spoke en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
Meanings
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A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
The wheels were at first copies of a light hand-cart wheel, the wood spokes were brought together by tapering the spoke ends and wedging them together at the nave or hub and inserting the other ends in slots in the felloe or wood rim.
1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 4:
- A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
- A rung of a ladder.
- A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
- One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spokes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
spoke key · hub-and-spoke · trailing spoke · key spoke · multispoke · spoke-dog · spoky · spokeshave · spoke wrench · spoke-bone · leading spoke · spoke nipple · spoke target · spokescouncil · spokewise · underspoke · spoke-shave · spokeless · put a spoke in someone's wheel · respoke
Translations (93)
da ege (part of a wheel) · vi nan hoa (part of a wheel) · gd spòg (part of a wheel) · uk спи́ця (part of a wheel) · th ซี่ (part of a wheel) · cmn 輻 /辐 (part of a wheel) · pdt Spieekj (part of a wheel) · cy ffon (part of a wheel) · hu küllő (part of a wheel) · fi pinna (part of a wheel) · mk спица (part of a wheel) · gd bas (part of a wheel) · nb eike (part of a wheel) · tr parmak (part of a wheel) · tg парра (part of a wheel) · fi puola (part of a wheel) · sh спи̏ца (part of a wheel) · grc κνήμη (part of a wheel) · no trinn (part of a wheel) · ky чабак (part of a wheel) · wa reyon (part of a wheel) · pl szprycha (part of a wheel) · de Speiche (part of a wheel) · nn eike (part of a wheel) · is spæll (part of a wheel) · eo radio (part of a wheel) · ca raig (part of a wheel) · fa-ira پَرِه (part of a wheel) · nrf rai (part of a wheel) · uk шпи́ця (part of a wheel) · az dəndənə (part of a wheel) · cs paprsek (part of a wheel) · nl spaak (part of a wheel) · ug گۈگۈسۈن (part of a wheel) · ru спи́ца (part of a wheel) · scn raju (part of a wheel) · ary سلْك (part of a wheel) · th ซี่ล้อ (part of a wheel) · gl radio (part of a wheel) · kk шабақ (part of a wheel) · ja 輻 (part of a wheel) · cy adain (part of a wheel) · sk spica (part of a wheel) · ro spiță (part of a wheel) · it raggio (part of a wheel) · et kodar (part of a wheel) · izh värttänä (part of a wheel) · ja スポーク (part of a wheel) · sq spicë (part of a wheel) · lo ດິ້ວກົງລົດ (part of a wheel) · uz kegay (part of a wheel) · sk špica (part of a wheel) · es rayo (part of a wheel) · ar سِلْك m شُعَاع (part of a wheel) · sh spȉca (part of a wheel) · he חִשּׁוּר (part of a wheel) · cmn 輪輻 /轮辐 (part of a wheel) · sv eker (part of a wheel) · vi căm (part of a wheel) · it razzo (part of a wheel) · fa-ira پَرِّه (part of a wheel) · my အကန့် (part of a wheel) · az dəndə (part of a wheel) · eo spoko (part of a wheel) · scn raggiu (part of a wheel) · es ray (part of a wheel) · es varilla (part of a wheel) · ug شادا (part of a wheel) · hy անվաճաղ (part of a wheel) · wa rai (part of a wheel) · cy sbôc (part of a wheel) · km កាំ (part of a wheel) · es radio (part of a wheel) · sl napera (part of a wheel) · ca radi (part of a wheel) · cmn 輻條 /辐条 (part of a wheel) · ota پرمق (part of a wheel) · bg спи́ца (part of a wheel) · lb Speech (part of a wheel) · fr rayon (part of a wheel) · cs špice (part of a wheel) · mi tītoko (part of a wheel) · hy ճաղ (part of a wheel) · el ακτίνα (part of a wheel) · pt raio (part of a wheel) · ko 살 (part of a wheel) · lv spieķis (part of a wheel) · my စပုတ်တိုင် (part of a wheel) · ko 바퀴살 (part of a wheel) · txb puwe (part of a wheel) · be спі́ца (part of a wheel) · kk кегей (part of a wheel) · tr tel (part of a wheel)