oakum

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊkəm/
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• General-American: /ˈoʊk(ə)m/
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• rhymes with -əʊkəm
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From Late Middle English okom, okome (“oakum”) [and other forms], from Old English ācumba (“oakum”, literally “that which has been combed out, off-combings”) [and other forms], from ācemban (“to comb out”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (from Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-, *ūd- (“out; up”), or *h2ew- (“away from, off”)) + *kambijaną (“to comb”) (ultimately from *ǵómbhos (“row of teeth; tooth; peg”), *ǵembh- (“nail; tooth; to gnaw through; to pierce”)). See also out and comb.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: koudel — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Esperanto: stupo — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Finnish: rohdin — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Finnish: tappura — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Galician: fiaza — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Galician: fiameira — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Galician: mazaroca — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Ancient Greek: στυππεῖον (stuppeîon) — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Russian: па́кля (páklja) — coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning
• Albanian: krybe — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Old Armenian: վուշ (vuš) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Bashkir: сүс (süs) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Bulgarian: кълчища (kǎlčišta) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Czech: koudel — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Danish: værk — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Dutch: hede — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Dutch: werk — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Esperanto: stupo — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Finnish: rive — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• French: étoupe — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• French: filasse — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Saterland Frisian: Wäierk — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Friulian: stope — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Galician: tomento — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Galician: tascos — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Galician: anxeu — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Galician: estopa — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Galician: aresta — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• German: Werg — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Greek: στουπί (stoupí) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Ancient Greek: στυππεῖον (stuppeîon) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Hebrew: נְעֹרֶת (neoret) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Hungarian: csepű — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Hungarian: kóc — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Hungarian: szösz — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Italian: stoppa — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Macedonian: ни́шки (níški) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Māori: okamu — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Norwegian: drevgarn — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Polish: pakuły — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Portuguese: estopa — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Romanian: câlți — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Russian: па́кля (páklja) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: кучина — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Serbo-Croatian: kučina — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Spanish: estopa — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Swedish: drevgarn — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Tatar: çübek — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Telugu: కితనార (kitanāra) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Telugu: కిత్తనార (kittanāra) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Turkish: üstüpü — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: قونداق — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: قنداق — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: قوندق (kondak, kundak) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: استوپی (üstüpü) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Udmurt: куж (kuž) — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.
• Yup'ik: kalap'aataq — fibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope which are used to caulk, etc.