alk

alk (plural alks)

1. Archaic spelling of auk.
   • 1866, The Archaeological Journal:

     […] reindeer, wild boars, beavers, wood-grouse, and geir-birds (the great alk).

alk

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

• Lak, Kal., LAK, lka, lak, LKA

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑlk/

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• Hyphenation: alk
• Rhymes: -ɑlk

alk f (plural alken, diminutive alkje n)

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

• kleine alk

•   alk on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl
•   alken (vogels) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• kal, lak

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlʲk/, [ˈɑlʲkˑ]

alk (genitive algi, partitive alki)

1. the razorbill; a lesser auk

alk

1. imperative of alka

• kal, lak