vork

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See also: võrk

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch vorke, from Old Dutch furka, from Proto-West Germanic *furkō, from Latin furca. Doublet of fork.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔrk/
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  • Hyphenation: vork
  • Rhymes: -ɔrk

Noun

Gebaksvorkje.

vork f (plural vorken, diminutive vorkje n)

  1. forked object
    1. basic piece of cutlery with two or more teeth
    2. other pronged tool
    3. fork of a two-wheeled vehicle
  2. intersection, split
  3. interval, range of values

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vurk
    • →? Sotho: fereko
    • → Xhosa: ifolokhwe
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: forku, foruku
  • Negerhollands: vork
  • → Caribbean Javanese: forok
  • → Indonesian: porok
  • → Papiamentu: fòrki (from the diminutive)
  • →? Sranan Tongo: forku

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Etymology

From Middle English forke, from Old English force, from Proto-West Germanic *furkō.

Pronunciation

Noun

vork

  1. fork

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 76
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