ark

See also: Ark

English

Etymology

From Old English ærc, from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”), from arceō (“I enclose”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɑːk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɑɹk/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
  • Homophone: arc

Noun

ark (plural arks)

  1. A large box with a flat lid.
  2. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
  3. Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge
  4. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
  5. (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
  6. (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

Synonyms

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Translations

Further reading

  • ark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • ark in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark

Noun

ark n (singular definite arket, plural indefinite arker)

  1. a sheet (of paper)

Synonyms

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch arke. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑrk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑrk
  • Audio(file)

Noun

ark f (plural arken, diminutive arkje n)

  1. ark (ark of the covenant)
  2. ark (ship)
  3. houseboat
    Synonym: woonark

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish ark, from Latin arcus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar̥k/
  • Rhymes: -ar̥k

Noun

ark n (genitive singular arks, nominative plural örk)

  1. (obsolete) sheet (of paper)

Declension

Synonyms

Manx

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish orc, arc (“young pig”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).

Noun

ark f (genitive singular arkagh, plural arkyn or irk)

  1. young pig, piglet

References

  • “1 orc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

North Frisian

Determiner

ark

  1. (Mooring) each; every

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.

Noun

ark m (definite singular arken, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

  1. the ark (boat of Noah)
  2. paktens ark - the Ark of the Covenant
  3. (architecture) a dormer
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark

Noun

ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka or arkene)

  1. a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ǫrk, from Latin arca (“chest, box”); sense 3 from Old French arquire, via Middle Low German or Low German and old Danish.

Noun

ark f (definite singular arka, indefinite plural arker, definite plural arkene)

  1. the ark (boat of Noah)
  2. paktarka - the Ark of the Covenant
  3. (architecture) a dormer
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Latin arcus, via Low German ark

Noun

ark n (definite singular arket, indefinite plural ark, definite plural arka)

  1. a sheet (of paper)
Synonyms
Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ark, borrowed from Latin arca, into the Germanic languages in pre-Christian time.[1]

Noun

ark c

  1. an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant
  2. the ark (ship) of Noah, resembling a box
Declension
Declension of ark 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ark arken arkar arkarna
Genitive arks arkens arkars arkarnas
  • förbundsark

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus (“bow”).[2] Compare German Bogen. It refers to the bend of the parchment when folded.[3]

Noun

ark n

  1. a sheet of paper
  2. (printing) a signature, a multiple of four pages printed on a single sheet, which is folded and bound into a book
Declension
Declension of ark 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ark arket ark arken
Genitive arks arkets arks arkens
Synonyms
  • arkmatare
  • arksignatur
  • dubbelark

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
  2. ↑ ark in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
  3. ↑ ark 2 in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

West Frisian

Noun

ark c (plural arken)

  1. tool
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