hub

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Etymology

From earlier hubbe, which has the same immediate origin as hob. Hub was originally a dialectal word; its ultimate origin is unknown. Compare German Hubbel (“bump on a surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hubil (“bump, hill”) (which contains a diminutive suffix *-il); compare English hive, or perhaps ultimately from the same root as hip or hop. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʌb/

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /hʊb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

hub (plural hubs)

1. The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
   • 2011, Rebekah Modrak, Bill Anthes, Reframing Photography: Theory and Practice:

     If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool.

2. A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.

   Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.

   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo's port does not look like much. […]   But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka's capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India's southern tip.

   • 2021 May 19, Philip Haigh, “Doncaster enhancements relying on DfT approval”, in RAIL, number 931, page 30:

     Doncaster is a rail hub in every sense. Passenger lines radiate in six directions, there are freight lines that bypass the station, extensive freight yards, a major works, and a rolling stock depot.

3. A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.
4. (networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.
5. (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
6. A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
7. (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.

   a hub in the road

8. (video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.
   • 2014, Julian Hazeldine, Speedrun: The Unauthorised History of Sonic The Hedgehog, page 47:

     In a break with tradition, these levels are tackled in any order, with the next act chosen from a semi-random selection machine located in the game's hub area.

9. A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
10. A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
11. A screw hob.
12. A block for scotching a wheel.

Synonyms

• (video games): hub world

Derived terms

• datahub
• dehub
• e-hub
• freehub
• hub-and-spoke
• hubbed
• hubbing
• hub-bub
• hubby
• hubcap
• hubless
• hubness
• hubometer
• hub plank
• hubward
• hub world
• POGO hub
• superhub
• the Hub
• up to the hub
• warm hub

Translations

central part of a wheel

Armenian: սռնակալ (hy) (sṙnakal), անվակունդ (hy) (anvakund) Azerbaijani: top (az), çarx topu, təkər topu, oymaq, vtulka Breton: bendell (br) m Bulgarian: главина (bg) f (glavina) Catalan: boixa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 轂 / 毂 (zh) (gǔ), 輪轂 / 轮毂 (zh) (lúngǔ) Czech: náboj (cs) m inan Dutch: naaf (nl) Esperanto: nabo (eo) Finnish: keskiö (fi), pyörännapa (fi), napa (fi) French: moyeu (fr) m Galician: buxa (gl) f German: Nabe (de) f, Radnabe f Greek: πλήμνη (el) f (plímni), χοινίκη f (choiníki), (colloquial) αφαλός (el) m (afalós) Ancient: χνόη f (khnóē), πλήμνη f (plḗmnē), χοίνιξ m (khoínix) Hungarian: kerék közepe, agy (hu) Ido: nabo (io) Irish: mol m Italian: mozzo (it) m Japanese: 轂 (ja) (こしき, koshiki) Macedonian: главина f (glavina) Maori: pūtahi Norman: moueu m Norwegian: Bokmål: nav n Nynorsk: nav n Ottoman Turkish: پویرا (poyra), دولك (dülek) Persian: ستونک (sotunak), توپی (fa) (tupi) (Isfahani dialect) Polish: piasta (pl) f Portuguese: cubo de roda m Russian: ступица (ru) (stupica) Scottish Gaelic: cìoch f Sicilian: miolu (scn) m Spanish: buje (es) m, maza (es) f Swahili: vitovu (sw) Swedish: nav (sv) n Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: poyra (tr) Vietnamese: trục bánh xe Walloon: moyoû (wa) m Welsh: both f, bogail m or f, bŵl m

point where many routes meet

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: gune (eu), zentro Belarusian: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: кръстопът (bg) m (krǎstopǎt) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: draaischijf (nl), centrum (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: solmukohta (fi), solmu (fi) French: carrefour (fr) m, pôle (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Drehkreuz (de) n, Drehscheibe (de) f, Knotenpunkt (de) m, Zentrum (de) n Greek: κόμβος (el) m (kómvos) Hungarian: csomópont (hu), kerékpár agy Indonesian: hub Irish: mol m Italian: incrocio (it) m, punto di snodo m Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Malay: hab Maori: pūtahi Norwegian: Bokmål: knutepunkt n Nynorsk: knutepunkt n Polish: węzeł (pl) m Portuguese: cruzamento (pt) m, entroncamento (pt) m Romanian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: (highways) distribuidor vial m, (for planes, trains) nudo (es) m, centro (es) m, (transfer) punto de transbordo m Swahili: vitovu (sw) Swedish: korsväg (sv) c, knutpunkt (sv) c, nav (sv) n Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: вузол (uk) (vuzol) Walloon: croejhlåde (wa) f

computer networking device

Bulgarian: хъб m (hǎb) Catalan: concentrador m, repetidor (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 集線器 / 集线器 (zh) (jíxiànqì) Czech: rozbočovač m, hub (cs) m Dutch: hub (nl), knooppunt (nl) Finnish: keskitin (fi) French: concentrateur (fr) m, commutateur (fr) Galician: concentrador m German: Hub (de) n, Netzknoten m Greek: πλήμνη (el) f (plímni) Irish: mol m Italian: concentratore (it) m Japanese: ハブ (ja) (habu) Polish: koncentrator m, hub (pl) m Portuguese: hub m Russian: хаб (ru) m (xab) Spanish: concentrador (es) m, multiplexor m Swahili: vitovu (sw)

stake with a nail in it

German: Pflock (de) m Italian: stadia (it) f, mira (it) f, asta graduata f Portuguese: poste (pt) m Russian: колышек (ru) m (kolyšek) Swahili: vitovu (sw)

male weasel

German: Rüde (de) m (hob)

rough protuberance

German: Höcker (de) m, Erhebung (de) f

goal or mark

German: Ziel (de) n

hardened, engraved steel punch

Bulgarian: пуансон m (puanson) German: Prägestempel m

screw hob

block for scotching a wheel

French: cale (fr) f German: Hemmschuh (de) m

Proper noun

the hub

1. Alternative letter-case form of Hub

Anagrams

• Buh, hbu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦup]
• Rhymes: -up
• Homophone: hup

Etymology 1

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of houba

Etymology 2

Noun

hub f

1. genitive plural of huba

Etymology 3

Verb

hub

1. second-person singular imperative of hubit

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English hub.

Noun

hub m (invariable)

1. hub (transport, computing)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hub.

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

1. (networking) hub (device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices such as they act as a single network segment)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English hub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxab/ [ˈxaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab
• IPA^(key): /ˈxob/ [ˈxoβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ob

Noun

hub m (plural hubs)

1. (networking) hub

White Hmong

Etymology

From Mandarin 壶 (hú) ("pot" or"kettle").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu˥/

Noun

hub

1. a clay pot or vase, especially as used for storing food or water

References

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)