"oaken" meaning in English

See oaken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈəʊk.ən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oaken.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-oaken.wav
enPR: ōk'ən Rhymes: -əʊkən Etymology: From Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|oken}} Middle English oken, {{inh|en|ang|ācen}} Old English ācen, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aikīnaz}} Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, {{af|en|oak|-en|id2=made of|pos2=adjectival suffix}} oak + -en (adjectival suffix), {{cog|nl|eiken|t=oaken}} Dutch eiken (“oaken”), {{cog|de|eichen|t=oaken}} German eichen (“oaken”), {{cog|is|eikinn|t=oaken}} Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} oaken (not comparable)
  1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness. Wikipedia link: Oak Tags: not-comparable Categories (lifeform): Oaks, Woods Derived forms: oaken towel Translations (made from the wood of an oak): δρύϊνος (drúïnos) (Ancient Greek), φήγινος (phḗginos) (Ancient Greek), πρίνινος (príninos) (Ancient Greek), haritzezko (Basque), дубо́вы (dubóvy) (Belarusian), дъбов (dǎbov) (Bulgarian), eiken (Dutch), eikenhouten (Dutch), kverka (Esperanto), kverkligna (Esperanto), kverkoligna (Esperanto), tamme- (Estonian), tammepuust (Estonian), tamminen (Finnish), tammipuinen (Finnish), de carballo [masculine] (Galician), eichen (German), eikinn [masculine] (Icelandic), オーク材の (ōkuzai no) (Japanese), dębowy (Polish), de carvalho (Portuguese), дубо́вый (dubóvyj) (Russian), hrast (Serbo-Croatian), dubový (Slovak), ek- (Swedish), av ek (Swedish), дубо́вий (dubóvyj) (Ukrainian)
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      "roman": "drúïnos",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "δρύϊνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phḗginos",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "φήγινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "príninos",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "πρίνινος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eikinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōkuzai no",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "オーク材の"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "dębowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "de carvalho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dubóvyj",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "дубо́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "hrast"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "dubový"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "ek-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "av ek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dubóvyj",
      "sense": "made from the wood of an oak",
      "word": "дубо́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oaken"
}

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