coke

See also: Coke

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊk/
  • Rhymes: -əʊk

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English colke.

Alternative forms

Noun

coke (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
    • The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

  1. (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
  2. (intransitive) To turn into coke.
Translations

Etymology 2

Originated circa 1908 in American English as a shortening of cocaine.

Noun

coke (uncountable)

  1. (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
Translations
See also

Etymology 3

1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, coca leaves and cola nut.

Noun

coke (plural cokes)

  1. (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
  2. (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
  3. (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).
Synonyms
  • (soft drink): see the list at soda
Translations

References


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːk/
  • Hyphenation: coke
  • Rhymes: -oːk
  • Homophone: kook

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

  1. (chiefly plural) coke (type of processed carbon used as fuel)
Usage notes

The singular is less common than the plural form in Dutch, which may also be used like an uncountable singular. Because of the rarity of the singular coke, some people consider it incorrect.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (uncountable)

  1. (slang) cocaine, coke
    Synonym: cocaïne

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke (residue from roasting in a coal oven).

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

  1. coke (form of carbon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke (cocaine).

Noun

coke f (plural cokes)

  1. coke (cocaine)
Synonyms

Further reading


Italian

Noun

coke m (invariable)

  1. coke (form of carbon)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.