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oker

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See also: øker

English

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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oker (plural okers)

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

Verb

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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oker (countable and uncountable, plural okers)

  1. (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre.[1]

Etymology 3

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Noun

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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; []

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːkər

Noun

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oker m (plural okers)

  1. ochre (mineral)

Noun

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oker n (uncountable)

  1. ochre (colour)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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

Noun

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

  1. (mineralogy) ochre

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. (mineralogy) ochre

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Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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òker m (Cyrillic spelling о̀кер)

  1. ochre