wok

== Translingual == === Etymology === Clipping of English Woko. === Symbol === wok (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Longto. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Longto terms == English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 / 镬 (wok6). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /wɒk/ (US) IPA(key): /wɑk/ Homophone: walk (cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɒk === Noun === wok (plural woks) (cooking) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking. (chiefly Europe) Any dish prepared using such a pan. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle woking or wokking, simple past and past participle woked or wokked) To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok. ==== Translations ==== === See also === stir-fry == Czech == === Noun === wok m inan wok ==== Declension ==== == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Cantonese 鑊 / 镬 (wok6). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋɔk/ Hyphenation: wok Rhymes: -ɔk === Noun === wok m (plural woks or wokken, diminutive wokje n) wok (large cooking pan, typical of East-Asian cuisine) ==== Derived terms ==== wokken wokpan == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwok/, [ˈwo̞k] Rhymes: -ok Syllabification(key): wok Hyphenation(key): wok === Noun === wok alternative form of wokki (“wok (dish)”) synonym of wokkipannu (“wok (pan)”) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “wok”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == Middle English == === Adjective === wok alternative form of woke == Nigerian Pidgin == === Etymology === From English work. === Verb === wok work == Polish == === Etymology === Orthographic borrowing from English wok, ultimately from Cantonese 鑊 / 镬 (wok6). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɔk/ Rhymes: -ɔk Syllabification: wok === Noun === wok m inan wok (large, oriental cooking pan) ==== Declension ==== The genitive singular form woku is sometimes proscribed. === Further reading === “wok”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === wok f or (less common) m (plural woks) wok (large round pan used in Oriental cuisine) === Further reading === “wok”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === wok m (plural woks) wok === Further reading === “wok”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === wok c a wok (large, round-bottomed cooking pan) Synonym: wokpanna a dish (typically) prepared in a wok, stir-fry ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== woka ==== See also ==== snabbsteka === References === “wok”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “wok”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “wok”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Tarao == === Noun === wok pig (animal) === References === 1998, People of India: Manipur (results of the Anthropological Survey of India), page 272 Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002), Tarao Grammar (in Tarao), page 117 == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English work. === Verb === wok intrans., transitive wokim to work, to labor ==== Related terms ==== wokim hatwok === Noun === wok work, job, employment obligation, duty == West Flemish == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch ôoc, from Old Dutch ōk, ouk, from Proto-Germanic *auk. === Adverb === wok also, too