different between coke vs semicoke

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English colke.

Alternative forms

• coak (obsolete)

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
   • The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.

Derived terms

• biocoke

Translations

Verb

coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

1. (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
2. (intransitive) To turn into coke.
3. (automotive) To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.

Derived terms

• decoke
• decoking

Translations

Etymology 2

Originated circa 1908 in American English as a clipping of cocaine.

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.

Translations

See also

• coca

Etymology 3

1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, coca leaves and cola nut.

Noun

coke (plural cokes)

1. (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
2. (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
3. (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).

Synonyms

• (soft drink): see the list at soda

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?k/
• Hyphenation: coke
• Rhymes: -o?k
• Homophone: kook

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

1. (chiefly in the plural) coke (type of processed carbon used as fuel)

Usage notes

The singular is less common than the plural form in Dutch, which may also be used like an uncountable singular.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (uncountable)

1. (slang) cocaine, coke

   Synonym: cocaïne

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke (“residue from roasting in a coal oven”).

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

1. coke (form of carbon)

Derived terms

• cokerie

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke (“cocaine”).

Noun

coke f (plural cokes)

1. coke (cocaine)

Synonyms

• cocaïne

Further reading

• “coke” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

coke m (invariable)

1. coke (form of carbon)

English

Etymology

semi- +? coke

Noun

semicoke (plural semicokes)

1. Any of a range of products intermediate in composition and consistency between coke and pitch formed by the incomplete carbonization of coal