wok
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /wɒk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophone: walk (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun[edit]
wok (plural woks)
- A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
large round pan
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Verb[edit]
wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle wokking or woking, simple past and past participle wokked or woked)
- To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.
Translations[edit]
See also[edit]
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok m inan
Declension[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Cantonese 鑊/镬 (wok6).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok m (plural woks or wokken, diminutive wokje n)
- wok (large cooking pan, typical of East-Asian cuisine)
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
wok
- Alternative form of woke
Nigerian Pidgin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
wok
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English wok, ultimately from Cantonese 鑊/镬 (wok6).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok m inan
- wok (large, oriental cooking pan)
Declension[edit]
Declension of wok
The genitive singular form woku is sometimes proscribed.
Further reading[edit]
- wok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok f or (less common) m (plural woks)
- wok (large round pan used in Oriental cuisine)
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok m (plural woks)
Further reading[edit]
- “wok”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok c
- a wok (large, round-bottomed cooking pan)
- Synonym: wokpanna
- a dish (typically) prepared in a wok, stir-fry
Declension[edit]
Declension of wok | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | wok | woken | wokar | wokarna |
Genitive | woks | wokens | wokars | wokarnas |
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- wok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- wok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- wok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tarao[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok
- pig (animal)
References[edit]
- 1998, People of India: Manipur (results of the Anthropological Survey of India), page 272
- 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN, page 230:
- Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar, page 117
Tok Pisin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
wok intrans., transitive wokim
- to work, to labor
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:
- Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
wok
- work, job, employment
- obligation, duty
West Flemish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
Adverb[edit]
wok
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