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):

  (file)

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.
   • 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers:

     "If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case."

3. (UK) A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car

Derived terms

• logbook service

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: leabhar loinge m
• Italian: giornale di bordo, libro di bordo m
• Japanese: 日誌 (ja) (にっし, nisshi), 航海日誌 (こうかいにっし, kōkainisshi)
• Macedonian: бро́дски дне́вник m (bródski dnévnik)
• 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)
• Polish: dziennik podróży m
• Portuguese: diário de viagem
• 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