logbook

See also: log book

English

traditional logbook on a ship

Alternative forms

• log-book

Etymology

1670s, 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.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑɡ.bʊk/, /ˈlɔɡ.bʊk/
• Hyphenation: log‧book

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

logbook (plural logbooks)

1. (nautical) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage.
2. (by extension) A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel.
3. (Britain) A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car

Translations

nautical: book in which details from journey are recorded

• Bulgarian: корабен дневник (koraben dnevnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (on a ship) 航海日志 (zh) (hánghǎi rìzhì), (on a plane) 航空日志 (hángkōng rìzhì)

• Danish: logbog c
• Dutch: logboek (nl) n
• Finnish: lokikirja (fi), loki (fi), laivapäiväkirja
• French: livre de bord m, journal de bord (fr) m, livre de loch (fr)
• German: Logbuch (de) n, Schiffstagebuch n
• Greek: ημερολόγιο (el) n (imerológio)
• Hebrew: יומן האניה‎ (he) m (yoman haoniyah), יומן כלי שיט‎ (he) m (yoman kli shayit)
• Hungarian: hajónapló (hu)
• Ido: logo (io)
• Irish: turasleabhar m

• Italian: giornale di bordo, libro di bordo m
• Japanese: 日誌 (にっし, nisshi), 航海日誌 (こうかいにっし, kōkainisshi)
• Norwegian: loggbok m or f
• Polish: dziennik pokładowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: diário de bordo m
• Romanian: jurnal de bord (ro) n, registru de bord (ro) n
• Russian: судово́й журна́л m (sudovój žurnál), бортово́й журна́л m (bortovój žurnál), ва́хтенный журна́л m (váxtennyj žurnál) (on a ship); лётная кни́жка f (ljótnaja knížka) (on a plane)
• Spanish: libro de registro m, cuaderno de bitácora m
• Swedish: loggbok (sv) c, skeppsdagbok c
• Turkish: seyir defteri, gemi jurnali, kütük (tr)
• Vietnamese: nhật trình (vi)

travel journal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: matkapäiväkirja (fi)
• Irish: turasleabhar m

• Polish: dziennik podróży m
• Romanian: jurnal de călătorie (ro) n
• Russian: путевы́е заме́тки f pl (putevýje zamétki)

record of the ownership of a motor car

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: rekisteriote (fi)
• Italian: libretto di circolazione

• Japanese: 自動車登録台帳 (jidōsha tōroku daichō)
• Polish: dowód rejestracyjny m
• Russian: формуля́р (ru) m (formuljár)
• Turkish: ruhsat (tr), trafik belgesi

Further reading

• logbook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia