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oaken

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • ōk'ən
  • /ˈəʊk.ən/
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  • rhymes with -əʊkən

1

adj

Meaning 1

Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a solid oak table
  • the old oaken bucket

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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”).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: haritzezko — made from the wood of an oak
  • Belarusian: дубо́вы (dubóvy) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Bulgarian: дъбов (dǎbov) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Dutch: eiken — made from the wood of an oak
  • Dutch: eikenhouten — made from the wood of an oak
  • Esperanto: kverka — made from the wood of an oak
  • Esperanto: kverkligna — made from the wood of an oak
  • Esperanto: kverkoligna — made from the wood of an oak
  • Estonian: tamme- — made from the wood of an oak
  • Estonian: tammepuust — made from the wood of an oak
  • Finnish: tamminen — made from the wood of an oak
  • Finnish: tammipuinen — made from the wood of an oak
  • Galician: de carballo — made from the wood of an oak
  • German: eichen — made from the wood of an oak
  • Ancient Greek: δρύϊνος (drúïnos) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Ancient Greek: φήγινος (phḗginos) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Ancient Greek: πρίνινος (príninos) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Icelandic: eikinn — made from the wood of an oak
  • Japanese: オーク材の (ōkuzai no) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Polish: dębowy — made from the wood of an oak
  • Portuguese: de carvalho — made from the wood of an oak
  • Russian: дубо́вый (dubóvyj) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Serbo-Croatian: hrast — made from the wood of an oak
  • Slovak: dubový — made from the wood of an oak
  • Swedish: ek- — made from the wood of an oak
  • Swedish: av ek — made from the wood of an oak
  • Ottoman Turkish: میشه (meşe) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Ukrainian: дубо́вий (dubóvyj) — made from the wood of an oak
  • Volapük: kvärabimik — made from the wood of an oak
  • Volapük: kvärabimaboadik — made from the wood of an oak
  • Volapük: kvärepik — made from the wood of an oak
  • Volapük: kvärepaboadik — made from the wood of an oak
  • Volapük: gölogik — made from the wood of an oak