coke

See also Coke

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊk

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English colke.

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
   • The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.

Translations

coal product

Bulgarian: кокс (bg) m. Czech: koks (cs) m. Danish: koks (da) Finnish: koksi (fi) French: charbon (fr), coke (fr) m. German: Koks (de) n.

Icelandic: koks (is) n. Italian: coke (it) m. Russian: кокс (ru) (koks) m. Spanish: coque (es) m. Swedish: koks (sv) n. Welsh: golosg (cy) m.

Etymology 2

1908, American English

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (informal, slang, uncountable) cocaine.

See also

• coca

Translations

short for cocaine

Finnish: koka (fi) French: coke (fr) f. German: Koks (de) n. Italian: coca (it) f.

Russian: кокс (ru) (koks) m., кокос (ru) (kókos) m., кока (ru) (kóka) f. Spanish: coca (es) f. Swedish: kola (sv), koks (sv), snö (sv)

Etymology 3

1909, American company Coca-Cola

Noun

coke (plural cokes)

1. (informal, countable) any cola-flavored drink, especially Coca-Cola.
2. (Southern US) any soft drink

Translations

any type of caramel-colored

Bulgarian: кола (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 可樂 (cmn), 可乐 (cmn) (kělè) Finnish: kokis (fi) French: coca (fr) m.

Italian: coca (it) f. Japanese: コーラ (ja) (kōra) Norwegian: cola (no) m. Swedish: kola (sv)

References

• http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=coke

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French

Etymology 1

English coke (first etymology)

Noun

coke m. (plural cokes)

1. coke (form of carbon)

Derived terms

• cokerie

Etymology 2

From English coke (second etymology)

Noun

coke f. (plural cokes)

1. coke (slang: cocaine)

Synonyms

• cocaïne

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Italian

Noun

coke m. inv.

1. coke (clarification of this Italian definition is being sought)