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teak

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tiːk/
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  • rhymes with -iːk
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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

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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
  • Scottish Gaelic: tìoc — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: ти̏к — tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȉk — tree
  • Slovak: tík — tree
  • Slovene: tik — tree
  • Lower Sorbian: teakowy bom — tree
  • Upper Sorbian: hoberski teakowc — tree
  • Spanish: teca — tree
  • Sundanese: jati — tree
  • Swahili: msaji — tree
  • Swedish: teak — tree
  • Tagalog: teka — tree
  • Tamil: தேக்கு (tēkku) — tree
  • Telugu: టేకు (ṭēku) — tree
  • Thai: สัก (sàk) — tree
  • Tulu: ತೆಕ್ಕಿದ (tekkida) — tree
  • Turkish: tik ağacı — tree
  • Ukrainian: тик (tyk) — tree
  • Ukrainian: дерево тика (derevo tyka) — tree
  • Ukrainian: тикове дерево (tykove derevo) — tree
  • Uzbek: тик (tik) — tree
  • Uzbek: tik — tree
  • Vietnamese: tếch — tree
  • Vietnamese: giá tỵ — tree
  • Welsh: tîc — tree
  • Japanese: チーク色 (chīkuiro) — colour