nook

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
3. A recess, cove or hollow.
4. (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
5. (Northern-England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
6. (vulgar) The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.

Verb

1. To withdraw into a nook.
2. To situate in a nook.

Concetti

angolo

cantuccio

canto

🎶

cantone

nicchia

recesso

rientranza

sinonimi

corner

niche

cranny

recess

out-of-the-way place

cavity

cubby

cubbyhole

shelter

angle

lane

dominate

extremes

harbor

harborage

harbour

haven

hole

🕳️

outskirts

place

quoin

rand

sinus

snuggery

solid angle

remote place

safehold

home site

alcove

quiet spot

alleyway

asylum

bay

cave

chock

concavity

cove

creek

cubicle

dent

Traduzioni

coin

Winkel

rincón

Ecke

canto

recoin

γωνιά

rincão

Nische

hoekje

Schlupfwinkel

angle

niche

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/nʊk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: noke

Affine scozzese: neuk

Ereditato da inglese antico: hnoc

Affine scozzese: nok

Affine norvegese: -

Affine danese: nok

Affine svedese: nock

Affine faroese: nokki

Affine islandese: hnokki

Affine olandese: nok

Affine olandese: hoek

Affine basso tedesco: Nocke

Affine norse antico: hnúka

Affine inglese antico: ġehnycned

In summary

From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”).
If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).