oker

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See also: øker

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.

Alternative forms

Noun

oker (plural okers)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) Interest on money; usury; increase.

Verb

oker (third-person singular simple present okers, present participle okering, simple past and past participle okered)

  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

oker (countable and uncountable, plural okers)

  1. (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre.

Etymology 3

Noun

oker (plural okers)

  1. Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”)
    • 1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece, volumes 1-2, page 296:
      Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]

References

  1. ^ * “oker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • oker(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːkər

Noun

oker m (plural okers)

  1. ochre (mineral)

Noun

oker n (uncountable)

  1. ochre (colour)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ochre”).

Noun

oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okere or okre or okrer, definite plural okerne or okrene)

  1. (mineralogy) ochre

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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós).

Noun

oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okrar, definite plural okrane)

  1. (mineralogy) ochre

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

òker m (Cyrillic spelling о̀кер)

  1. ochre
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