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English

Etymology

From Cantonese ? (wok6).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w?k/
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophone: walk (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

wok (plural woks)

1. A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

Translations

Verb

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

1. To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

Translations

See also

• stir-fry

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Cantonese ? (wok6).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Hyphenation: wok
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

wok m (plural woks or wokken, diminutive wokje n)

1. A wok (large cooking pan, typical of East-Asian cuisine).

Derived terms

• wokken
• wokpan

Middle English

Adjective

wok

1. Alternative form of woke

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wok

1. work

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?k/

Noun

wok m inan

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

Declension

• 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

Related terms

• wokim
• hatwok

Noun

wok

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

West Flemish

Etymology

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

Adverb

wok

1. also, too

English

Etymology

From was, wuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?z/

Verb

woz

1. Eye dialect spelling of was.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:woz.

Derived terms

• woz ere

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French rose (“pink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woz/

Adjective

woz

1. pink

Lower Sorbian

Noun

woz m (diminutive wozyk)

1. Superseded spelling of wóz.

Declension

Verb

woz

1. Superseded spelling of wóz.