codlock in English

Forms: codlocks [plural], codlick [alternative, Northern-Ireland] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Of unknown origin. Possibly suffixed with Scots -lock, which forms diminutives. First attested in 1794. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{lg|suffix}} suffix, {{der|en|sco|-lock}} Scots -lock, {{lg|diminutive}} diminutive, {{etydate|1794}} First attested in 1794 Head templates: {{en-noun|}} codlock (plural codlocks), {{tlb|en|IE|ScE|obsolete}} (Ireland, Scotland, obsolete)

[Show JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▼] [Hide JSON for postprocessed kaikki.org data shown on this page ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "-lock"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots -lock",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "diminutive",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1794"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in 1794",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin. Possibly suffixed with Scots -lock, which forms diminutives. First attested in 1794.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "codlocks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "codlick",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern-Ireland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": ""
      },
      "expansion": "codlock (plural codlocks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "IE",
        "3": "ScE",
        "4": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "(Ireland, Scotland, obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pholis gunnellus: The rock gunnel, a ray-finned fish found in coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans."
      ],
      "id": "en-codlock-en-noun-q1wIEMCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "rock gunnel",
          "rock gunnel"
        ],
        [
          "ray-finned",
          "ray-finned"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ],
        [
          "Atlantic",
          "Atlantic Ocean"
        ],
        [
          "Arctic",
          "Arctic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clavin"
        },
        {
          "word": "clever"
        },
        {
          "word": "clubbock"
        },
        {
          "word": "codling"
        },
        {
          "word": "crow-fish"
        },
        {
          "word": "cussell"
        },
        {
          "word": "gunnelus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rock gunnel"
        },
        {
          "word": "spotted blenny"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Scotland",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "codlock"
}

[Show JSON for raw wiktextract data ▼] [Hide JSON for raw wiktextract data ▲]

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sco",
        "3": "-lock"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots -lock",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diminutive"
      },
      "expansion": "diminutive",
      "name": "lg"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "1794"
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in 1794",
      "name": "etydate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of unknown origin. Possibly suffixed with Scots -lock, which forms diminutives. First attested in 1794.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "codlocks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "codlick",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Northern-Ireland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": ""
      },
      "expansion": "codlock (plural codlocks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "IE",
        "3": "ScE",
        "4": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "(Ireland, Scotland, obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English obsolete terms",
        "English terms derived from Scots",
        "English terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Irish English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pholis gunnellus: The rock gunnel, a ray-finned fish found in coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock gunnel",
          "rock gunnel"
        ],
        [
          "ray-finned",
          "ray-finned"
        ],
        [
          "coast",
          "coast"
        ],
        [
          "Atlantic",
          "Atlantic Ocean"
        ],
        [
          "Arctic",
          "Arctic"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clavin"
        },
        {
          "word": "clever"
        },
        {
          "word": "clubbock"
        },
        {
          "word": "codling"
        },
        {
          "word": "crow-fish"
        },
        {
          "word": "cussell"
        },
        {
          "word": "gunnelus"
        },
        {
          "word": "rock gunnel"
        },
        {
          "word": "spotted blenny"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ireland",
        "Scotland",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "codlock"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.

"codlock" meaning in English

Noun