wok

English

Etymology

From Cantonese 鑊 (wok6).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wɒk/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒk
  • Homophone: walk (in some US dialects)

Noun

wok (plural woks)

  1. A large, oriental, round-bottomed cooking pan.

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

Translations

See also

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English work.

Verb

wok

  1. work

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔk/

Noun

wok m inan

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

Usage notes

  • Genitive form „woku” is sometimes proscribed.

Declension

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
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:19 (translation here):
      Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”

Noun

wok

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

Etymology

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

Adverb

wok

  1. also, too
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