Image:Fork6233.jpg|thumb|Pronged eating utensil - a fork
English

Etymology
Old English forca#Old English|forca m, force#Old English|force f, from Latin furca �pitchfork, yoke�. Later reinforced under influence of Old Northern French forque ( = Old French forche > French fourche), from the Latin.

Pronunciation
IPA|/f��k/
audio|en-us-fork.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)k

Noun
en-noun

1. A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.
2. obsolete A gallows.
3. A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.
4. A tuning-fork.
5. An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
6. A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions (see image).
7. chess The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
8. computer science A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process execute|executing parts of the same program.
9. computer science An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into two or more separate projects.
10. UK crotch|Crotch (British usage).

Derived terms
chork
pitchfork
tuning fork
fork in the road

Related terms
denture
trident, a three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork

Translations
trans-top|eating utensil with spikes
Afrikaans: vurk f
Arabic: ARchar|ش������
Bosnian: viljuška f, vilica f
Breton: fourchetez f
Chinese: zh-ts|��|�� (ch�zi)
Crimean Tatar: �atal
Croatian: vilica f, viljuška f
Czech: vidli�ka f
Danish: t|da|gaffel|c
Dutch: t+|nl|vork f
Estonian: kahvel
Finnish: haarukka
French: fourchette f
German: Gabel f
Hebrew: he-translation|����|mazleig m
Hungarian: t+|hu|villa
Icelandic: gaffall m
Italian: forchetta f
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Japanese: ���� (f�ku)
Korean: �� (pokeu)
Kurdish: KUchar|���تاڵ
Latin: furca f
Latvian: dakša f
Lithuanian: šakut� f
Maltese: furketta f
Polish: widelec m
Portuguese: garfo m, forcado m
Romanian: furculiţ� f
Russian: вилка (vílka) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ви���ка f, вили�а f
:Roman: viljuška f, vilica f
Slovak: vidli�ka f
Slovene: vilice f|p
Spanish: t+|es|tenedor|m
Swahili: uma
Swedish: t|sv|gaffel|c
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trans-top|tool with spikes used for digging
Bosnian: vile f|p
Breton: forc'h f
Croatian: vile f|p
Danish: t-|da|fork g|Danish greb g|Danish, høtyv g|Danish
Dutch: t+|nl|vork f
Estonian: t-|et|hang, t-|et|hark
Finnish: talikko
French: fourche f
German: Gabel f
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Japanese: � (kuwa)
Korean: ��� (soesrang)
Latin: furca f
Latvian: dakša f
Maltese: furkettun m
Polish: wid�y p
Romanian: furc�
Russian: вил� (víly) p
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: виле f p
:Roman: vile f p
Slovak: vidly f|p
Swedish: t-|sv|grep|c
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trans-top|intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two
Chinese Characters: æ­§
Danish: skillevej, vejgaffel
Dutch: t+|nl|vork f, t|nl|splitsing f
Estonian: lahk, teelahk
Finnish: haara, tienhaara
German: Gabelung f
Italian: biforcazione f, bivio m
Lithuanian: išsišakojimas m
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Japanese: ��� (����� bunkiten)
Korean: �림길 (galimgil)
Polish: rozwidlenie n
Portuguese: bifurcação f
Romanian: bifurcaţie
Russian: �азвилка (razvílka) f
Slovak: obojsmerné spojenie n
Spanish: bifurcación f
Swedish: gren c, förgrening c
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trans-top|point where a waterway, such as a river, splits
Dutch: t+|nl|vork f, t|nl|splitsing f
Estonian: lahk, jõelahk
Finnish: forkki (slang)
German: Fork m
Italian: bivio m
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Japanese: �水
Portuguese: bifurcação f
Swedish: gren c, förgrening c
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trans-top|chess: simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece
Danish: t|da|gaffel|c
Estonian: kahvel
German: Gabel f
Icelandic: gaffall m
trans-mid
Latvian: dakša f
Lithuanian: dvišakuma f
Portuguese: bifurcação f
Russian: вилка (vílka) f
Swedish: t|sv|gaffel|c
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trans-top|computer science: splitting of a process
Dutch: t|nl|afsplitsing f, t-|nl|fork|f
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (f�ku)
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trans-top|computer science: splitting of a project
Dutch: t|nl|splitsing f
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trans-top|UK: crotch
Dutch: t+|nl|kruis n
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trans-top|Translations to be categorized
ttbc|Lithuanian: šak�s f
ttbc|Tagalog: tenedor#Tagalog|tenedor
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Verb
en-verb

1. To use a fork to move food to the mouth.
2. context|computer science To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicate|duplicating the existing process.
3. context|computer science To split a (software) project into several projects.
4. UK To kick someone in the crotch.

Translations
trans-top|use a fork to move food to mouth
Danish: gafle
Finnish: haarukoida
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German: aufgabeln
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trans-top|computer science: spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process
Dutch: t|nl|afsplitsen, t|nl|forken (colloquial)
Finnish: forkata (slang)
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trans-top|computer science: split a (software) project into several projects
Dutch: t|nl|afsplitsen
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trans-top|UK: kick someone in the crotch
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checktrans
trans-top|Translations to be categorized
ttbc|German: gabeln (chess)
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See also
fork out
fork over

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Cutlery

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/f�rk/

Noun
nl-noun2

1. computer science A #Noun|fork, splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts of the same program.

ar:fork
el:fork
fa:fork
fr:fork
ko:fork
hy:fork
io:fork
id:fork
it:fork
kk:fork
hu:fork
pl:fork
ru:fork
simple:fork
sr:fork
fi:fork
ta:fork
te:fork
vi:fork
uk:fork
zh:fork

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