English Explanatory Dictionary

logbook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A book in which measurements of a ship's position are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage, such as weather, resupply occasions, the crew's performance, other ships sighted, and so on.
  2. A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
  3. A record of the ownership and licensing of a motor car.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/ /ˈlɔɡ.bʊk/ /ˈlɒɡ.bʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-logbook.wav

Word forms

logbook logbooks log-book

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook Compound of log + book, originally a record of a ship’s speed and progress, from a wooden float (chip log, or simply log) used to measure speed. First attested in the 1670s.

Synonyms

log

Related words

bad books good books in one's book

Derived words

logbook service

Translations

Bulgarian: корабен дневник Chinese Mandarin: 航海日志 Chinese Mandarin: 航空日志 Czech: palubní deník Danish: logbog Dutch: logboek Finnish: lokikirja Finnish: loki Finnish: laivapäiväkirja French: livre de bord French: journal de bord French: livre de loch German: Logbuch German: Schiffstagebuch Greek: ημερολόγιο Hebrew: יומן האניה Hebrew: יומן כלי שיט Hungarian: hajónapló Ido: logo Irish: leabhar loinge Italian: giornale di bordo Italian: libro di bordo Japanese: 日誌 Japanese: 航海日誌 Macedonian: бро́дски дне́вник Norwegian: loggbok Polish: dziennik pokładowy Portuguese: diário de bordo Romanian: jurnal de bord Romanian: registru de bord Russian: судово́й журна́л Russian: бортово́й журна́л Russian: ва́хтенный журна́л Russian: лётная кни́жка Spanish: libro de registro Spanish: cuaderno de bitácora Swedish: loggbok Swedish: skeppsdagbok Turkish: seyir defteri Turkish: gemi jurnali Turkish: kütük Vietnamese: nhật trình
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