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oak^¹

/əʊk/ UK
/oʊk/ US
/woʊk/ obsolete

Sounds like oke · Rhymes with -əʊk

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Cognates

From Proto-Germanic: Scots aik, ake, yik (“oak”), North Frisian iake, iik (“oak”), Saterland Frisian Eeke (“oak”), West Frisian iik (“oak”), Cimbrian aicha, oach (“oak”), Dutch eik (“oak”), German Eiche (“oak”), Luxembourgish Eech (“oak”), Vilamovian aach, aeh́, ǡh́ (“oak”), Danish eg (“oak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian Nynorsk eik (“oak”), Norwegian Bokmål eik, ek (“oak”), Swedish ek (“oak”).

From Proto-Indo-European: Latin aesculus (“Italian oak”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”), Albanian enjë (“English yew; stinking juniper”), Latvian ozols (“oak”), Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”).

noun oaks · woak · yack · oke

countable A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus. It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the
Similar: oak tree
uncountable The wood of the oak.
Similar: oak tree, oakwood
countable, uncountable A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
Similar: oak tree
countable, uncountable The flavor of oak.
Similar: oak tree
countable, uncountable Any member of species of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
countable, uncountable she-oaks in Allocasuarina and Casuarina, of family Casuarinaceae
countable, uncountable white oaks Lagunaria, in family Malvaceae
countable, uncountable silky oaks, in family Proteaceae
countable, uncountable poison oak Toxicodendron, in family Anacardiaceae
countable, uncountable tanbark oaks or stone oaks, of species of genera Lithocarpus and Notholithocarpus in family Fagaceae.
countable, uncountable The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.) [E]very set of rooms has two doors, and I soon learned that the outer door, which is thick and solid, is called the oak, and to shut it is termed, to sport.
Similar: sporting door

adjective oke

not comparable Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
not comparable Made of oak wood or timber. an oak table, oak beam, etc.
Similar: oaken

verb oaks · oaking · oaked · oke

transitive To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

OAK^²

phrase

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of of a kind In poker, 3 OAK beats two pair.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: oak tree, woody, hardwood, ivy, tree, restaurant, poison, auc, fiddle, colorado, shumard, quercus, oakwood, oak-tree, pine, cedar

Translations

Every language

noun wood

Español	roble
日本語	オーク ōku
中文	橡木 xiàngmù
Português	carvalho
Français	chêne
Deutsch	Eiche, Eichenholz
Italiano	rovere, legno di quercia
Română	stejar
Русский	дуб dub
العربية	سِنْدِيَان sindiyān, بَلُّوط ballūṭ
עברית	אלון \ אַלּוֹן alón, אלון \ אֵלוֹן elón

noun tree or shrub of the genus Quercus

Español	roble, encina, carrasca, talaya
한국어	참나무속 chamnamusok
日本語	楢 nara, 柞 nara, 枹 nara, オーク ōku, 柏 kashiwa, 槲 kashiwa
中文	橡樹 /橡树 xiàngshù
हिन्दी	बलूत balūt
Kiswahili	mwaloni
Português	carvalho
Français	chêne
Deutsch	Eiche, Eichenbaum, Eichbaum
Italiano	quercia, rovere, farnia
Ελληνικά	δρυς drys, βελανιδιά velanidiá
Română	stejar
Русский	дуб dub
Tiếng Việt	sồi
العربية	بَلُّوط ballūṭ, سِنْدِيَان sindiyān
עברית	אלון \ אַלּוֹן alón, אלון \ אֵלוֹן elón

adj made of oak wood

Français	chêne, chênes
Deutsch	Eichen-
Ελληνικά	δρύινος drýinos
Русский	дубо́вый dubóvyj

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@misc{oak_2026,
  title = {oak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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