look

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken. Likely also related to German lugen (“to peek”), Alemannic German luege (“to look”), Yiddish לוגן (lugn). === Pronunciation === enPR: lo͝ok, IPA(key): /lʊk/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [lɵk] Homophone: luck (most of Northern England) IPA(key): /luːk/ (some Northern Enɡlish dialects, esp. Bolton, Geordie) (formerly more widespread) IPA(key): [luːx] (Liverpool variant) Homophone: Luke (MLE, Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /lʉk/ Homophone: Luke (Scotland, Northern Ireland) Rhymes: -ʊk, -uːk === Verb === look (third-person singular simple present looks, present participle looking, simple past and past participle looked) To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:look (intransitive) As an intransitive verb, often with "at". Troponyms: glance; see also Thesaurus:stare (transitive, colloquial) As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object. To appear, to seem. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find. To face or present a view. 1769, Benjamin Blayney (editor), King James Bible, Oxford standard text, Ezekiel, xi, 1, Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: To expect or anticipate. 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Fairie Queene, Book VI, Canto XI, 1750, The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 4, page 139, (transitive) To express or manifest by a look. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking; to peep out. (transitive, archaic or dialectal) To check, to make sure (of something). (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for. c. 1552–1599, Edmund Spenser, unidentified sonnet, Looking my love, I go from place to place, Like a young fawn that late hath lost the hind; And seek each where, where last I saw her face, Whose image yet I carry fresh in mind. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence. 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy, Act 3, Scene 1, 1701, The Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas Written by John Dryden, Esq, Volume 2, page 464, A Spirit fit to start into an Empire, And look the World to Law. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: luku, loekoe (superseded)→ Dutch: loekoe ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === look Pay attention. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === look (plural looks) The action of looking; an attempt to see. Synonym: gander (informal) (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression. A facial expression. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: look → French: look → Romanian: look → Russian: лук (luk) → Spanish: look → Italian: look ==== Translations ==== === See also === cinéma du look === References === “look”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === kolo, kool == Chinese == === Etymology === From English look. === Pronunciation === === Noun === look (Hong Kong Cantonese) look; physical appearance; visual impression; style; outfit === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch look, from Old Dutch *lōc, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Compare Low German look, Look, German Lauch, English leek, Danish løg, Swedish lök. More at leek. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /loːk/ Hyphenation: look Rhymes: -oːk Homophone: Look ==== Noun ==== look n or m (plural loken, diminutive lookje n) any plant of the genus Allium; leek ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /loːk/ Hyphenation: look Rhymes: -oːk ==== Verb ==== look singular past indicative of luiken === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English look. Doublet of loekoe. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /luk/ Hyphenation: look Rhymes: -uk ==== Noun ==== look m (plural looks, no diminutive) a look, (clothing) style, appearance ===== Derived terms ===== horrorlook === Etymology 4 === Related to luiken, cognate with English lock. ==== Noun ==== look m (plural loken, diminutive lookje n) a gap, space between barrels or between the strings in rope a section, division (archaic) === Anagrams === kool == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English look. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luk/ === Noun === look m (plural looks) a style; appearance; look Je trouve que son nouveau look ne lui va pas du tout. ― I think his new look doesn't suit him at all. ==== Derived terms ==== relooker relooking == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English look. === Pronunciation === === Noun === look m (plural looks) (informal) look; outfit, style (a set of clothing with accessories) Synonym: visual Amei seu look. ― I love your outfit. === Further reading === “look”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English look. === Noun === look n (plural lookuri) look ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English look. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈluk/ [ˈluk] Rhymes: -uk === Noun === look m (plural looks) (informal) a look; style, appearance ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “look”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Alternative forms === looc — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling luok — nonstandard === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luquk (“bay”). Compare Ilocano luek, Kapampangan lauk, Cebuano luok, Tausug luuk, and Malay teluk. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /loˈʔok/ [loˈʔok̚] Rhymes: -ok IPA(key): /ˈloʔok/ [ˈloː.ʔok̚] (obsolete) Homophone: Looc Syllabification: lo‧ok === Noun === loók (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜂᜃ᜔) (geography) bay (body of water) Synonym: baiya Look ng Maynila ― Manila Bay middle part of a bay ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “look”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 === Anagrams === loko