oak

(Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable) A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed leaves, acorns, and notably strong wood, typically of England and northeastern North America, included in genus Quercus.
2. (uncountable) The wood of the oak.
3. (countable, uncountable) A rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
4. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of the genus Quercus, in family Fagaceae.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
6. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
7. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
8. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
9. (countable, uncountable) Any tree of other genera and species of trees resembling typical oaks of genus Quercus in some ways.
10. (countable, uncountable) The outer (lockable) door of a set of rooms in a college or similar institution. (Often in the phrase sport one's oak.)
11. (countable, uncountable) The flavor of oak.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having a rich brown color, like that of oak wood.
2. (not-comparable) Made of oak wood or timber.

Verb

To expose to oak in order for the oak to impart its flavors.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əʊk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: ook

Hérité de ancien anglais: āc

Appartenant à ancien anglais: ǣċ

Appartenant à écossais: aik

Appartenant à frison occidental: iik

Appartenant à néerlandais: eik

Appartenant à allemand: Eiche

Appartenant à danois: eg

Appartenant à norvégien: eik

Appartenant à suédois: ek

Appartenant à yiddish: אייכנבוים

Appartenant à latin: aesculus

Appartenant à lituanien: ąžuolas

Appartenant à albanais: enjë

Appartenant à grec ancien: αἰγίλωψ

In summary

Inherited from Middle English ook, oke, aik, ake, from Old English āc (also as Old English ǣċ), from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Cognates
From Proto-Germanic: Scots aik, West Frisian iik, Dutch eik, German Eiche, German Low German Eek, Danish eg, Norwegian Bokmål eik, Norwegian Nynorsk eik, Swedish ek, Yiddish אייכנבוים (eykhnboym).
From Proto-Indo-European: Latin aesculus (“Durmast oak”), Lithuanian ąžuolas (“oak”), Albanian enjë (“juniper, yew”), Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “Turkey oak”).

Concepts

chêne

rouvre

bois de chêne

chêne pédonculé

chênes

Quercus

Synonymes

oak tree

oaken

draughts

dyke

live

mahogany

maple

post

red oak

river

white oak

common oak

Quercus

oak-wood

Orc

roble beech

oaky

checkers

coigüe beech

dike

Traductions

Eiche

quercia

roble

eik

dąb

carvalho

roure

quercus

βελανιδιά

δρυς

meşe

بلوط

سنديان

rovere

βαλανιδιά