oaken en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Inherited 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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
His knuckles are tattooed, his hands the oaken tools of the boxer he still is, now as a coach.
2025 December 21, Mark Sappenfield, “English voters scatter from the center, strengthening extremes”, in The Christian Science Monitor:Captain Jemmy, taking up three bottles one after another and finding them all empty, ordered up three more, and drew his chair up to the hearth, where he sat kicking the oaken logs viciously with his long legs.
1891, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, The Blue Pavilions:
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Translations (33)
grc φήγινος (made from the wood of an oak) · vo kvärepik (made from the wood of an oak) · gl de carballo (made from the wood of an oak) · nl eiken (made from the wood of an oak) · ja オーク材の (made from the wood of an oak) · et tammepuust (made from the wood of an oak) · sh hrast (made from the wood of an oak) · vo kvärabimaboadik (made from the wood of an oak) · fi tamminen (made from the wood of an oak) · eo kverkligna (made from the wood of an oak) · pt de carvalho (made from the wood of an oak) · et tamme- (made from the wood of an oak) · grc πρίνινος (made from the wood of an oak) · sv av ek (made from the wood of an oak) · pl dębowy (made from the wood of an oak) · de eichen (made from the wood of an oak) · uk дубо́вий (made from the wood of an oak) · eo kverka (made from the wood of an oak) · vo kvärepaboadik (made from the wood of an oak) · ota میشه (made from the wood of an oak) · is eikinn (made from the wood of an oak) · nl eikenhouten (made from the wood of an oak) · sk dubový (made from the wood of an oak) · be дубо́вы (made from the wood of an oak) · vo kvärabimik (made from the wood of an oak) · eu haritzezko (made from the wood of an oak) · fi tammipuinen (made from the wood of an oak) · grc δρύϊνος (made from the wood of an oak) · ru дубо́вый (made from the wood of an oak) · eo kverkoligna (made from the wood of an oak) · vo gölogik (made from the wood of an oak) · sv ek- (made from the wood of an oak) · bg дъбов (made from the wood of an oak)