teak

See also: teák

English

Teak wood

Alternative forms

• teek (obsolete)

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

teak (usually uncountable, plural teaks)

1. (uncountable, countable) An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
2. (countable) A tree of the species in the genus Tectona.
3. (uncountable) A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood.

   teak:  

Derived terms

• African teak
• Australian teak
• bastard teak
• Rhodesian teak
• teak moth
• teak oil
• teakwood
• teaky
• tough as teak
• white teak

Translations

timber

• Acehnese: jatoë
• Arabic: سَاج m (sāj)
• Bulgarian: тик m (tik)
• Catalan: tec m, teca (ca) f
• Czech: týkové dřevo, teakové dřevo
• Faroese: tekk n
• Finnish: tiikki (fi)
• French: teck (fr) m
• Galician: teca (gl) f
• German: Teak (de) n, Teakholz (de) n
• Hindi: सागौन (hi) m (sāgaun)
• Hungarian: tíkfa (hu)
• Irish: téac f
• Norman: tique m
• Portuguese: teca f
• Romanian: tec (ro) m
• Russian: тик (ru) m (tik)
• Spanish: teca (es) f
• Swedish: teak (sv) c
• Tagalog: teka
• Telugu: టేకు కలప (te) (ṭēku kalapa)
• Welsh: tîc m

tree

• Acehnese: jatoë
• Arabic: سَاج m (sāj)
• Armenian: տեքի (hy) (tekʻi), կաղնի հնդկական (kaġni hndkakan), սաճի (sači), հնդկակաղնի (hndkakaġni)
• Basque: teka
• Bengali: সেগুন (bn) (śegun)
• Bulgarian: тик m (tik), тиково дърво n (tikovo dǎrvo)
• Burmese: ကျွန်းသစ် (kywan:sac)
• Catalan: tec m, teca (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柚木 (zh) (yóumù)

• Czech: teka obrovská f, teak (cs) m, týk (cs) m
• Danish: teaktræ n
• Dutch: teakboom (nl) m
• Esperanto: granda tektono
• Estonian: tiikpuu
• Faroese: tekk n, tekktræ n
• Finnish: tiikki (fi)
• French: teck (fr) m
• Galician: teca (gl) f
• Georgian: ტექტონა (ṭekṭona)
• German: Teakbaum (de) m, Teak (de) n
• Gujarati: સાગ (sāg)
• Hebrew: טִיק m (tik)
• Hindi: सागौन (hi) m (sāgaun)
• Hungarian: tíkfa (hu)
• Icelandic: tekk n
• Ido: teko (io)
• Indonesian: jati (id)
• Irish: téac f
• Italian: teak (it) m, teck m
• Japanese: チーク (ja) (chīku)
• Javanese: jati (jv)
• Kannada: ಸಾಗುವಾನಿ (sāguvāni)
• Kazakh: тик (tik)
• Korean: 티크 (tikeu)
• Latvian: tīkkoks m, tīks m
• Lithuanian: tikmedis m
• Malay: pokok jati
• Malayalam: തേക്കു് (tēkkŭŭ), തേക്ക് (ml) (tēkkŭ)
• Marathi: साग (sāg), सागवान (sāgvān)
• Norman: tique m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: teak m

  Nynorsk: teak m

• Occitan: tèc m
• Persian: ساج (fa) (sâj)
• Polish: teczyna wyniosła f
• Portuguese: teca f
• Punjabi: ਟੀਕ (pa) (ṭīk)

  Western Punjabi: ٹیک (ṭek)

• Romanian: tec (ro) m
• Russian: тик (ru) m (tik), ти́ковое де́рево n (tíkovoje dérevo)
• Scottish Gaelic: tìoc m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ти̏к m

  Latin: tȉk (sh) m

• Slovak: tík m
• Slovene: tik (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: teakowy bom m

  Upper Sorbian: hoberski teakowc

• Spanish: teca (es) f
• Sundanese: jati (su)
• Swahili: msaji
• Swedish: teak (sv) c
• Tagalog: teka
• Tamil: தேக்கு (ta) (tēkku)
• Telugu: టేకు (te) (ṭēku)
• Thai: สัก (th) (sàk)
• Tulu: ತೆಕ್ಕಿದ (tekkida)
• Turkish: tik ağacı (tr)
• Ukrainian: тик m (tyk), дерево тика n (derevo tyka), тикове дерево n (tykove derevo)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: тик (uz) (tik)

  Latin: tik (uz)

• Vietnamese: tếch (vi), giá tỵ
• Welsh: tîc m

colour

• Japanese: チーク色 (chīkuiro)

Adjective

teak (not comparable)

1. Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.

Translations

colour

• Japanese: チーク色の (chīkuiro no)

See also

• afrormosia
• iroko
• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• teak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kate, kate, keta, take

Basque

Noun

teak

1. absolutive plural of te
2. ergative singular of te

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

teak n (plural teaks, no diminutive)

1. teak

Derived terms

• teakhout

Anagrams

• akte

Finnish

Alternative forms

tiik

Etymology

Borrowed from English teak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːk/, [ˈt̪iːk]
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

teak

1. teak (timber or tree)

Declension

Inflection of teak (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		teak	teakit
genitive		teakin	teakien
partitive		teakia	teakeja
illative		teakiin	teakeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		teak	teakit
accusative	nom.	teak	teakit
	gen.	teakin
genitive		teakin	teakien
partitive		teakia	teakeja
inessive		teakissa	teakeissa
elative		teakista	teakeista
illative		teakiin	teakeihin
adessive		teakilla	teakeilla
ablative		teakilta	teakeilta
allative		teakille	teakeille
essive		teakina	teakeina
translative		teakiksi	teakeiksi
abessive		teakitta	teakeitta
instructive		—	teakein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of teak (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative teakini teakini accusative nom. teakini teakini gen. teakini genitive teakini teakieni partitive teakiani teakejani inessive teakissani teakeissani elative teakistani teakeistani illative teakiini teakeihini adessive teakillani teakeillani ablative teakiltani teakeiltani allative teakilleni teakeilleni essive teakinani teakeinani translative teakikseni teakeikseni abessive teakittani teakeittani instructive — — comitative — teakeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative teakisi teakisi accusative nom. teakisi teakisi gen. teakisi genitive teakisi teakiesi partitive teakiasi teakejasi inessive teakissasi teakeissasi elative teakistasi teakeistasi illative teakiisi teakeihisi adessive teakillasi teakeillasi ablative teakiltasi teakeiltasi allative teakillesi teakeillesi essive teakinasi teakeinasi translative teakiksesi teakeiksesi abessive teakittasi teakeittasi instructive — — comitative — teakeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative teakimme teakimme accusative nom. teakimme teakimme gen. teakimme genitive teakimme teakiemme partitive teakiamme teakejamme inessive teakissamme teakeissamme elative teakistamme teakeistamme illative teakiimme teakeihimme adessive teakillamme teakeillamme ablative teakiltamme teakeiltamme allative teakillemme teakeillemme essive teakinamme teakeinamme translative teakiksemme teakeiksemme abessive teakittamme teakeittamme instructive — — comitative — teakeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative teakinne teakinne accusative nom. teakinne teakinne gen. teakinne genitive teakinne teakienne partitive teakianne teakejanne inessive teakissanne teakeissanne elative teakistanne teakeistanne illative teakiinne teakeihinne adessive teakillanne teakeillanne ablative teakiltanne teakeiltanne allative teakillenne teakeillenne essive teakinanne teakeinanne translative teakiksenne teakeiksenne abessive teakittanne teakeittanne instructive — — comitative — teakeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative teakinsa teakinsa accusative nom. teakinsa teakinsa gen. teakinsa genitive teakinsa teakiensa partitive teakiaan teakiansa teakejaan teakejansa inessive teakissaan teakissansa teakeissaan teakeissansa elative teakistaan teakistansa teakeistaan teakeistansa illative teakiinsa teakeihinsa adessive teakillaan teakillansa teakeillaan teakeillansa ablative teakiltaan teakiltansa teakeiltaan teakeiltansa allative teakilleen teakillensa teakeilleen teakeillensa essive teakinaan teakinansa teakeinaan teakeinansa translative teakikseen teakiksensa teakeikseen teakeiksensa abessive teakittaan teakittansa teakeittaan teakeittansa instructive — — comitative — teakeineen teakeinensa

Synonyms

• tiikki (recommendable)

Further reading

• “teak”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• ekat, kate, keat