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Etymology
Old English ac|�c, from Germanic *aiks. Cognate with Dutch eik, German Eiche, Swedish ek.

Pronunciation
IPA|/��k/
AHD|�k, SAMPA|/<tt>@Uk</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��k|-��k
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Noun
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1. countable A tree of the genus Quercus, bearing acorns and having lobed leaf|leaves.
2. uncountable The wood of the oak.
3. (colour) a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

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Synonyms
oak tree

Translations

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Albanian: lis m
Armenian: Õ¯Õ¡Õ²Õ¶Õ«
Basque: haritz, harizki
Breton: dero (coll.), dervenn (sg.)
Catalan: roure m
CJKV Characters: �
Croatian: hrast m
Czech: dub#Czech|dub m
Dutch: eik m, eikenboom m
Esperanto: kverko
Estonian: tamm#Estonian|tamm, tammepuu
Finnish: tammi
French: chêne m (le chêne)
German: Eiche f
Greek: δ��� (drìs) f, βελανιδιά (velanidiá) f
Kurdish: KUchar|ب�����
Hebrew: he-translation|����
Hungarian: tölgy, tölgyfa
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Italian: quercia f, (Quercus robur) farnia f
Japanese: ��� (�ku)
Latin: robur n
Latvian: ozols m
Lithuanian: �žuolas m
Norwegian: eik f
Old English: �c
Portuguese: carvalho m
Polish: d�b m
Romanian: stejar m
Russian: д�б m
Scottish Gaelic: darach m, darag f, rìgh-na-coille m
Serbian: ��� m
Slovene: hrast m
Spanish: roble m
Swedish: ek c, ekträd n
Welsh: derwen
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Armenian: Õ¯Õ¡Õ²Õ¶Õ¸Ö� Ö�Õ¡ÕµÕ¿Õ¡Õ¶ÕµÕ¸Ö�Õ©
Basque: harizki (haritz, harizki)
Catalan: roure
Czech: dub#Czech|dub m
Dutch: eik m, eikenhout n
Esperanto: kverko
French: chêne m (du chêne)
Estonian: tamm#Estonian|tamm, tammepuit
Finnish: tammi
German: Eiche f
Hebrew: he-translation|����
Italian: legno di quercia
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Latvian: ozols m
Japanese: ���� (�kuzai)
Norwegian: eik f
Portuguese: carvalho m
Polish: d�b m
Russian: д�б m
Spanish: roble m
Swedish: ek c, ekträ n, ekvirke n
Welsh: (coed) derw
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|French: Chêne m
ttbc|Galician: carballo m
ttbc|German: Eiche f
ttbc|Italian: quercia f (English oak) farnia f, rovere f or m
ttbc|Latin: quercus
ttbc|Slovak: dub#Slovak|dub m
ttbc|Spanish: roble m

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. Made from the wood of the oak tree
2. (colour) of a rich brown colour, like that of oak wood.

Synonyms
oaken

Translations
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Basque: haritzezko
Bosnian: hrast
Dutch: eiken, eikenhouten
Esperanto: kverka, kverkligna, kverkoligna
Finnish: tamminen, tammipuinen
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Japanese: ����� (�kuzai no)
Polish: d�bowy
Russian: д�бов�й (dubóvyj)
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Derived terms
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blackjack oak
chestnut oak
chinquapin oak
coast live oak
cork oak
durmast oak
fumed oak
holly oak
holm oak
Jerusalem oak
kermes oak
live oak
oak apple
oak fern
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Oak Forest
oak gall
oak leaf cluster
Oak Park
oak pruner
oak tree
oak wilt
oaken
Oakland
oakmoss
oakum
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Oakville
pin oak
poison oak
red oak
sessile oak
sikly oak
scrub oak
tan oak
valley oak
water oak
white oak
willow oak

See also
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acorn
ellagic acid
encina
Jacobean
nutgall
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quercetin
quercitron
roble
shillelagh
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tanbark
valonia
wainscot
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Category:Browns
Category:Colors
Category:Old English nouns lacking gender
Category:Trees
Category:Woods

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