# wok
## English
### Etymology

From Cantonese 鑊 / 镬 (wok$^6$).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /wɒk/
* (US) IPA: /wɑk/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: walk (cot–caught merger)
* Rhymes: -ɒk

### Noun

wok (plural woks)
* (cooking) A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.
** 1977, Marguerite Fawdry, Chinese Childhood‎, →ISBN, page 86:The 'wok' is an efficient, all-purpose metal cooking vessel used by every housewife in China. It has two handles and is shaped like a shallow cone.
* (chiefly Europe) Any dish prepared using such a pan.

#### Derived terms

* wok race
* wok racing

#### Related terms

* wok hei

#### Translations
### Verb

wok (third-person singular simple present woks, present participle wokking or woking, simple past and past participle wokked or woked)
* 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: /ʋɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /ˈwok/, [ˈwo̞k]
* Rhymes: -ok
* Hyphenation: wok

### Noun

wok
* Alternative form of wokki (“wok (dish)”)
* Synonym of wokkipannu (“wok (pan)”)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of wok (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wokini
wokini
accusative
nom.
wokini
wokini
gen.
wokini
genitive
wokini
wokieni
partitive
wokiani
wokejani
inessive
wokissani
wokeissani
elative
wokistani
wokeistani
illative
wokiini
wokeihini
adessive
wokillani
wokeillani
ablative
wokiltani
wokeiltani
allative
wokilleni
wokeilleni
essive
wokinani
wokeinani
translative
wokikseni
wokeikseni
abessive
wokittani
wokeittani
instructive
comitative
—wokeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wokisi
wokisi
accusative
nom.
wokisi
wokisi
gen.
wokisi
genitive
wokisi
wokiesi
partitive
wokiasi
wokejasi
inessive
wokissasi
wokeissasi
elative
wokistasi
wokeistasi
illative
wokiisi
wokeihisi
adessive
wokillasi
wokeillasi
ablative
wokiltasi
wokeiltasi
allative
wokillesi
wokeillesi
essive
wokinasi
wokeinasi
translative
wokiksesi
wokeiksesi
abessive
wokittasi
wokeittasi
instructive
comitative
—wokeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wokimme
wokimme
accusative
nom.
wokimme
wokimme
gen.
wokimme
genitive
wokimme
wokiemme
partitive
wokiamme
wokejamme
inessive
wokissamme
wokeissamme
elative
wokistamme
wokeistamme
illative
wokiimme
wokeihimme
adessive
wokillamme
wokeillamme
ablative
wokiltamme
wokeiltamme
allative
wokillemme
wokeillemme
essive
wokinamme
wokeinamme
translative
wokiksemme
wokeiksemme
abessive
wokittamme
wokeittamme
instructive
comitative
—wokeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wokinne
wokinne
accusative
nom.
wokinne
wokinne
gen.
wokinne
genitive
wokinne
wokienne
partitive
wokianne
wokejanne
inessive
wokissanne
wokeissanne
elative
wokistanne
wokeistanne
illative
wokiinne
wokeihinne
adessive
wokillanne
wokeillanne
ablative
wokiltanne
wokeiltanne
allative
wokillenne
wokeillenne
essive
wokinanne
wokeinanne
translative
wokiksenne
wokeiksenne
abessive
wokittanne
wokeittanne
instructive
comitative
—wokeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wokinsa
wokinsa
accusative
nom.
wokinsa
wokinsa
gen.
wokinsa
genitive
wokinsa
wokiensa
partitive
wokiaan wokiansa
wokejaan wokejansa
inessive
wokissaan wokissansa
wokeissaan wokeissansa
elative
wokistaan wokistansa
wokeistaan wokeistansa
illative
wokiinsa
wokeihinsa
adessive
wokillaan wokillansa
wokeillaan wokeillansa
ablative
wokiltaan wokiltansa
wokeiltaan wokeiltansa
allative
wokilleen wokillensa
wokeilleen wokeillensa
essive
wokinaan wokinansa
wokeinaan wokeinansa
translative
wokikseen wokiksensa
wokeikseen wokeiksensa
abessive
wokittaan wokittansa
wokeittaan wokeittansa
instructive
comitative
—wokeineen wokeinensa :

## 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: /ˈvɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* 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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈɔ.ki/ [ʊˈɔ.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɔ.ki/, /uˈɔk/ [ʊˈɔk], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɔk/
* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈɔ.ki/ [ʊˈɔ.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɔ.ki/, /uˈɔk/ [ʊˈɔk], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɔk/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /uˈɔk/ [ʊˈɔk], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɔk/, /uˈɔ.ki/ [ʊˈɔ.ki], (faster pronunciation) /ˈwɔ.ki/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈwɔk/

### Noun

wok f or (less common) m (plural woks)
* wok (large round pan used in Oriental cuisine)

## 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

wok c
* a wok (large, round-bottomed cooking pan)
    Synonym: wokpanna
* a dish (typically) prepared in a wok, stir-fry

#### Related terms

* woka

#### See also

* snabbsteka

### References

* wok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* wok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* wok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tarao
### Noun

wok
* pig (animal)

### References

* 1998, People of India: Manipur (results of the Anthropological Survey of India), page 272
* 2001, Encyclopaedia of northeast India, volume 3, →ISBN, page 230:
* 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
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:19:Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”→New International Version translation

#### 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