adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/tiːk/
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rhymes with -iːk
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of a yellowish brown colour, like that of teak wood.
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
noun
Meaning 2
An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A tree of the species in the genus Tectona.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A yellowish brown colour, like that of teakwood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tectona grandis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
6
noun
Meaning 6
hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: teakwood
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wood
History
Etymology
Derived from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ) / Tamil தேக்கு (tēkku).
Across languages
Translations
116 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Japanese:
チーク色の
(chīkuiro no)
— colour
Acehnese:
jatoë
— timber
Arabic:
سَاج
(sāj)
— timber
Bulgarian:
тик
(tik)
— timber
Catalan:
tec
— timber
Catalan:
teca
— timber
Czech:
týkové dřevo
— timber
Czech:
teakové dřevo
— timber
Faroese:
tekk
— timber
Finnish:
tiikki
— timber
French:
teck
— timber
Galician:
teca
— timber
German:
Teak
— timber
German:
Teakholz
— timber
Hindi:
सागौन
(sāgaun)
— timber
Hungarian:
tíkfa
— timber
Irish:
téac
— timber
Norman:
tique
— timber
Portuguese:
teca
— timber
Romanian:
tec
— timber
Russian:
тик
(tik)
— timber
Spanish:
teca
— timber
Swedish:
teak
— timber
Tagalog:
teka
— timber
Telugu:
టేకు కలప
(ṭēku kalapa)
— timber
Welsh:
tîc
— timber
Acehnese:
jatoë
— tree
Arabic:
سَاج
(sāj)
— tree
Armenian:
տեքի
(tekʻi)
— tree
Armenian:
կաղնի հնդկական
(kaġni hndkakan)
— tree
Armenian:
սաճի
(sači)
— tree
Armenian:
հնդկակաղնի
(hndkakaġni)
— tree
Basque:
teka
— tree
Bengali:
সেগুন
(śegun)
— tree
Bulgarian:
тик
(tik)
— tree
Bulgarian:
тиково дърво
(tikovo dǎrvo)
— tree
Burmese:
ကျွန်းသစ်
(kywan:sac)
— tree
Catalan:
tec
— tree
Catalan:
teca
— tree
Chinese Mandarin:
柚木
(yóumù)
— tree
Czech:
teka obrovská
— tree
Czech:
teak
— tree
Czech:
týk
— tree
Danish:
teaktræ
— tree
Dutch:
teakboom
— tree
Esperanto:
granda tektono
— tree
Estonian:
tiikpuu
— tree
Faroese:
tekk
— tree
Faroese:
tekktræ
— tree
Finnish:
tiikki
— tree
French:
teck
— tree
Galician:
teca
— tree
Georgian:
ტექტონა
(ṭekṭona)
— tree
German:
Teakbaum
— tree
German:
Teak
— tree
Gujarati:
સાગ
(sāg)
— tree
Hebrew:
טִיק
(tik)
— tree
Hindi:
सागौन
(sāgaun)
— tree
Hungarian:
tíkfa
— tree
Icelandic:
tekk
— tree
Ido:
teko
— tree
Indonesian:
jati
— tree
Irish:
téac
— tree
Italian:
teak
— tree
Italian:
teck
— tree
Japanese:
チーク
(chīku)
— tree
Javanese:
jati
— tree
Kannada:
ಸಾಗುವಾನಿ
(sāguvāni)
— tree
Kazakh:
тик
(tik)
— tree
Korean:
티크
(tikeu)
— tree
Latvian:
tīkkoks
— tree
Latvian:
tīks
— tree
Lithuanian:
tikmedis
— tree
Malay:
pokok jati
— tree
Malayalam:
തേക്കു്
(tēkkŭ)
— tree
Malayalam:
തേക്ക്
(tēkkŭ)
— tree
Marathi:
साग
(sāg)
— tree
Marathi:
सागवान
(sāgvān)
— tree
Norman:
tique
— tree
Norwegian Bokmål:
teak
— tree
Norwegian Nynorsk:
teak
— tree
Occitan:
tèc
— tree
Persian:
ساج
(sâj)
— tree
Polish:
teczyna wyniosła
— tree
Portuguese:
teca
— tree
Punjabi:
ਟੀਕ
(ṭīk)
— tree
Punjabi:
ٹیک
(ṭek)
— tree
Romanian:
tec
— tree
Russian:
тик
(tik)
— tree
Russian:
ти́ковое де́рево
(tíkovoje dérevo)
— tree