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Definition for: oak

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English

Etymology

Old English āc, from Germanic *aiks . Cognate with Dutch eik, German Eiche, Swedish ek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /əʊk/
  • AHD: ōk , SAMPA: / @Uk/
  • Rhymes: -əʊk

Noun

Singular
oak

Plural
countable and uncountable; oaks

oak ( countable and uncountable; plural oaks )

  1. ( countable ) A tree of the genus Quercus , bearing acorns and having lobed leaves.
  2. ( uncountable ) The wood of the oak.
  3. (colour) a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
    oak colour:    

Synonyms

Translations

tree

  • Albanian: lis m .
  • Armenian: կաղնի
  • Basque: haritz, harizki
  • Breton: dero (coll.), dervenn (sg.)
  • Catalan: roure m .
  • CJKV Characters: 柞
  • Croatian: hrast m .
  • Dutch: eik m . , eikenboom m .
  • Esperanto: kverko
  • Estonian: tamm
  • Finnish: tammi
  • French: chêne m . ( le chêne )
  • German: Eiche f .
  • Greek: δρυς (drìs) f . , βελανιδιά (velanidiá) f .
  • Hungarian: tölgy
  • Italian: quercia f . , (Quercus robur) farnia f .
  • Japanese: オーク (ōku)
  • Latvian: ozols m .
  • Lithuanian: ąžuolas m .
  • Norwegian: eik f .
  • Old English: āc
  • Portuguese: carvalho m .
  • Polish: dąb m .
  • Romanian: stejar m .
  • Russian: дуб m .
  • Scots Gaelic: darach m . , darag f . , rìgh-na-coille m .
  • Serbian: храст m .
  • Slovene: hrast m .
  • Spanish: roble m .
  • Swedish: ek c . , ekträd n .

wood

  • Armenian: կաղնու փայտանյութ
  • Basque: harizki (haritz, harizki)
  • Catalan: roure
  • Dutch: eik m . , eikenhout n .
  • Esperanto: kverko
  • French: chêne m . ( du chêne )
  • Finnish: tammi
  • German: Eiche f .
  • Italian: legno di quercia
  • Latvian: ozols m .
  • Japanese: オーク材 (ōkuzai)
  • Norwegian: eik f .
  • Portuguese: carvalho m .
  • Polish: dąb m .
  • Russian: дуб m .
  • Spanish: roble m .
  • Swedish: ek c . , ekträ n . , ekvirke n .

colour

  • Czech : dub m .
  • Estonian : tamm
  • Galician : carballo m .
  • Latin : quercus
  • Slovak : dub m .

Adjective

oak ( not comparable )

Positive
oak

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Made from the wood of the oak tree
  2. (colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Synonyms

Translations

wood

  • Basque: haritzezko
  • Dutch: eiken, eikenhouten
  • Esperanto: kverka, kverkligna, kverkoligna
  • Finnish: tamminen, tammipuinen
  • Japanese: オーク材の (ōkuzai no)
  • Polish: dębowy
  • Russian: дубовый (dubóvyj)

colour

Derived terms


See also

  • quercetin
  • quercitron
  • roble
  • shillelagh
  • tanbark
  • valonia
  • wainscot

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