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From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.

From Irish Corcaigh (“bog, marsh, swamp”).

From Middle English cork (“oak bark, cork”), from Middle Dutch curc (“cork (material or object)”), either from Spanish corcho (“cork (material or object)”) (also corcha or corche) or from Old Spanish alcorque (“cork sole”). Doublet of cortex.

292 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كورك (kūrik) — city
• Armenian: Կորկ (Kork) — city
• Azerbaijani: Kork — city
• Belarusian: Корк (Kork) — city
• Breton: Korkig — city
• Bulgarian: Корк (Kork) — city
• Chechen: Корк (Kork) — city
• Chinese Cantonese: 科克 (fo1 hak1) — city
• Chinese Mandarin: 科克 (Kēkè) — city
• Esperanto: Korko — city
• Finnish: Cork — city
• Georgian: კორკი (ḳorḳi) — city
• German: Cork — city
• Greek: Κορκ (Kork) — city
• Pontic Greek: Κορκ (Kork) — city
• Hebrew: קורק — city
• Irish: Corcaigh — city
• Irish: Cathair Chorcaí — city
• Japanese: コーク (Kōku) — city
• Korean: 코크 (kokeu) — city
• Latin: Corcagia — city
• Latin: Corcavia — city
• Latvian: Corka — city
• Lithuanian: Korkas — city
• Macedonian: Корк (Kork) — city
• Manx: Corkee — city
• Marathi: कॉर्क (kŏrka) — city
• Norwegian Bokmål: Cork — city
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Cork — city
• Ossetian: Корк (Kork) — city
• Persian: کورک — city
• Scottish Gaelic: Corcaigh — city
• Spanish: Cork — city
• Swedish: Cork — city
• Thai: คอร์ก — city
• Ukrainian: Корк (Kork) — city
• Urdu: کورک — city
• Volapük: Corcaigh — city
• Volapük: Cork — city
• Welsh: Corc — city
• Breton: Korkig — county
• Esperanto: Korko — county
• Esperanto: Graflando Cork — county
• German: Cork — county
• Irish: Corcaigh — county
• Irish: Contae Chorcaí — county
• Macedonian: Корк (Kork) — county
• Marathi: कॉर्क (kŏrka) — county
• Norwegian Bokmål: Cork — county
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Cork — county
• French: liège — (botany) tissue that grows from the cork cambium
• French: phellème — (botany) tissue that grows from the cork cambium
• French: suber — (botany) tissue that grows from the cork cambium
• Latin: textus integumentarius secundus — (botany) tissue that grows from the cork cambium
• Macedonian: плута (pluta) — (botany) tissue that grows from the cork cambium
• Romanian: suber — (botany) tissue that grows from the cork cambium
• Arabic: فِلِّين (fillīn) — phellem of the cork oak
• Assamese: ঠিলা (thila) — phellem of the cork oak
• Assamese: সোপা (xüpa) — phellem of the cork oak
• Assamese: কাগ (kag) — phellem of the cork oak
• Azerbaijani: mantar — phellem of the cork oak
• Basque: artelazki — phellem of the cork oak
• Belarusian: ко́рак (kórak) — phellem of the cork oak
• Bulgarian: корк (kork) — phellem of the cork oak
• Bulgarian: плу́та (plúta) — phellem of the cork oak
• Catalan: suro — phellem of the cork oak
• Chinese Mandarin: 軟木 /软木 (ruǎnmù) — phellem of the cork oak
• Czech: korek — phellem of the cork oak
• Danish: kork — phellem of the cork oak
• Dutch: kurk — phellem of the cork oak
• Dutch: kurkschors — phellem of the cork oak
• Estonian: kork — phellem of the cork oak
• Faroese: tundur — phellem of the cork oak
• Finnish: korkki — phellem of the cork oak
• French: liège — phellem of the cork oak
• West-Frisian: koark — phellem of the cork oak
• Friulian: sûr — phellem of the cork oak
• Galician: cortiza — phellem of the cork oak
• German: Kork — phellem of the cork oak
• Greek: φελλός (fellós) — phellem of the cork oak
• Ancient Greek: φελλός (phellós) — phellem of the cork oak
• Hebrew: שַׁעַם (shá'am) — phellem of the cork oak
• Hungarian: parafa — phellem of the cork oak
• Icelandic: korkur — phellem of the cork oak
• Italian: sughero — phellem of the cork oak
• Japanese: コルク (koruku) — phellem of the cork oak
• Kapampangan: talaran — phellem of the cork oak
• Kazakh: тоз (toz) — phellem of the cork oak
• Korean: 코르크 (koreukeu) — phellem of the cork oak
• Kyrgyz: пробка (probka) — phellem of the cork oak
• Latin: sūber — phellem of the cork oak
• Latvian: korķis — phellem of the cork oak
• Lithuanian: kamštis — phellem of the cork oak
• Macedonian: плута (pluta) — phellem of the cork oak
• Malay: gabus — phellem of the cork oak
• Norwegian Bokmål: kork — phellem of the cork oak
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kork — phellem of the cork oak
• Occitan: suve — phellem of the cork oak
• Occitan: siure — phellem of the cork oak
• Iranian Persian: چوبپَنْبِه (čub-panbe) — phellem of the cork oak
• Plautdietsch: Korkj — phellem of the cork oak
• Polish: korek — phellem of the cork oak
• Portuguese: cortiça — phellem of the cork oak
• Romanian: plută — phellem of the cork oak
• Russian: про́бка (próbka) — phellem of the cork oak
• Serbo-Croatian: плу̏та — phellem of the cork oak
• Serbo-Croatian: плу̏то — phellem of the cork oak
• Serbo-Croatian: plȕta — phellem of the cork oak
• Serbo-Croatian: plȕto — phellem of the cork oak
• Sicilian: sùvuru — phellem of the cork oak
• Sicilian: sùvaru — phellem of the cork oak
• Slovak: korok — phellem of the cork oak
• Slovene: pluta — phellem of the cork oak
• Slovene: plutovina — phellem of the cork oak
• Spanish: corcho — phellem of the cork oak
• Swedish: kork — phellem of the cork oak
• Turkish: mantar — phellem of the cork oak
• Ottoman Turkish: مانطار (mantar) — phellem of the cork oak
• Ukrainian: ко́рок (kórok) — phellem of the cork oak
• Uzbek: poʻkak — phellem of the cork oak
• Uzbek: probka — phellem of the cork oak
• Venetan: suro — phellem of the cork oak
• Venetan: sóaro — phellem of the cork oak
• Venetan: sóvaro — phellem of the cork oak
• Venetan: sur — phellem of the cork oak
• Volapük: koeg — phellem of the cork oak
• Albanian: tapë — bottle stopper
• Arabic: فِلِّينَة (fillīna) — bottle stopper
• Arabic: فَدَام (fadām) — bottle stopper
• Arabic: فِدَام (fidām) — bottle stopper
• Armenian: խցան (xcʻan) — bottle stopper
• Basque: kortxoa — bottle stopper
• Basque: zipotza — bottle stopper
• Belarusian: про́бка (próbka) — bottle stopper
• Belarusian: ко́рак (kórak) — bottle stopper
• Belarusian: заты́чка (zatýčka) — bottle stopper
• Bengali: কাজ (kaj) — bottle stopper
• Bengali: কর্ক (kork) — bottle stopper
• Breton: lech — bottle stopper
• Bulgarian: корк (kork) — bottle stopper
• Bulgarian: про́бка (próbka) — bottle stopper
• Bulgarian: та́па (tápa) — bottle stopper
• Bulgarian: чеп (čep) — bottle stopper
• Bulgarian: запуша́лка (zapušálka) — bottle stopper
• Burmese: ဘူးဆို့ (bhu:hcui.) — bottle stopper
• Catalan: tap — bottle stopper
• Catalan: suro — bottle stopper
• Chinese Cantonese: 瓶塞 (ping4 sat1) — bottle stopper
• Chinese Cantonese: 軟木塞 /软木塞 (jyun5 muk6 sat1) — bottle stopper
• Chinese Mandarin: 椊 (zuó) — bottle stopper
• Chinese Mandarin: 瓶塞 (píngsāi) — bottle stopper
• Chinese Mandarin: 塞子 (sāizi) — bottle stopper
• Chinese Mandarin: 塞 (sāi) — bottle stopper
• Chinese Mandarin: 軟木塞 /软木塞 (ruǎnmùsāi) — bottle stopper
• Cornish: spong — bottle stopper
• Czech: zátka — bottle stopper
• Czech: špunt — bottle stopper
• Danish: prop — bottle stopper
• Danish: korkprop — bottle stopper
• Dutch: kurk — bottle stopper
• Dutch: stop — bottle stopper
• Dutch: stopsel — bottle stopper
• Esperanto: korko — bottle stopper
• Estonian: kork — bottle stopper
• Extremaduran: corcho — bottle stopper
• Extremaduran: corcha — bottle stopper
• Faroese: proppur — bottle stopper
• Fataluku: sulina — bottle stopper
• Finnish: korkki — bottle stopper
• French: bouchon — bottle stopper
• West-Frisian: koark — bottle stopper
• Galician: rolla — bottle stopper
• Georgian: საცობი (sacobi) — bottle stopper
• German: Stöpsel — bottle stopper
• German: Kork — bottle stopper
• German: Korken — bottle stopper
• Greek: φελλός (fellós) — bottle stopper
• Ancient Greek: βύσμα (búsma) — bottle stopper
• Ancient Greek: ἴβδης (íbdēs) — bottle stopper
• Hebrew: שַׁעַם (shá'am) — bottle stopper
• Hebrew: פְּקָק (p'kak) — bottle stopper
• Hindi: ढक्कन (ḍhakkan) — bottle stopper
• Hungarian: dugó — bottle stopper
• Ido: korko — bottle stopper
• Igbo: okwu — bottle stopper
• Indonesian: gabus — bottle stopper
• Ingrian: tulppa — bottle stopper
• Ingrian: probka — bottle stopper
• Irish: corc — bottle stopper
• Italian: turacciolo — bottle stopper
• Japanese: コルク栓 (koruku sen) — bottle stopper
• Japanese: ストッパー (sutoppā) — bottle stopper
• Kapampangan: tapún — bottle stopper
• Kazakh: тығын (tyğyn) — bottle stopper
• Khmer: ឆ្នុក (chnok) — bottle stopper
• Korean: 코르크 (koreukeu) — bottle stopper
• Korean: 마개 (magae) — bottle stopper
• Korean: 스토퍼 (seutopeo) — bottle stopper
• Northern Kurdish: tepedor — bottle stopper
• Northern Kurdish: tepedorî — bottle stopper
• Kyrgyz: тыгын (tıgın) — bottle stopper
• Kyrgyz: пробка (probka) — bottle stopper
• Lao: ດອນແກ້ວ (dǭn kǣu) — bottle stopper
• Lao: ກອກ (kǭk) — bottle stopper
• Latvian: korķis — bottle stopper
• Latvian: aizbāznis — bottle stopper
• Ligurian: tappo de natta — bottle stopper
• Lithuanian: kamštis — bottle stopper
• Macedonian: тапа (tapa) — bottle stopper
• Macedonian: чеп (čep) — bottle stopper
• Macedonian: затка (zatka) — bottle stopper
• Malay: penyumbat botol — bottle stopper
• Malay: gabus — bottle stopper
• Nepali: बिर्को (birko) — bottle stopper
• Norman: bouochon — bottle stopper
• Norman: bouochon d'liège — bottle stopper
• Norwegian Bokmål: kork — bottle stopper
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kork — bottle stopper
• Occitan: tap — bottle stopper
• Iranian Persian: چوبپَنْبِه (čub-panbe) — bottle stopper
• Polish: korek — bottle stopper
• Portuguese: rolha — bottle stopper
• Romanian: dop — bottle stopper
• Russian: про́бка (próbka) — bottle stopper
• Russian: заты́чка (zatýčka) — bottle stopper
• Scottish Gaelic: àrcan — bottle stopper
• Serbo-Croatian: че̏п — bottle stopper
• Serbo-Croatian: па̀мпӯр — bottle stopper
• Serbo-Croatian: запу̀ша̄ч — bottle stopper
• Serbo-Croatian: čȅp — bottle stopper
• Serbo-Croatian: pàmpūr — bottle stopper
• Serbo-Croatian: zapùšāč — bottle stopper
• Slovak: korok — bottle stopper
• Slovak: špunt — bottle stopper
• Slovak: zátka — bottle stopper
• Slovene: zamašek — bottle stopper
• Somali: guf — bottle stopper
• Spanish: corcho — bottle stopper
• Spanish: falsete — bottle stopper
• Swahili: kizibo — bottle stopper
• Swedish: kork — bottle stopper
• Tagalog: tapón — bottle stopper
• Tajik: пӯк (pük) — bottle stopper
• Tetum: sulan — bottle stopper
• Thai: ก๊อก (gɔ́k) — bottle stopper
• Turkish: şişe mantarı — bottle stopper
• Turkish: tapa — bottle stopper
• Turkish: mantar — bottle stopper
• Ottoman Turkish: قپاق (kapak) — bottle stopper
• Ottoman Turkish: مانطار (mantar) — bottle stopper
• Ukrainian: чіп (čip) — bottle stopper
• Ukrainian: ко́рок (kórok) — bottle stopper
• Ukrainian: за́тичка (zátyčka) — bottle stopper
• Urdu: ڈاٹ (ḍāṭ) — bottle stopper
• Uyghur: پۇرۇپكا (purupka) — bottle stopper
• Uzbek: tiqin — bottle stopper
• Uzbek: probka — bottle stopper
• Vietnamese: nút — bottle stopper
• Volapük: koegabuon — bottle stopper
• Belarusian: плаво́к (plavók) — angling float
• Belarusian: паплаво́к (paplavók) — angling float
• Bulgarian: плу́вка (plúvka) — angling float
• Dutch: dobber — angling float
• Faroese: flot — angling float
• Finnish: koho — angling float
• Finnish: korkki — angling float
• French: bouchon — angling float
• Ancient Greek: φελλός (phellós) — angling float
• Norwegian Bokmål: dupp — angling float
• Romanian: plută — angling float
• Russian: поплаво́к (poplavók) — angling float
• Serbo-Croatian: пло́вак — angling float
• Serbo-Croatian: plóvak — angling float
• Ukrainian: поплаве́ць (poplavécʹ) — angling float
• Ukrainian: поплаво́к (poplavók) — angling float
• Ukrainian: ґалаґа́н (galagán) — angling float
• French: cork — aerialist corkscrew maneuver
• Danish: proppe — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Finnish: korkittaa — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Galician: arrollar — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Galician: zapar — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Portuguese: arrolhar — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Russian: затыка́ть (zatykátʹ) — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Russian: заткну́ть (zatknútʹ) — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Serbo-Croatian: začepiti — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Ottoman Turkish: مانطارلامق (mantarlamak) — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Volapük: koegabuonön — to seal with a stopper, especially with cork
• Finnish: mustata — to blacken as with a burnt cork
• Finnish: noeta — to blacken as with a burnt cork
• Finnish: korkittaa — to fill with cork
• Finnish: aiheuttaa mustelma — to injure through a blow
• Finnish: korkata — to injure through a blow