stoke

See also Stoke

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: stōk, IPA: /stəʊk/, X-SAMPA: /st@Uk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk
• (US) enPR: stōk, IPA: /stoʊk/, X-SAMPA: /stoUk/

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stukōnan (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.

Verb

stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)

1. (transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.

Translations

to poke, pierce

• Dutch: stoken (nl)
• French: tisonner (fr)
• German: stochen (de), schüren (de)

• Korean: 쑤시다 (ko) (ssusida), 쑤석거리다 (ko) (ssuseog-goerida), 지르다 (ko) (jireuda), 찌르다 (ko) (jjireuda)

Etymology 2

From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from Dutch stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.

Verb

stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)

1. (transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
2. (intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.

Translations

to feed, stir up

• Catalan: atiar (ca)
• Czech: topit (cs)
• Dutch: stoken (nl)
• French: tiser (fr), tisonner (fr)
• German: stochen (de), schüren (de)
• Icelandic: kynda undir (is), bæta eldsneyti á (is)
• Italian: attizzare (it)

• Jèrriais: stôtchi
• Korean: 쑤시다 (ko) (ssusida), 쑤석거리다 (ko) (ssuseog-goerida), 지르다 (ko) (jireuda) (fire, fiery mind, fiery sound, etc.), 찌르다 (ko) (jjireuda)
• Russian: топить (ru) (topít’) 
• Spanish: atizar (es)
• Welsh: tanio (cy)

Derived terms

• stokehole

Related terms

• stoker

Etymology 3

Wikipedia

Misconstruction of stokes

Noun

stoke

1. (physics) Common misspelling of stokes. (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)

Anagrams

• ketos, tokes

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Dutch

Verb

stoke

1. singular present subjunctive of stoken