spoke

See also: spöke

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: spōk, IPA(key): /spəʊk/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊk
  • Hyphenation: spoke

Etymology 1

From Middle English spoke, spok, spook, from Old English spāca, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ.

Noun

spoke (plural spokes)

  1. A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
  2. (nautical) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
  3. A rung of a ladder.
  4. A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill.
  5. One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

spoke (third-person singular simple present spokes, present participle spoking, simple past and past participle spoked)

  1. (transitive) To furnish (a wheel) with spokes.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

spoke

  1. simple past tense of speak

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

spoke

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of spoken

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English spāca, from Proto-Germanic *spaikǭ.

Pronunciation

  • (Northern ME, Early ME) IPA(key): /spɑːk(ə)/
  • IPA(key): /ˈspɔːk(ə)/

Noun

spoke (plural spokes or spoken)

  1. A spoke (support radiating from the middle of a wheel)
  2. A sharp spike or projection on the edge of a wheel.

Descendants

  • English: spoke
  • Scots: spaik

References

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