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Webster 1913 Edition

Auk

Auk

,
Noun.
[Prov. E.
alk
; akin to Dan.
alke
, Icel. & Sw.
alka
.]
(Zool.)
A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family
Alcidæ
. The great auk, now extinct, is
Alca impennis
(or
Plautus impennis
) . The razor-billed auk is
Alca torda
. See
Puffin
,
Guillemot
, and
Murre
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Auk

AUK

,
Noun.
[contracted from Alca.] The alca, a genus of aquatic fowls, of the order of ansers, including the northern penguin or great auk, the little auk or black and white diver, the puffin, &c.

Definition 2025

auk

auk

English

Auks, Aethia psittacula

Alternative forms

Noun

auk ‎(plural auks)

  1. Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Synonyms

Translations

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *augô. Cognate to Finnish aukko and Votic aukko.

Noun

auk ‎(genitive augu, partitive auku)

  1. hole, cavity
  2. pit
  3. gap, opening

Declension

Derived terms

Gothic

Romanization

auk

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌿𐌺

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [øyːk]
    Rhymes: -øyːk

Preposition

auk

  1. (governs the genitive) in addition to

Derived terms

  • að auki, þar að auki (besides, moreover)
  • auk heldur
  • auk þess heldur, aukin heldur
  • auk þess

Inuktitut

Noun

auk

  1. Latin spelling of ᐊᐅᒃ ‎(auk)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

auk

  1. imperative of auka and auke

Tocharian B

Noun

auk

  1. snake

Yup'ik

Noun

auk

  1. blood

Etymology

From Icelandic álka, from Old Norse alka ‎(“auk”), from Proto-Germanic *allakǭ, *allǭ ‎(“sea-bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- ‎(“a kind of bird”). Cognate with Swedish alka ‎(“auk”), Danish alke ‎(“auk”), Swedish dialectal alla ‎(“long-tailed duck”) (Clangula hyemalis, syn. Fuligula glacialis), Latin olor ‎(“swan”), Ancient Greek ἐλέα ‎(eléa, “marsh-bird”), Welsh alarch ‎(“swan”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔːk/
  • Homophone: awk

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