wok

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 鑊 (wok6).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɒk/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒk
  • Homophone: walk (in some US dialects)

Noun

wok (plural woks)

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

Translations

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

See also

Middle English

Adjective

wok

  1. Alternative form of woke

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wok

  1. work

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɔk/

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
  • wok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

wok f or m (less common) (plural woks)

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

Spanish

Noun

wok m (plural woks)

  1. wok

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wok intrans., transitive wokim

  1. to work, to labor
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:19:
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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
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