alk

See also: Alk, ALK, älk, and alk-

English

Noun

alk (plural alks)

  1. Archaic spelling of auk.
    • 1866, The Archaeological Journal:
      […] reindeer, wild boars, beavers, wood-grouse, and geir-birds (the great alk).

Noun

alk

  1. Abbreviation of alkali.
  2. Abbreviation of alkaline.

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Dutch
Alca torda in Nederlandsche vogelen, 1770-1829

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish alka, another Scandinavian language or translingual Alca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑlk/
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  • Hyphenation: alk
  • Rhymes: -ɑlk

Noun

alk f (plural alken, diminutive alkje n)

  1. An auk; a member of the Alcidae
  2. (particularly) The razorbill, Alca torda

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Estonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlʲk/, [ˈɑlʲkˑ]

Noun

alk (genitive algi, partitive alki)

  1. the razorbill; a lesser auk

Declension
Declension of alk (ÕS type 22e/riik, k-g gradation)
singular plural
nominative alk algid
accusative nom.
gen. algi
genitive alkide
partitive alki alke
alkisid
illative alki
algisse		 alkidesse
algesse
inessive algis alkides
alges
elative algist alkidest
algest
allative algile alkidele
algele
adessive algil alkidel
algel
ablative algilt alkidelt
algelt
translative algiks alkideks
algeks
terminative algini alkideni
essive algina alkidena
abessive algita alkideta
comitative algiga alkidega

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

alk

  1. imperative of alka

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