_|slang}} [[sly]]; [[cunning]]
# {{lb|nl|slang}} [[jolly]], [[nice]]

=====Declension=====
{{nl-decl-adj}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|nl
|linken
|linkerd
|linke soep
|linkmiegel
|zo link als een looien deur
}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|en|link}}, only since late 20th century.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|m|-s|+}}

# physical [[connection]], as in a [[hardware]] cable
# {{lb|nl|figuratively}} logical [[connection]], as in [[reason]]ing about [[causality]]
# [[hyperlink]]

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|physical connection}} {{l|nl|verbinding}}
* {{sense|logical connection}} {{l|nl|verband}}
* {{sense|hyperlink}} {{l|nl|koppeling}}, {{l|nl|verwijzing}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|nl|linken}}

===References===
* {{R:Koenen}}

==German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|de|gmh|linc}}, from {{inh|de|goh|*link}}; compare {{cog|goh|linka||the left hand}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/lɪŋk/}}
* {{audio|de|De-link.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj|comp.sup:+est:+st}}

# {{lb|de|only|_|attributive|_|and|_|not comparable}} [[left]]
#: {{uxi|de|auf der linken Seite|on the left}}
#: {{uxi|de|ihr linker Fuß|her left foot}}
# {{lb|de|colloquial}} [[untrustworthy]]
# {{lb|de|colloquial}} [[dubious]], [[wrong]], [[disreputable]], [[questionable]]
# {{lb|de|colloquial}} [[sly]], [[cunning]]

====Declension====
{{de-adecl|comp.sup:+est:+st}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-link.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|hu|iŋk|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|hu|en|link}}.<ref name=link-hu>{{R:TotfalusiEty 2005}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{hu-noun|ek}}

# [[#English|link]], [[hyperlink]]
#: {{syn|hu|hivatkozás|hiperhivatkozás}}

=====Declension=====
{{hu-infl-nom|linke|e}}{{hu-pos-etek|link|j|jei}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|hu|yi|לינק}}, from {{der|hu|de|link||left}}.<ref name=link-hu/>

====Adjective====
{{hu-adj|ebb}}

# {{lb|hu|colloquial}} [[flighty]], [[fickle]], [[fishy]], [[shifty]], [[sleazy]], [[phoney]] {{gloss|[[unreliable]], [[irresponsible]], often [[dishonest]]}}
#: {{syn|hu|könnyelmű|léha|komolytalan|megbízhatatlan|szélhámos}}
#: {{uxi|hu|'''link''' [[alak]]|[[crook]], [[loafer]]}}
#: {{uxi|hu|'''link''' [[duma]]|[[baloney]], [[eyewash]], [[claptrap]], [[flannel]]}}

=====Declension=====
{{hu-infl-nom|linke|e}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|hu
|linkel
|linkeskedik
|linkóci
|linkség
}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{sense|flighty, fickle, sleazy}} {{R:ErtSz}}

{{cln|hu|terms with multiple lemma etymologies|terms with adjective and noun etymologies}}
{{topics|hu|Computing}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|link}}.

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|it|computing}} {{l|en|link}} {{gloss|hyperlink}}
#: {{syn|it|collegamento}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|linkare}}

==Lithuanian==

===Etymology===
From a {{clipping|lt|liñki|nocap=1}}, {{m|lt|liñkui}}, or {{m|lt|liñkuo}}, ultimately from the same root as {{m|lt|liñkti|t=to tend}}, {{m|lt|linkė́ti|t=to wish}}.<ref>{{R:lt:Smoczynski|page=357|entry=liñk}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lt|[liŋk]}}

===Preposition===
{{head|lt|adverb|head=lĩnk}}

# [[toward]] (''used with genitive case'')

===References===
<references />

==Pennsylvania German==

===Etymology===
Compare {{cog|de|link}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|pdc|adjective}}

# [[left]], [[left-hand]]

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|enm|ang|non|gem-pro|ine-pro}}
{{bor+|pl|en|link}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-link.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|Internet}} [[hyperlink]], {{l|en|link}} {{gl|some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action}}
#: {{syn|pl|hiperłącze|odnośnik|odsyłacz}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Portuguese==
{{wikipedia|lang=pt}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pt|linque}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|link}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|linki^}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#s}}

# {{lb|pt|computing}} {{l|en|link}} {{gloss|text or a graphic that can be activated to open another document}}
#: {{syn|pt|hiperligação|ligação}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pt
|linkar
|link azul
|link vermelho
}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|ro|en|link}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|linkuri}}

# {{l|en|link}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|en|link}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|computing}} {{l|en|link}} {{gloss|text or a graphic that can be activated to open another document}}
#: {{syn|es|enlace}}
#* {{quote-journal|es
|title=Nueva estafa busca robar credenciales de usuarios de Netflix|author=Astrid Morales|date=April 8 2019|journal=Prensa Libre|passage=En el '''link''' puede observarse que no hace referencia a la compañía y que el servidor corresponde a un servicio de hosting gratuito de Emiratos Árabes.
|translation=At the '''link''' you can see that it does not reference the company and that the server belongs to a free hosting service from the [United] Arab Emirates.
|url=https://www.prensalibre.com/vida/tecnologia/nueva-estafa-busca-robar-credenciales-de-usuarios-de-netflix/}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|linquear}}