bok

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɒk/
• (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA^(key): /bɒk/
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans bok. Doublet of buck.

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Anagrams

• KBO, kob

Etymology

From Dutch bok (“buck, male goat”).

Noun

bok (plural bokke, diminutive bokkie)

1. goat
2. antelope, buck
3. (slang) also bokkie My lover.
4. vaulting-horse
5. blunder

Adjective

bok (attributive bokke, comparative bokker, superlative bokste)

1. keen, willing

Noun

bok

1. creek, stream
2. river

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Noun

bok m

1. side
2. flank
3. (anatomy) hip

Further reading

• bok in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• bok in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boc, from Old Dutch buk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ. Cognate with Upper Sorbian bok, Polish bok, Czech bok, Russian бок (bok), and Serbo-Croatian bȍk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk/
• Homophones: bog, Bog

Noun

bok m

1. side (bounding straight edge of an object; flat surface of an object; left or right half; surface of a sheet of paper)
2. page (one side of a leaf of a book)
3. (chiefly in the dual) breast (organs on the front of a woman’s chest, which contain the mammary glands)

Further reading

• bok in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
• bok in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From English book.

Etymology 4

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Noun

bok

1. Alternative form of booke

Alternative forms

• buk

Etymology

From Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• Stem vowel: ô¹
  • (originally) IPA^(key): /boːk/

Noun

bôk n

1. book
2. beechnut

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bok f, m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

1. a book

Noun

bok f, m (definite singular boka or boken, indefinite plural boker, definite plural bokene)

1. a beech (tree). Alternative form of bøk.

References

• “bok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Akin to English book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

Noun

bok f (definite singular boka, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

1. a book

References

• “bok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōks, whence also Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, Old High German buoh, Old Norse bók.

Noun

bōk f, n

1. book

Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Noun

bōk f

1. book

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

bok m inan

1. side

   Synonym: strona

Further reading

• bok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *bokъ.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *bogъ. Other fringe theories exist but are largely unsupported.

Etymology

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

bok c

1. book:
   1. collection of sheets of paper
   2. a work of literature
   3. a major division of a published work
2. beech

References

• bok in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Etymology

From Old Turkic bok, from Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bok/

Noun

bok (definite accusative boku, plural boklar)

1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bok/

Noun

bok (plural boks)

1. box