wok

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Cantonese 鑊／镬 (wok6).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɒk/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: walk

Noun

wok (plural woks)

1. A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan.

Translations

large round pan

• Arabic: وُوك m (wūk)
• Armenian: վոկ (vok)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鑊／镬 (wok⁶), 镬 (wok⁶)

  Hakka: 鑊／镬, 镬 (vo̍k)

  Mandarin: 鍋／锅 (zh) (guō), 锅 (zh) (guō), 鑊／镬 (zh) (huò), 镬 (zh) (huò), 炒鍋／炒锅 (zh) (chǎoguō), 炒锅 (zh) (chǎoguō)

  Min Nan: 鍋／锅 (zh-min-nan), 锅 (oe, e, ko), 鼎 (zh-min-nan) (tiáⁿ)

• Czech: pánev wok f
• Danish: wok c
• Dutch: wok (nl) m
• Esperanto: uoko, volbopato
• Faroese: vokk f
• Finnish: wokkipannu
• French: wok (fr) m
• German: Wok (de) m
• Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: wok-panna f
• Indonesian: wajan (id)
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• Irish: wok
• Japanese: 中華鍋 (ちゅうかなべ, Chūka-nabe)
• Khmer: ខ្ទះ (km) (kteah)
• Korean: 중국 냄비 (Jungguk naembi)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: kuali
• Polish: wok (pl) m
• Portuguese: wok f or m
• Russian: вок (ru) m (vok)
• Scottish Gaelic: wok
• Spanish: wok m
• Swedish: wokpanna (sv) c
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: กระทะ (th) (grà-tá)
• Vietnamese: cái xanh, chảo (vi)
• Welsh: woc m or f
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Zhuang: rek, cauq

Verb

wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle woking or wokking, simple past and past participle woked or wokked)

1. To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

Translations

to use a wok

• Finnish: wokata
• Spanish: wokiar, usar un wok
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• Swedish: woka (sv)

See also

• stir-fry

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Middle English

Adjective

wok

1. Alternative form of woke

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wok

1. work

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Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

wok m inan

1. wok (“A large, oriental, cooking pan”)

Declension

Declension of wok

	singular	plural
nominative	wok	woki
genitive	woka/woku	woków
dative	wokowi	wokom
accusative	wok	woki
instrumental	wokiem	wokami
locative	woku	wokach
vocative	woku	woki

• Genitive singular woku is sometimes proscribed.

Further reading

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Portuguese

Noun

1. wok (large round pan used in Oriental cuisine)

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Spanish

Noun

wok m (plural woks)

1. wok

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Tarao

Noun

wok

1. pig (animal)

References

• 1998, People of India: Manipur (results of the Anthropological Survey of India), page 272
• 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3 →ISBN, page 230
• 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar, page 117

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wok intrans., transitive wokim

1. to work, to labor
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Related terms

• wokim
• hatwok

Noun

wok

1. work, job, employment
2. obligation, duty

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West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.

Adverb

wok

1. also, too