ark

Signification (Anglais)

1. A large box with a flat lid.
2. (Judaism) 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. (figuratively) The body as a vessel.
5. A spacious type of boat with a flat bottom.
6. (Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
7. (Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.

Concepts

arche

coffre

caisse

📦

arche de Noé

ark

Synonymes

chest

Noah’s ark

box

📦

coffer

destroy

duct

flute

🪈

groove

gutter

launder

sheet

signature

slot

socket

sulcus

tank

vessel

wreck

Ark

driving slot

arch

ark clam

boat

⛵

canal

case

Traductions

arca

arca

Arche

arca

ark

κιβωτός

rifugio

Lade

cofre

Arche Noah

kistenförmiges Schiff

cassa

دلهم

Kiste

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɑːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: arke

Hérité de ancien anglais: earc

In summary

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