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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)

2. (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.

3. (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
4. A rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

5. Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
6. Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
   1. The she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
   2. Lagunaria, white oak, in family Malvaceae
   3. Various species called silky oak, in family Proteaceae
   4. Toxicodendron, poison oak, in family Anacardiaceae
   5. Various tanbark oak or stone oak species in family Fagaceae, genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus.
7. 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.

8. (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)

1. having a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.
2. 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)

1. (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

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin unus.

Article

ein (feminine eine, plural des, negative de)

1. a, an

Breton

Noun

ein

1. plural of oan

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????n/, /?a??n/

Article

ein m (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

Article

ein n (indefinite article)

1. Alternative spelling of een : a, an

Numeral

ein

1. 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)

1. a, an

Declension

Numeral

ein (neuter eitt)

1. one (1)

Usage notes

When counting, use the neuter forms: eitt, tvey, trý, ...

Adjective

ein (neuter eitt, plural einar)

1. same

2. alone

3. approximate

Pronoun

ein (neuter eitt)

1. one

Derived terms

• ein og hvør (“everybody”)
• eitt nú (“for instance”)

Finnish

Noun

ein

1. 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

1. 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

1. 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

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. Alternative spelling of en (“a, an”)

Numeral

ein

1. Alternative spelling of en (“one (1)”)

Icelandic

Adverb

ein

1. alone

Numeral

ein

1. inflection of einn:
   1. nominative neuter singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Anagrams

• nei

Japanese

Romanization

ein

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. Indefinite singular article for masculine nouns.
2. a, an (indefinite article)

Pronoun

ein (genitive eins)

1. one (impersonal pronoun)
2. one (indefinite personal pronoun)

3. someone

Adverb

ein

1. 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

1. 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

1. one

Adverb

ein

1. 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)

1. our

2. 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)

1. 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)

1. end

Further reading

• “ein (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola

Noun

ein

1. Alternative form of ieen (“eyes”)