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oak
English
Etymology
From Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English ?c (also as Old English ??), from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey?- (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /o?k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k/
- enPR: ?k
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
oak (countable and uncountable, plural oaks)
- (countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
- Instead there were the white of aspens, streaks of branch and slender trunk glistening from the green of leaves, and the darker green of oaks, and through the middle of this forest, from wall to wall, ran a winding line of brilliant green which marked the course of cottonwoods and willows.
- (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
- A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
- Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
- Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
- The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
- Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
- Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
- Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
- Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
- The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase "to sport one's oak").
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Prout's Lovely Black Eye
- It was hardly the thing for a master to sport his oak where another member of the staff was concerned.
- The New Sporting Magazine (volume 15, page 23)
- The vesper bell had rung its parting note; the domini were mostly caged in comfortable quarters, discussing the merits of old port; and the merry student had closed his oak, to consecrate the night to friendship, sack, and claret.
- 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, Prout's Lovely Black Eye
- (wine) The flavor of oak.
Alternative forms
- (oak tree): woak, yack (England, dialectal, possibly obsolete)
Hypernyms
- (oak tree): tree
Meronyms
- (oak tree): acorn
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
oak (not comparable)
- having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
- made of oak wood or timber
- an oak table, oak beam, etc
Synonyms
- (made of oak): oaken
Translations
Verb
oak (third-person singular simple present oaks, present participle oaking, simple past and past participle oaked)
- (wine, transitive) To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- oak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- oak at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- A-OK, AOK, Kao, Oka, koa, oka
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ein
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latin unus.
Article
ein (feminine eine, plural des, negative de)
- a, an
Breton
Noun
ein
- plural of oan
Dutch Low Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????n/, /?a??n/
Article
ein m (indefinite article)
- Alternative spelling of een : a, an
Article
ein n (indefinite article)
- Alternative spelling of een : a, an
Numeral
ein
- Alternative spelling of een : one (1)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos.
Article
ein (neuter eitt)
- a, an
Declension
Numeral
ein (neuter eitt)
- one (1)
Usage notes
When counting, use the neuter forms: eitt, tvey, trý, ...
Adjective
ein (neuter eitt, plural einar)
- same
- alone
- approximate
Pronoun
ein (neuter eitt)
- one
Derived terms
- ein og hvør (“everybody”)
- eitt nú (“for instance”)
Finnish
Noun
ein
- Instructive plural form of ee.
Anagrams
- -ine, ien
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German ein, from Old High German ein.
Compare German Low German en, ein, Dutch een, English one, Danish en, Norwegian Nynorsk ein.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??n/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /?n/, /n?/ (for the article, chiefly colloquial)
- Rhymes: -a??n
Numeral
ein m or n
- one
Usage notes
- In counting, the form eins is used: eins zu null (“one–nil”) (sport result). The name of the number one, as a noun, is Eins.
- In order to distinguish the numeral ("one") from the indefinite article ("a, an"), the former may be printed in italics: Ich hatte nur ein Bier bestellt.
Alternative forms
- Ein
- éin (rare, nonstandard)
Article
ein m or n
- a, an
Usage notes
- In the vernacular, the diphthong ei- is usually not pronounced in the indefinite article, which gives rise to the informal contractions 'n, 'ne, 'nem, 'ner (dative), and 'nen. (There are no contracted genitive forms.)
- Earlier contracted forms which are not in use anymore are eim for einem and eins for eines (as in "eins Mann[e]s", "eins Kind[e]s"). Even older forms are ein for eine (as in ein Frau), einm for einem and einr for einer.
Alternative forms
- ain (dated)
- 'n (informal)
Declension
Coordinate terms
Related terms
- einer
Etymology 2
Related to in (like also ein-), from Old High German in, from Proto-Germanic *in, from Proto-Indo-European *h?én. Compare English in-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a??n/
- Rhymes: -a??n
Adverb
ein
- (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
- ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen
- derein, feldein, hafenein, herein, hierein, hinein, jahrein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein
- 1843, Carl Friedrich Friccius, Geschichte des Krieges in den Jahren 1813 und 184. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Ostpreussen und das Königsbergsche Landwehrbataillon, page 418:
- Rund herum gerieth Alles in Flammen. Eine Menge Kugeln aus der Festung schlugen dicht neben, über und hinter uns, oder mit fürchterlichem Geprassel in den Wald ein; keine aber traf und der Himmel beschützte uns wunderbar.
Adjective
ein (not comparable)
- (predicative) on
Synonyms
- eingeschaltet
- an
- angeschaltet
Antonyms
- aus
- ausgeschaltet
Anagrams
- nie
German Low German
Alternative forms
- ain
- een
- en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????n/, /?a??n/
Article
ein m or n (indefinite article)
- Alternative spelling of en (“a, an”)
Numeral
ein
- Alternative spelling of en (“one (1)”)
Icelandic
Adverb
ein
- alone
Numeral
ein
- inflection of einn:
- nominative neuter singular
- nominative/accusative neuter plural
Anagrams
- nei
Japanese
Romanization
ein
- R?maji transcription of ???
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos. Akin to English one, English an
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æ??n/ (example of pronunciation)
Numeral
ein m (feminine ei, neuter eitt, stressed masculine éin, stressed feminine éi)
- one (cardinal number 1)
Derived terms
- eindimensjonal
- einføtt
- einstøing
Article
ein m (indefinite singular feminine ei, indefinite singular neuter eit, definite singular -en, indefinite plural -ar, definite plural -ane)
- Indefinite singular article for masculine nouns.
- a, an (indefinite article)
Pronoun
ein (genitive eins)
- one (impersonal pronoun)
- one (indefinite personal pronoun)
- someone
Adverb
ein
- circa, approximately, about
See also
- en (Bokmål)
References
- “ein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- i-en, Ine, nei, nie
Old Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?i?n/, [?????n]
Adjective
?in
- Alternative form of ?in
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
Old High German
Alternative forms
- ain
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ain, whence also Old English ?n, Old Norse einn.
Numeral
ein
- one
Adverb
ein
- only
Descendants
- Middle High German: ein
- Alemannic German: ain, äin, a, an, en
- Bavarian: a
- Cimbrian: a, an (“a, an”); òan, umm (“one”)
- Mòcheno: a (“a, an”); oa' (“one”)
- Central Franconian: ne (Ripuarian)
- Ripuarian: ne
- East Central German: ä, e
- German: ein
- Luxembourgish: een
- Rhine Franconian: e (Hessian)
- Yiddish: ????? (eyn), ??? (a), ???? (an)
Welsh
Alternative forms
- 'n
Etymology
From Middle Welsh yn.
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ei?n/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /?n/
Determiner
ein (causes h-prosthesis)
- our
- us (as the object of a verbal noun)
Usage notes
ni is sometimes added after the noun for emphasis.
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian *ened, from Proto-West Germanic *anad.
Pronunciation
- (Clay) IPA(key): /ai?n/
- (Wood) IPA(key): /?i?n/
Noun
ein c (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)
- duck
Further reading
- “ein (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian ende, from Proto-West Germanic *and?.
Noun
ein c or n (plural einen, diminutive eintsje)
- end
Further reading
- “ein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Yola
Noun
ein
- Alternative form of ieen (“eyes”)
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