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{{also|Lock|Löck|-lock}}
==English==
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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/lɒk/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/lɑk/|a=GenAm}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-lock.ogg|a=US}}
* {{hmp|en|Locke|;|lark<aa:non-rhotic,father-bother>}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒk|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
[[File:Padlock.jpg|thumb|right|A key lock (device requiring a key or a combination to be opened).]]
[[File:RHK Lock Wanne 2.jpg|thumb|right|A lock (canal segment).]]
{{root|en|ine-pro|*lewg-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|lok}}, from {{inh|en|ang|loc}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lok}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*luką}} from {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewg-||to bend; turn}}. The verb is from {{inh|en|enm|locken}}, {{m|enm|lokken}}, {{m|enm|louken}}, from {{inh|en|ang|lūcan}}, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lūkan}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lūkaną}}. Related to {{m|en|luxe}} via Latin.

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

# Something used for [[fasten]]ing, which can only be opened with a [[key]] or [[combination]].
#* {{RQ:Stevenson Treasure Island|passage="Give me the key," said my mother; and though the '''lock''' was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.}}
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=XIII|passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas locked, of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the '''lock'''.}}
# {{lb|en|computing|by extension}} A [[mutex]] or other token restricting access to a [[resource]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Karl Kopper|title=The Linux Enterprise Cluster|passage=[T]he application must first acquire a '''lock''' on a file or a portion of a file before reading data and modifying it.}}
# A segment of a [[canal]] or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1846|author=w:William Makepeace Thackeray|title=Notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo|passage=Here the canal came to a check, ending abruptly with a large '''lock'''.}}
# {{lb|en|gun mechanisms}} The firing mechanism.
#* {{RQ:Dickens Pickwick Papers|passage="I never saw such a gun in my life," replied poor Winkle, looking at the '''lock''', as if that would do any good.}}
# Complete [[control]] over a situation.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=w:Charley Rosen|title=The Wizard of Odds|passage=Even though he had not yet done so, Jack felt he had a '''lock''' on the game.}}
# Something sure to be a [[success]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=w:Avery Corman|title=A perfect divorce|passage=Brian thinks she's a '''lock''' to get a scholarship somewhere.}}
# {{lb|en|gambling}} {{syn of|en|Dutch book}}
# {{lb|en|rugby}} A player in the [[scrum]] behind the [[front row]], usually the tallest members of the team.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=September 24, 2011|author=Ben Dirs|work=BBC Sport|title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/14812577.stm Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania]|passage=Ashton only had to wait three minutes for his second try, '''lock''' Louis Deacon setting it up with a rollocking line-break, before Romania got on the scoreboard courtesy of a penalty from fly-half Marin Danut Dumbrava.}}
# A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
#* {{RQ:De Quincey Works|volume=II|page=207|passage=[O]n may of his lecture days I have seen all Albemarle Street closed by a "'''lock'''" of carriages, filled with women of distinction, until the servants of the Institution or their own footmen advanced to the carriage-doors with the intelligence that Mr. Coleridge had been suddenly taken ill.}}
# A place impossible to get out of, as by a lock.
#* {{RQ:Dryden Aeneis|5|passage=Sergestus, eager with his beak to press / Betwixt the rival galley and the rock, / Shuts up the unwieldy Centaur in the '''lock'''}}
# A [[device]] for keeping a [[wheel]] from [[turn]]ing.
# A [[grapple]] in [[wrestling]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Of Education|passage=They must be also practis'd in all the '''Locks''' and Gripes of Wrestling}}

=====Hyponyms=====
{{col4|en
|airlock
|ankle lock
|caplock
|[[caps lock]], [[capslock]], [[Caps Lock]]
|child lock
|core lock
|deadlock
|doglock
|flash lock
|flat lock
|flintlock
|gridlock
|gunlock
|gust lock
|leglock
|liplock
|livelock
|lock gate
|num lock
|matchlock
|overlock
|padlock
|scroll lock
|shift lock
|staircase lock
|tide lock
|time lock
|wheellock
|Windsor Locks|dial lock|job lock|knob lock
}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|title=Derived terms of ''lock'' (noun) without hyponyms
|alcolock|electric lock pick|hep-lock|lock pick gun
|Enfield Lock
|genlock
|lockdown
|lockfast
|lockbox
|Lock Haven
|lockmaster|O-lock|ring-lock|wheel lock
|locknote
|lockpick
|lockpicking
|Lockport
|locksmith|hock lock
|locksmithing
|lockstep
|lock, stock and barrel
|lock time
|picklock
|air lock|bike lock|Bramah lock|button lock|cannon lock|clasp lock|combination lock|couch lock|D lock|diff lock|differential lock|double lock standing seam|drop lock|drop-lock|eyelock|fermentation lock|frame lock|gimbal lock|guard lock|have it on lock|hip lock|horse-lock|hydrostatic lock|jail lock|Janus-faced lock|joint lock|keycard lock|leg lock|line lock|liner lock|lip lock|lip-lock|lock convoy|lock hospital|lock key|lock pick|lock picking|lock screen|lock stitch|lock-down|lock-pick|lock-picking|lock-step|lock-weir|love lock|love-lock|mortise lock|percussion lock|permutation lock|picture lock|rebounding lock|rim lock|safety lock|scalp lock|seat lock|side-lock|spring lock|stasis lock|stock lock|tick a lock|tidal lock|triple lock|triple-lock|under lock and key|vapor lock|vapour lock|wagon lock}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|tpi|lok}}
* {{desc|bor=1|haw|laka}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|something used for fastening}}
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|ацаԥха}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|slot}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kyç|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُفْل|m}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|قُفُل|m|tr=guful}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կողպեք}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܩܘܼܦܠܵܐ|m}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|peslleru|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|kӏулал}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|qıfıl}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|йоҙаҡ}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|sarraila}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|замо́к|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|তালা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ключа́лка|f}}, {{t+|bg|бра́ва|f}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သော့}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|cadenat|m}}
* Chakma: {{t|ccp|𑄖𑄣|tr=tālā}}
* Chechen: {{t-needed|ce}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|鎖|tr=so2}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|суәзы}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|锁|tr=sō̤}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鎖|tr=suǒ}}, {{t+|cmn|鎖子}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zámek|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|pescatoira|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|lås|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|slot|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|fermilo}}, {{t|eo|seruro}}, {{t|eo|ŝloso}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|lukk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|verrou|f}}, {{t+|fr|cadenas|m}}, {{t+|fr|serrure|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|cerradura|f}}, {{t|gl|fechadura|f}}, {{t|gl|pechadura|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|კლიტე}}, {{t|ka|საკეტი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schloss|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κλειδαριά|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|તાળું|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַנְעוּל|m|tr=man'úl}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|ताला|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zár|id=lock}}, {{t+|hu|lakat}}, {{t+|hu|retesz}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|lás|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|seruro}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kunci}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|чӏега}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|serratura}}
* Irish: {{t+|ga|glas|m}}
* Isan: {{t-needed|tts}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|serratura|f}}, {{t+|it|chiavistello|m}}, {{t+|it|lucchetto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|錠前|tr=じょうまえ, jōmae}}, {{t+|ja|錠|tr=じょう, jō}}, {{t+|ja|鎹|tr=かすがい, kasugai}}, {{t+|ja|釘|tr=くぎ, kugi}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|kandaru}}, {{t|pam|seradura}}, {{t|pam|kunsi}} {{q|archaic}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|бекіткіш}}, {{t|kk|құлып}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|សោ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|자물쇠}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|беклик}}, {{t|kum|къала}}, {{t|kum|сарай}}, {{t|kum|дворец}}, {{t|kum|замок}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|qilf|m}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|кулпу}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ແມ່ກະແຈ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|claustra|n-p}}, {{q|Late}} {{t|la|clausūra|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|atslēga|f}}, {{t+|lv|slēdzene|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|užraktas|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Schlass|n}}, {{t+|lb|Klauschter|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|брава|f}}, {{t|mk|катанец|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|ibu kunci}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raka}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|कुलूप}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|цоож}}, {{t+|mn|түгжээ}}, {{t+|mn|оньс}} {{qualifier|Inner Mongolia}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠴᠣᠣᠵᠢ}}, {{t|mn|ᠲᠦᠭᠵᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ}}, {{t|mn|ᠣᠨᠢᠰᠤ}} {{qualifier|Inner Mongolia}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|itasa|c7|c8}}
* North Frisian: {{t|frr|Slot}} {{qualifier|Sylt}}
* Northern Thai: {{t|nod|ᨾᩯ᩵ᨠᩕᨧᩯ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|lås|m|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|lås|m|n}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ତାଲା}}
* Ojibwe: {{t|oj|gashkaabika'igan}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|loc|n}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|láss|m}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|гуыдыр}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|كلید|tr=kilid}}, {{t|ota|مغلاق|tr=miğlak}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|قُفْل}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|قُفْل}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|saradura|f}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Schlott|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zamek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|fechadura|f}}, {{t+|pt|cadeado|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|încuietoare|f}}, {{t+|ro|lacăt}}, {{t+|ro|broască|f}}, {{t+|ro|zăvor}}, {{t+|ro|clanță}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|замо́к|m}}, {{t+|ru|запо́р|m}}, {{t+|ru|затво́р|m}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|lock}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|glas|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|бра̀ва|f}}, {{t|sh|ка̀танац|m}} {{qualifier|padlock}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|bràva|f}}, {{t+|sh|kàtanac|m}} {{qualifier|padlock}}
* Sindhi: {{t|sd|تالو}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|zámok|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|ključavnica|f}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|zamk|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|сомок}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|cerradura|f}}, {{t+|es|candado|m}}, {{t+|es|chapa|f}}, {{t|es|piesllo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|kufuli}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lås|n}}
* Tagalog: {{qualifier|literally}} {{t|tl|kandado|n}}
* Tai Dam: {{t|blt|ꪄꪫ꪿ꪱ|tr=khoá}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|қуфл}}, {{t|tg|қулф}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பூட்டு}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|tišfart|f}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|бик}}, {{t+|tt|йозак}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|తాళము}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กุญแจ}}, {{t+|th|ประแจ}}, {{t+|th|ล็อก}}, {{t+|th|แม่กุญแจ}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྒོ་ལྕགས}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kilit}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|gulp}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|дээк}}, {{t|tyv|шооча}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|замо́к|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|تالا|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|قۇلۇپ}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|qulf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|khóa}}, {{t+|vi|ổ khóa}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|lök}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|clo|m}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|ntsuas phoo}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שלאָס|m}}
* Yup'ik: {{t|esu|kelucaq}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|qılf}}, {{t|zza|qefıl}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|suj}}, {{t|za|daep}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a mutex or other token}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鎖定}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukko}}
* German: {{t|de|Lock|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lock}}, {{t|hu|mutex}}, {{t+|hu|zár}}, {{t+|hu|zárolás}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|блокиро́вка|f}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kilit}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|qesa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|segment of a canal}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|sluis}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|هَوِّيس|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|шлюз|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|resclosa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|水閘|tr=shuǐzhá}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|zdymadlo|n}}, {{t|cs|plavební komora|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sluis|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kluzo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sulku}}
* French: {{t+|fr|écluse|f}}, {{t+|fr|sas|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schleuse|f}}, {{t|de|Schiffshebewerk|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|υδατοφράκτης|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|תָּא שַׁיִט|m|tr=ta shayit}}, {{t+|he|תָּא סָכוּר|m|tr=ta sakhur}}, {{t|he|מִסְכוֹר|m|tr=miskhor}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zsilip}}, {{t+|hu|hajózsilip}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|pintu air}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|chiusa|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|水門|tr=すいもん, suimon}}, {{t+|ja|水門|tr=みと, mito}}{{t+|ja|閘門|tr=こうもん, kōmon}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|Schleis|n}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|преводница|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|pintu air}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|matatara}}, {{t|mi|matatara poti}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|śluza|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|eclusa|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|stăvilar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шлюз|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|plavebná komora|f}}, {{t|sk|vzdúvadlo|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|esclusa|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sluss|c}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|klut}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|loc|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|firing mechanism of a gun}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|затво́р|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|segur|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|槍機|tr=qiāngjī}}, {{t|cmn|保險栓|tr=bǎoxiǎnshuān}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zámek|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|haan|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukko}}
* French: {{t+|fr|verrou|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schloss|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|závárzat}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|otturatore|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|за́творач|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zamek|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trava|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|замо́к|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|zámok|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|llave}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lås|n}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|clo|m}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|qesa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|complete control}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|merfeze}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|something sure to be a success}}
* French: {{t+|fr|es|p|m|m-p|f|f-p}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|raciye}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|a player in the second row of the scrum in Rugby}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|slot}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|druhořadník}}, {{t|cs|hráč druhé řady}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaiwhītiki}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb|past_ptc3=locken|past_ptc3_qual=obsolete}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become [[fasten]]ed [[in place]].
#: {{ux|en|If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will '''lock'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=13|passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time. 'Twas '''locked''', of course, but the Deacon man got a big bunch of keys out of his pocket and commenced to putter with the lock.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fasten]] with a [[#Noun|lock]].
#: {{ux|en|Remember to '''lock''' the door when you leave.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To be capable of becoming [[fasten]]ed [[in place]].
#: {{ux|en|This door '''locks''' with a key.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[intertwine]] or [[dovetail]].
#: {{ux|en|with his hands '''locked''' behind his back}}
#: {{ux|en|We '''locked''' arms and stepped out into the night.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|break dancing}} To [[freeze]] one's [[body]] or a part thereof [[in place]].
#: {{ux|en|a pop and '''lock''' routine}}
# To [[furnish]] (a [[canal]]) with [[#Noun|lock]]s.
# To [[raise]] or [[lower]] (a [[boat]]) in a [[#Noun|lock]].
# To [[seize]] (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning one's left arm around it, to disarm them.
# {{lb|en|Internet|transitive}} To [[modify]] (a [[thread]]) so that [[user]]s cannot make new [[post]]s in it.
# {{lb|en|Internet|wiki|transitive}} To [[prevent]] a [[page]] from being [[edit]]ed by other [[user]]s.
#: {{ux|en|Frequently-vandalized pages are generally '''locked''' to prevent further damage.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|rugby}} To play in the position of lock.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1980|author=Ken Berry|title=First Offender|publisher=Collins|location=Auckland|chapter=14|page=117|text=Please don't disappoint me - you are female, aren't you? I have a lingering suspicion that you are 17 stone and '''lock''' for Tarankai.}}

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|to fasten with a lock; to be capable of becoming fastened in place}} {{l|en|unlock}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|[[antilock]], [[anti-lock]]|double-lock|lock away|lock eyes
|belock
|box and lock|lock through
|lock and load|lock under
|lock down
|lock horns
|[[lock in]], [[lock-in]]
|lock into
|lock lips
|lock on
|[[lock out]], [[lock-out]], [[lockout]]
|[[lock up]], [[lock-up]], [[lockup]]
|lockability
|lockable
|relock
|unlock|lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen|lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
|unlockability
|lock off
|unlockable
|core locked|land-locked salmon|lip-locked|locked fault|locked groove|locked nucleic acid|locked rotor amp|locked-in syndrome|mode-locked|phase-locked loop|sea-locked|tidally locked|wood-locked|self-locking|thread-locking fluid}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to become fastened in place}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَقْفَلَ}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܩܵܦܹܠ}}, {{t|aii|ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|затварям|alt=затва́рям се}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|blokkeren}}, {{t+|nl|vastlopen}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|lukittua}}, {{t+|fi|lukkiutua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|se bloquer}}, {{t+|fr|se verrouiller}}
* German: {{t+|de|blockieren}}
* Hindi: {{t-needed|hi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bezáródik}}, {{t+|hu|lezáródik}}, {{t+|hu|blokkol}}, {{t|hu|blokkolódik}}, {{t+|hu|beszorul}}, {{t+|hu|elakad}}, {{t+|hu|megakad}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bloccare|alt=bloccarsi}}, {{t+|it|inceppare|alt=incepparsi}}
* Latin: {{t|la|claudor}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|bloca}}, {{t+|ro|închide}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|блоки́роваться|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bloquearse}}, {{t+|es|trabarse}}, {{t|es|candarse}}, {{t+|es|cerrarse}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|låsa sig}}, {{t+|sv|fastna}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to fasten with a lock}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|sluit}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|أَقْفَلَ}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|قَفَل|tr=gafal}}, {{t|acw|قَفَّل|tr=gaffal}}, {{t|acw|صَكّ|tr=ṣakk}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կողպել|sc=Armn}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܩܵܦܹܠ}}, {{t|aii|ܕܵܒ݂ܹܪ}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|pesllar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|qıfıllamaq}}, {{t+|az|kilidləmək}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бикләү}}, {{q|Eastern}} {{t|ba|биктәү}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|запіра́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|запе́рці|pf}}, {{t|be|замыка́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|замкну́ць|pf}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|заклю́чвам|impf}}, {{t|bg|заклю́ча|pf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သော့ခတ်}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|tancar amb cadenat}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|鎖|tr=so2}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鎖|tr=suǒ}}, {{t+|cmn|鎖上|tr=suǒshàng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zamykat|impf}}, {{t+|cs|zamknout|pf}}
* Danish: {{t|da|låse}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|afsluiten}}, {{t|nl|op slot doen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ŝlosi}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|lukustama}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukita}}
* French: {{t+|fr|verrouiller}}, {{qualifier|Quebec}} {{t+|fr|barrer}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|abschließen}}, {{t+|de|verschließen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κλειδώνω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נָעַל|tr=na'ál}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|ताला लगाना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|zár|id=to close}}, {{t+|hu|bezár}}
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|schliese}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|læsa}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|klefagar}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|glasáil}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|chiudere a chiave}}, {{t+|it|chiudere}}, {{t+|it|serrare}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|鍵を掛ける|tr=かぎをかける, kagi o kakeru}}, {{t+|ja|閉める|tr=しめる, shimeru}}, {{t+|ja|鎖す|tr=さす, sasu}}
* Jarai: {{t|jra|khuă}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ចាក់សោ}} {{qualifier|to lock or to unlock}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|잠그다}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|aizslēgt}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|užrakinti}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|заклучува|impf}}, {{t|mk|заклучи|pf}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|raka}}, {{t|mi|tāmau}}, {{t|mi|maukati}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|цоожлох|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|mn|түгжих|sc=Cyrl}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|låse}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|låsa}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|lūcan}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|qollofuu}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|كلیدلمك|tr=kilidlemek}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|قفل کردن|tr=qofl kardan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zamykać na klucz|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zamknąć|pf}}, {{t+|pl|zakluczyć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trancar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|încuia}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|запира́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|запере́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|замыка́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|замкну́ть|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|glais}}, {{t|gd|glas}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|закљу̀чати|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zakljùčati|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zamykať|impf}}, {{t|sk|zamknúť|pf}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|zakleniti|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|cerrar con llave}}, {{t+|es|acerrojar}}, {{t+|es|candar}}, {{t+|es|trancar}}, {{t+|es|atrancar}}, {{t+|es|trabar}}, {{t|es|cerrar con seguro}} {{qualifier|Costa Rica}}, {{t|es|poner seguro}} {{qualifier|Costa Rica; noun invariable}}, {{t+|es|enllavar}}, {{t+|es|llavear}}, {{t|es|llavir}} {{qualifier|Argentina}}, {{t+|es|apestillar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|låsa}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பூட்டு}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ล็อก}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྒོ་ལྕགས་བརྒྱབ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kilitlemek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|запира́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|запе́рти|pf}}, {{t|uk|замика́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|замкну́ти|pf}}, {{t|uk|зачиня́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|зачини́ти|pf}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|khoá}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שליסן}}, {{t|yi|פֿאַרשפּאַרן}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|qefılnayış}}
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{{trans-top|to be capable of becoming fastened in place}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukita}} {{qualifier|in passive}}; {{t|fi|lukittua}}, {{t+|fi|lukkiutua}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|záródik}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|blocabil|m}}, {{t|ro|blocabilă|f}}
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{{trans-top|to intertwine or dovetail}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|összezár}}, {{t+|hu|összefon}}, {{t+|hu|összeszorít}}, {{t+|hu|összekulcsol}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tapiki}} {{qualifier|strands in plaiting or weaving}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|vawyaye}}
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{{trans-top|break dancing: to freeze one's body or a part thereof in place}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lukita}}
* Italian: {{t|it|restare immobile}}, {{t|it|congelarsi}}, {{t|it|bloccarsi}}, {{t|it|restare impalato}}
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{{trans-top|to furnish with locks}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[varustaa]] [[suluilla]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[zsilippel]] [[elzár]]}}
* Italian: {{t|it|munire di chiuse}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|macelığ}}
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{{trans-top|to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|минавам през шлюз}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kulkea]] [[sulussa]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|zsilipel}}
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{{trans-top|(internet) to stop others contributing to a thread, etc.}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|заключвам}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lezár}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|maukati}}, {{t|mi|raka}}
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===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|lok}}, {{m|enm|lokke}}, from {{inh|en|ang|locc|t=hair of the head, hair, lock of hair, curl, ringlet}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*lokk}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*lukkaz}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*lugnó-}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*lewg-|t=to bend}}.

Cognate with {{cog|fy|lok}}, {{m|fy|lokke}}, {{cog|nl|lok|t=earlock, curl}}, {{cog|de|Locke|t=lock of hair, curl}}, {{cog|da|lok}}, {{cog|sv|lock|t=lock of hair, curl}}. It has been theorised that the word may be related to the {{cog|got|-}} verb {{m|got|*𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽|t=to shut}} in its ancient meaning "to curb".

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

# {{senseid|en|tuft}} A [[tuft]] or [[length]] of [[hair]], [[wool]]{{,}} etc.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice|I|i|page=164|passage={{w|Bassanio|''Baſſ.''}} {{...}}Nor is the wide world ignorant of {{w|Portia (The Merchant of Venice)|her}} worth, <br> For the foure windes blow in from euery coaſt <br> Renowned ſutors, and her ſunny '''locks''' <br> Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, <br> Which makes her ſeat of ''Belmont'' ''[[Colchis|Cholchos]][[-'| ]]'' [[strond|ſtrond]], <br> And many ''[[Jason|Iaſons]]'' come in queſt of her.}}
#* {{RQ:Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights|XXI|text=If I consent to burn them, will you promise faithfully neither to send nor receive a letter again, nor a book (for I perceive you have sent him books), nor '''locks''' of hair, nor rings, nor playthings?}}
# A small quantity of [[straw]] etc.
# {{lb|en|Scots law|historical}} A quantity of [[meal]], the [[perquisite]] of a [[mill]]-[[servant]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en
|daglock
|earlock
|elflock
|forelock
|goldilocks
|hindlock
|lovelock
|sidelock
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|length of hair}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|lok}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|ذُؤَابَة|f}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܥܲܪܩܵܐ|m}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бөҙрә|sc=Cyrl}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кичур|m}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဆံခွေ|sc=Mymr}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|floc|m}}, {{t+|ca|ble|m}}
* Cherokee: {{t-needed|chr}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|綹|tr=liǔ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|lokna|f}}, {{t+|cs|kadeř|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|lok}}
* Dhivehi: {{t-needed|dv}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lok|f}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|jꜣr|h=i-A-r:D3}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|buklo}}
* Estonian: {{t-needed|et}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kiehkura}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mèche|f}}
* Friulian: {{t-needed|fur}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|bucre|m}}, {{t|gl|crecha|f}}, {{t|gl|guedella|f}}, {{t|gl|repincho|m}}, {{t|gl|penecho|m}}, {{t|gl|grifo|m}}, {{t|gl|frechón|m}}, {{t|gl|reguñido|m}}, {{t|gl|carrapizo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Locke|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπούκλα|f}}
* Gujarati: {{t-needed|gu}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fürt}}, {{t+|hu|hajfürt}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|lokkur|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|loklo}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|leve}}
* Interlingua: {{t-needed|ia}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|ciabhóg|f}}, {{t|ga|dlaíóg ghruaige|f}}, {{t|ga|dlaoi ghruaige|f}}, {{t|ga|duailín gruaige|m}}, {{t|ga|dual gruaige|m}}, {{t|ga|gibne|f}}, {{t|ga|loca gruaige|m}}, {{t|ga|táth gruaige|m}}, {{t|ga|urla|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|ricciolo|m}}, {{t+|it|ciocca|f}}, {{t+|it|ciuffo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|巻き毛|tr=makige}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ផ្នត់សក់|tr=pnɑt sɑk|sc=Khmr}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|타래}}
* Latin: {{t|la|crīnis|m|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|прамен|m}}
* Malayalam: {{t-needed|ml}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|taio makawe}}, {{t|mi|kaio}}, {{t|mi|hukahuka}}, {{t|mi|iho}}
* Marathi: {{t-needed|mr}}
* Mirandese: {{t-needed|mwl}}
* Odia: {{t-needed|or}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|стыг}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kędzior|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cacho|m}}, {{t+|pt|mecha|f}}
* Punjabi: {{t-needed|pa}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|buclă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ло́кон|m}}, {{t+|ru|прядь|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kader|f}}
* Slovene: {{t-needed|sl}}
* Somali: {{t-needed|so}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|kuźera|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mechón}}, {{t+|es|mecha|f}}, {{t+|es|rizo|m}}, {{t+|es|rulo|m}}, {{t+|es|bucle|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|lock|c}}
* Tamil: {{t-needed|ta}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కురులు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ปอย}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|letse}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|lotchet|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|cudyn|m}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cklo|KLOC|Kloc|colk}}

{{cln|en|ergative verbs}}
{{topics|en|Canals|Dance|Hair|Locks}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-lock.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|de|locken||s|imp}}
# {{lb|de|colloquial}} {{verb form of|de|locken||1|s|pres}}

==Swedish==
[[File:A lid for a pot.jpg|thumb|250px|ett '''lock''' till en gryta [a '''lid''' for a pot] ]]
[[File:Tub of cottage cheese.jpg|thumb|250px|ett plast'''lock''' [a plastic '''lid'''] ]]
[[File:Siggebohyttan Usken.JPG|thumb|250px|log cabin (bottom floor) with board panel (top floor) with thinner, protruding "cover" boards ({{senseno|sv|board}})), giving the upper wall a striped appearance.]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sv|non|lok}}, {{m|non|lokkr}}, from {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*lukkaz}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|Sv-lock.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{lb|sv|often|in the plural}} a {{l|en|lock}} of hair, a [[curl]] of hair

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-ar}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|hårlock}}
* {{l|sv|locktång}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# a [[lid]], (when referring to a lid) a [[cover]]
#: {{ux|sv|Hon skruvade av '''locket''' på burken|She unscrewed '''the lid''' of the jar}}
#: {{ux|sv|'''locket''' på soptunnan|'''the lid''' of the trash can}}
#: {{ux|sv|ett '''lock''' till en kastrull|a '''lid''' for a saucepan}}
#: {{ux|sv|toalett'''lock'''|toilet '''lid''' / toilet seat '''cover'''}}
## a [[cap]] (when a lid, or often more generally for caps at the end of tubes)
##: {{ux|sv|Jag öppnade '''locket''' på schampoflaskan|I opened '''the cap''' of the shampoo bottle}}
##: {{ux|sv|skruva av plast'''locket''' på kaviartuben|unscrew '''the''' plastic '''cap''' on the {{l|sv|kaviar}} tube}}
# popping (as when ears pop)<ref>[http://epoetry.org/issues/issue1/alltext/ttggeng.htm Grief Gondola, #2 by Tomas Tranströmer, verse VI]</ref>
#: {{ux|sv|Få '''lock''' för örat.|Be deafened.}}
# {{senseid|sv|board}} a (thin) [[board]] that covers the gap between panel boards
# [[call]], [[lure]] (uninflected, from the verb [[locka]])
#: ''med '''lock''' och pock''

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}

====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 <ref> [http://forum.zwaremetalen.com/forum_topic/347456/19]</ref>
* {{l|sv|grytlock}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|locka}}
* {{l|sv|lockig}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|kork}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}
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