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wok en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /wɑk/ (US)
  • /wɒk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶).

Meanings

  1. A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.
    • 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. 1977, Marguerite Fawdry, Chinese Childhood, →ISBN, page 86:
  2. (Europe) Any dish prepared using such a pan.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
woks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

wok race · wok racing

Relateds

wok hei

Translations (48)

th กระทะ (large round pan) · vi xanh (large round pan) · bg уок (large round pan) · fi vokkipannu (large round pan) · mi pararaha (large round pan) · eo uoko (large round pan) · es wok (large round pan) · cy woc (large round pan) · my ဒယ်အိုး (large round pan) · yue 鑊 /镬 (large round pan) · pl wok (large round pan) · sv wok (large round pan) · ar وُوك (large round pan) · he ווק (large round pan) · sv wokpanna (large round pan) · tl talyasi (large round pan) · fr wok (large round pan) · ga wok (large round pan) · km ខ្ទះ (large round pan) · tl kawali (large round pan) · gl wok (large round pan) · ko(large round pan) · tl tulyasi (large round pan) · da wok (large round pan) · vi chảo (large round pan) · pt wok (large round pan) · fo vokk (large round pan) · ms kuali (large round pan) · nan-hbl(large round pan) · nl wok (large round pan) · de Wok (large round pan) · cs pánev wok (large round pan) · ja 中華鍋 (large round pan) · cmn 炒鍋 /炒锅 (large round pan) · za rek (large round pan) · ru вок (large round pan) · vi sanh (large round pan) · id wajan (large round pan) · hak 鑊 /镬 (large round pan) · tr wok tava (large round pan) · is wok-panna (large round pan) · cmn 鍋 /锅 (large round pan) · eo volbopato (large round pan) · hy վոկ (large round pan) · fi wokkipannu (large round pan) · za cauq (large round pan) · gd wok (large round pan) · cmn 鑊 /镬 (large round pan)

wikidata: Q208364

Source: en.wiktionary, “wok” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

wok en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /wɑk/ (US)
  • /wɒk/ (UK)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊 /镬 (wok⁶).

Meanings

  1. To prepare oriental cuisine using a wok.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
woked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
woked Tense=Past lexicographic
wokked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wokked Tense=Past lexicographic
woks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
woking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wokking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

stir-fry

Translations (4)

sv woka (to use a wok) · fi wokata (to use a wok) · nl wokken (to use a wok) · es wokiar (to use a wok)