alk

See also: Alk, älk, alk-, 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.

Anagrams

Dutch

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 in general'; a member of the Alcidae.
  2. The razorbill, Alca torda, in particular.

Anagrams

Estonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑlʲk/

Noun

alk (genitive algi, partitive alki)

  1. the razorbill; a lesser auk

Declension
Declension of alk (type riik)
singular plural
nominative alk algid
genitive algi alkide
partitive alki alke / alkisid
illative alki / algisse alkidesse
inessive algis alkides
elative algist alkidest
allative algile alkidele
adessive algil alkidel
ablative algilt alkidelt
translative algiks alkideks
terminative algini alkideni
essive algina alkidena
abessive algita alkideta
comitative algiga alkidega
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