log

Signification (English)

Noun

1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
3. A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
4. Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
5. A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
6. A blockhead; a very stupid person.
7. (slang) A heavy longboard.
8. A rolled cake with filling.
9. A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
10. A piece of feces.
11. A penis.

Verb

1. To cut trees into logs.
2. To cut down (trees).
3. To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.

Verb

1. To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log or logbook.
2. To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook.
3. To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by a chip log.

Verb

To move to and fro; to rock.

Concepts

rondin

bûche

rondin

journal

logarithme

bille

billot

registre

loguer

livre de bord

loch

bois

🪵

grume

consigner

antécédents

bille de bois

bois de charpente

gros morceau

journal de bord

tronçon

histoire personnelle

journaliser

diagrapher

Logarithme

log

morceau

abattre

agenda

ajouter

carnet

couper

enregistrement

enregistrer

historique

inscrire

abattage

poutre

souche

tronc

Synonyms

block

journal

timber

register

logarithm

logbook

beam

tree trunk

fallen tree

wood

🪵

diary

lumber

plank

record

tree

🌳

trunk

billet

block of wood

piece of wood

write down

stump

bole

inventory

stock

list

firewood

chronicle

stick

stockpile

fess

supply

pole

thunderbolt

veeder counter

piece

fire

🔥

document

book

📖

recording

board

log file

registration

reserve

logic

log-on

logs

minute

newspaper

📰

note

note down

overthrow

overturn

perambulator

poll

post

pour

pour out

protocol

provision

push down

reading

registering

registry

roll

round timber

scull

segment

set down

shell

🐚

skeleton

spill

stake

stem

strike down

stub

take down

timbered

tip over

topple

transfuse

tumble

turn

turn over

twig

undercarriage

upset

woods

write off

clock up

dead tree

log of wood

sunken log

rough lumber

cycleframe

trouser crease 3

personal history

log-in

roundwood

history

data sheet

record of events

record of journey

skeletal frame

well log

borehole log

raw wood

tump over

round wood

unsawn timber

round-log

airframe

documentation book

anvil

archive

background

bag

bare bones

bell book

bod

body

bowl over

break

bring down

career

casing

catalogue

chassis

chop down

chump

chunk

coldcock

column

corpus

cross

cut

cut down

daily paper

daybook

down

dullard

dump

enter

fell

fesse

footbridge

foothold

forest

fuselage

girder

hull

knock over

lignum

log book

logging

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɒɡ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: logg

Cognate with norvégien: låg

Cognate with néerlandais: loog

In summary

From Middle English logg, logge (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”).
Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.

Phrases

Split the log with a quick , sharp blow .

Divisez le journal avec un coup rapide et pointu.