adj · name · 5 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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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwʊdn̩/
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British, Southern, Standard:/ˈwɵdn̩/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ˈwʉdn̩/
rhymes with -ʊdən
CMU ARPABET:W UH1 D AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Made of wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
a wooden boat
On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
wooden acting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lacking ease or grace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the actor's performance was wooden
a wooden smile
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a wooden box
an ancient cart with wooden wheels
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh1 From wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
خَشَبِيّ
(ḵašabiyy)
— made of wood
Armenian:
փայտե
(pʻayte)
— made of wood
Armenian:
փայտյա
(pʻaytya)
— made of wood
Belarusian:
дрэ́ўны
(dréwny)
— made of wood
Belarusian:
драўня́ны
(drawnjány)
— made of wood
Belarusian:
драўля́ны
(drawljány)
— made of wood
Bulgarian:
дъ́рвен
(dǎ́rven)
— made of wood
Catalan:
de fusta
— made of wood
Chinese Mandarin:
木製 /木制
(mùzhì)
— made of wood
Crimean Tatar:
taqta
— made of wood
Czech:
dřevěný
— made of wood
Dutch:
houten
— made of wood
Esperanto:
ligna
— made of wood
Finnish:
puinen
— made of wood
French:
boisé
— made of wood
French:
en bois
— made of wood
Friulian:
legnôs
— made of wood
Galician:
de madeira
— made of wood
German:
hölzern
— made of wood
German:
Holz-
— made of wood
Gothic:
𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃
(triweins)
— made of wood
Greek:
ξύλινος
(xýlinos)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
ξύλινος
(xúlinos)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
ξυλικός
(xulikós)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
κάλινος
(kálinos)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
ἔγξυλος
(énxulos)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
δορήϊος
(dorḗïos)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
δουράτεος
(douráteos)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
δούρειος
(doúreios)
— made of wood
Ancient Greek:
δούριος
(doúrios)
— made of wood
Icelandic:
tré-
— made of wood
Icelandic:
úr tré
— made of wood
Ingrian:
puin
— made of wood
Ingrian:
puukas
— made of wood
Italian:
di legno
— made of wood
Italian:
ligneo
— made of wood
Japanese:
木製
(mokusei)
— made of wood
Korean:
목조
(mokjo)
— made of wood
Northern Kurdish:
darîn
— made of wood
Latin:
ligneus
— made of wood
Lithuanian:
medinis
— made of wood
Luxembourgish:
hëlzen
— made of wood
Macedonian:
дрвен
(drven)
— made of wood
Māori:
koropū
— made of wood
Marshallese:
aļaļ
— made of wood
Old English:
trīewen
— made of wood
Persian:
چوبی
(čubi)
— made of wood
Persian:
چوبین
(čubin)
— made of wood
Polish:
drewniany
— made of wood
Portuguese:
lenhoso
— made of wood
Portuguese:
de madeira
— made of wood
Romanian:
lemnos
— made of wood
Romanian:
de lemn
— made of wood
Russian:
деревя́нный
(derevjánnyj)
— made of wood
Serbo-Croatian:
др̏вен
— made of wood
Serbo-Croatian:
dȑven
— made of wood
Slovak:
drevený
— made of wood
Slovene:
lesén
— made of wood
Spanish:
de madera
— made of wood
Spanish:
lignario
— made of wood
Swedish:
trä-
— made of wood
Telugu:
కలప
(kalapa)
— made of wood
Tocharian B:
oraṣṣe
— made of wood
Turkish:
tahta
— made of wood
Ottoman Turkish:
آغاج
(ağac)
— made of wood
Ukrainian:
дерев'я́ний
(derevʺjányj)
— made of wood
