oaken

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oaken

/ˈəʊk.ən/

Rhymes with -əʊkən

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

adjective

not comparable Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness. Captain Jemmy, taking up three bottles one after another and finding them all empty, ordered up three more, and drew his chair up to the hearth, where he sat kicking the oaken logs viciously with his long legs.
Similar: oak, roborean, roboreous

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adj made from the wood of an oak

日本語	オーク材の ōkuzai no
Português	de carvalho
Deutsch	eichen
Русский	дубо́вый dubóvyj

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@misc{oaken_2026,
  title = {oaken},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oaken},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}