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Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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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
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.
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Basque:
haritzezko
— made from the wood of an oak
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Belarusian:
дубо́вы
(dubóvy)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Bulgarian:
дъбов
(dǎbov)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Dutch:
eiken
— made from the wood of an oak
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Dutch:
eikenhouten
— made from the wood of an oak
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Esperanto:
kverka
— made from the wood of an oak
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Esperanto:
kverkligna
— made from the wood of an oak
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Esperanto:
kverkoligna
— made from the wood of an oak
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Estonian:
tamme-
— made from the wood of an oak
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Estonian:
tammepuust
— made from the wood of an oak
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Finnish:
tamminen
— made from the wood of an oak
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Finnish:
tammipuinen
— made from the wood of an oak
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Galician:
de carballo
— made from the wood of an oak
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German:
eichen
— made from the wood of an oak
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Ancient Greek:
δρύϊνος
(drúïnos)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Ancient Greek:
φήγινος
(phḗginos)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Ancient Greek:
πρίνινος
(príninos)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Icelandic:
eikinn
— made from the wood of an oak
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Japanese:
オーク材の
(ōkuzai no)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Polish:
dębowy
— made from the wood of an oak
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Portuguese:
de carvalho
— made from the wood of an oak
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Russian:
дубо́вый
(dubóvyj)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Serbo-Croatian:
hrast
— made from the wood of an oak
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Slovak:
dubový
— made from the wood of an oak
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Swedish:
ek-
— made from the wood of an oak
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Swedish:
av ek
— made from the wood of an oak
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Ottoman Turkish:
میشه
(meşe)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Ukrainian:
дубо́вий
(dubóvyj)
— made from the wood of an oak
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Volapük:
kvärabimik
— made from the wood of an oak
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Volapük:
kvärabimaboadik
— made from the wood of an oak
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Volapük:
kvärepik
— made from the wood of an oak
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Volapük:
kvärepaboadik
— made from the wood of an oak
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Volapük:
gölogik
— made from the wood of an oak