wok
English
Etymology
From Cantonese 鑊 (wok6).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /wɒk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒk
- Homophone: walk (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun
wok (plural woks)
- A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.
- 1977, Marguerite Fawdry, Chinese Childhood, →ISBN, page 86:
- The 'wok' is an efficient, all-purpose metal cooking vessel used by every housewife in China. It has two handles and is shaped like a shallow cone.
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a wok being used for cooking
Derived terms
- wok race
- wok racing
Translations
large round pan
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Verb
wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle wokking or woking, simple past and past participle wokked or woked)
- To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.
Translations
to use a wok
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See also
- stir-fry
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from Cantonese 鑊 (wok6).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋɔk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wok
- Rhymes: -ɔk
Noun
wok m (plural woks or wokken, diminutive wokje n)
- A wok (large cooking pan, typical of East-Asian cuisine).
Derived terms
- wokken
- wokpan
Middle English
Adjective
wok
- Alternative form of woke
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English work.
Verb
wok
- work
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English wok, ultimately from Cantonese 鑊 (wok6).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔk
- Syllabification: wok
Noun
wok m inan
- wok (large, oriental cooking pan)
Declension
Declension of wok
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wok | woki |
| genitive | woka/woku | woków |
| dative | wokowi | wokom |
| accusative | wok | woki |
| instrumental | wokiem | wokami |
| locative | woku | wokach |
| vocative | woku | woki |
The genitive singular form woku is sometimes proscribed.
Further reading
- wok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
wok f or (less common) m (plural woks)
- wok (large round pan used in Oriental cuisine)
Spanish
Noun
wok m (plural woks)
- wok
Further reading
- “wok”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tarao
Noun
wok
- 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
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Etymology
From English work.
Verb
wok intrans., transitive wokim
- to work, to labor
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:
- 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.”
- →New International Version translation
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Related terms
- wokim
- hatwok
Noun
wok
- work, job, employment
- obligation, duty
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-Germanic *auk.
Adverb
wok
- also, too