stroke

English

Pronunciation

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Audio (US): (file)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

stroak (obsolete)

Noun

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stroke (plural strokes)

An act of stroking (moving one's hand over a surface).
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A blow or hit.
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- Bible, Deuteronomy xix. 5
  His hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree.
- Francis Bacon
  He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke.
A single movement with a tool.
1. (deprecated template usage) (golf) A single act of striking at the ball with a club.
2. (deprecated template usage) (tennis) The hitting of a ball with a racket, or the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
3. (deprecated template usage) (rowing) The movement of an oar or paddle through water, either the pull which actually propels the vessel or a single entire cycle of movement including the pull.
4. (deprecated template usage) (cricket) The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
5. A thrust of a piston.
One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or of an oar in rowing

the stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc.
A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort.
a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy
A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement.
1. (deprecated template usage) (by extension, British) The symbol (deprecated template usage) /.
2. (deprecated template usage) (linguistics) A line of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character.
The time when a clock strikes.
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- Template:quote-news
(deprecated template usage) (swimming) A style, a single movement within a style.
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(deprecated template usage) (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.
(deprecated template usage) (obsolete) A sudden attack of any disease, especially when fatal; any sudden, severe affliction or calamity.
a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death
- Harte
  At this one stroke the man looked dead in law.
(deprecated template usage) (rowing) The rower who is nearest the stern of the boat.
(deprecated template usage) (rowing) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided.
(deprecated template usage) (professional wrestling) Backstage influence.
(deprecated template usage) (squash) A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
(deprecated template usage) (sciences) An individual discharge of lightning.
A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker.
(deprecated template usage) (obsolete) The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.
- Bible, Isa. xxx. 26
  in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound
An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch.
to give some finishing strokes to an essay

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A throb or beat, as of the heart.
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(deprecated template usage) (obsolete) Power; influence.
- Robynson (More's Utopia)
  where money beareth all the stroke
- Dryden
  He has a great stroke with the reader.
(deprecated template usage) (obsolete) appetite
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Synonyms

(act of stroking, petting): caress
(blow): blow, hit, beat
- (act of striking with a weapon): blow
(single movement with a tool):
- (in golf):
- (in tennis):
- (in rowing):
- (in cricket): shot
- (thrust of a piston): push, thrust
(made with a pen): stroke of the pen
- (made with a brush): brushstroke
- (symbol): forward slash (in computing), shilling sign (British, dated), slant, slash (especially in computing), solidus, virgule
(time when a clock strikes): hour
(particular style of swimming):
(in medical sense): cerebrovascular accident, CVA
(in wrestling):

Derived terms

Translations

act of stroking

Armenian: շոյում (šoyum)
Catalan: carícia f
Czech: pohlazení n
Danish: ae (da)
Dutch: aaien (nl)
Finnish: silitys
French: caresse (fr) f
Hungarian: simogatás (hu)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: carezza (it) f
Polish: głaskanie (pl) n
Portuguese: carícia (pt) f
Russian: погла́живание (ru) n (pogláživanije)
Scottish Gaelic: beum m, bualadh m, buille f
Spanish: caricia (es) f
Swedish: strykning c

blow

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Catalan: cop (ca) m
Czech: úder (cs) m
Dutch: klap (nl) m
Esperanto: frapo, bato
Finnish: isku (fi)
French: coup (fr) m
German: Schlag (de) m, Hieb (de) m
Ido: frapo (io)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: colpo (it) m
Maori: tarawete, maka
Norwegian: slag n
Polish: cios (pl) m
Portuguese: pancada (pt) f
Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár)
Scottish Gaelic: beum m, bualadh m, buille f
Spanish: golpe (es) m
Swedish: slag (sv) n
Welsh: arfod f, ergyd (cy)

single movement with a tool

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Dutch: slag (nl) m
Finnish: isku (fi), veto (fi)
French: coup (fr) m
Italian: colpo (it)
Norwegian: slag n
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Polish: pociągnięcie n
Portuguese: tacada f
Scottish Gaelic: beum m, bualadh m
Spanish: golpe (es) m
Swedish: slag (sv) n, drag (sv) n, hugg (sv) n

act of striking with a weapon

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Dutch: slag (nl) m
Finnish: isku (fi)
French: coup (fr) m
German: Streich (de) m
Italian: colpo (it)
Maori: poutoki, patunga
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Norwegian: slag n
Polish: cios (pl)
Portuguese: pancada (pt) f
Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár)
Scottish Gaelic: beum m, bualadh m, buille f
Swedish: slag (sv) n, hugg (sv) n

golf: single act of striking the ball

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Catalan: cop (ca) m
Dutch: slag (nl) m
Finnish: lyönti (fi)
German: Schlag (de) m
Italian: colpo (it)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Maori: haukuru
Norwegian: slag n
Portuguese: tacada f
Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár)
Spanish: golpe (es) m
Swedish: slag (sv) n

tennis: single act of striking the ball

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Catalan: cop (ca) m
Dutch: slag (nl) m
Finnish: lyönti (fi)
German: Schlag (de) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: battuta (it)
Norwegian: slag n
Portuguese: raquetada f
Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár)
Swedish: slag (sv) n

rowing: movement of an oar or paddle through water

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Dutch: slag (nl) m, haal (nl) m
Finnish: veto (fi)
German: Schlag (de) m
Italian: voga (it), vogata (it), palata, colpo di remo
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Norwegian: tak (no) n
Portuguese: remada (pt) f
Russian: гребо́к m (grebók)
Spanish: remada f
Swedish: tag (sv) n, årtag n

cricket: shot

Finnish: lyönti (fi)
Italian: colpo (it), giocata (it)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár)
Swedish: slag (sv) n

thrust of piston

Dutch: slag (nl) m
Finnish: isku (fi)
German: Hub (de) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: corsa (it) f, tempo (it) m
Polish: suw (pl) m, skok (pl) m
Swedish: slag (sv) n

line drawn with a pen or pencil

Czech: tah (cs) m
Dutch: streek (nl) f
Finnish: veto (fi), piirto (fi)
French: trait (fr) m
German: Strich (de) m, Zug (de) m (seldom), Federstrich (de) m
Hungarian: vonás (hu)
Italian: tratto (it) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Luxembourgish: Stréch m
Polish: kreska (pl) f
Portuguese: traço (pt) m
Russian: штрих (ru) m (štrix), черта́ (ru) f (čertá)
Spanish: trazo (es) f
Swedish: drag (sv) n, streck (sv) n
Volapük: penaliun, penamaliun

UK: symbol "/"

Finnish: vinoviiva (fi)
French: barre oblique (fr) f
Polish: ukośnik m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Portuguese: barra (pt) f
Swedish: snedstreck (sv) n, streck (sv) n

streak made with a brush

Armenian: հարված (harvac)
Czech: tah (cs) m
Dutch: streek (nl) f
Finnish: veto (fi), piirto (fi)
German: Strich (de) m
Hungarian: vonás (hu)
Italian: pennellata (it) f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Norwegian: strøk n
Polish: pociągnięcie n
Portuguese: pincelada (pt) f
Russian: мазо́к (ru) m (mazók)
Spanish: pincelada (es) f
Swedish: drag (sv) n

stroke of a Chinese character

Chinese:
Mandarin: 筆畫／笔画 (bǐhuà), 笔画 (zh) (bǐhuà), 筆劃／笔划 (zh) (bǐhuà), 笔划 (bǐhuà), 筆／笔 (zh) (bǐ), 笔 (zh) (bǐ)
Finnish: veto (fi)
French: trait (fr) m
German: Strich (de) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Hungarian: vonás (hu)
Japanese: 画 (ja) (かく, kaku), 劃 (ja) (かく, kaku), 筆画 (ひっかく, hikkaku)
Russian: черта́ (ru) f (čertá)
Swedish: streck (sv) n

time when a clock strikes

Czech: úder (cs) m, bití n
Dutch: klokslag m
Finnish: lyönti (fi)
German: Schlag (de) m
Hebrew: פעימה (he) f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: rintocco (it) m
Norwegian: slag n
Portuguese: badalada f
Russian: уда́р (ru) m (udár), бой часо́в m (boj časóv)
Swedish: slag (sv) n, klockslag n

particular style of swimming

Dutch: slag (nl) m
Finnish: uintityyli
French: brasse (fr) f
German: Schlag (de) m, Zug (de) m
Hebrew: חתירה f
Italian: bracciata (it)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Maori: tūmomo kau
Polish: styl (pl) m
Portuguese: estilo (de nado/natação) m
Spanish: brazada (es) f
Swedish: tag (sv) n, simtag n

loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted

Armenian: կաթված (katʻvac)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中暑 (zh) (zhòngshǔ)
Czech: mrtvice f, mozková mrtvice f
Danish: apopleksi, slagtilfælde
Dutch: beroerte (nl) f
Esperanto: apopleksio
Finnish: aivoverenkiertohäiriö
French: accident vasculaire cérébral (fr) m, attaque cérébrale (fr) f, AVC (fr) m, infarctus (fr) m
German: Schlaganfall (de) m, Hirninfarkt m, Hirnschlag m, Apoplexie f, (short form, colloquial) Apoplex (de) m, (colloquial) Schlagerl n
Hebrew: שָׁבָץ (he) m (shaváts), שָׁבָץ מֹחִי (he) m (shaváts mokhí)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Hungarian: agyvérzés (hu)
Italian: colpo apoplettico, ictus (it), accidente cerebrovascolare
Japanese: 脳梗塞 (nōkōsoku)
Malay: angin ahmar
Maori: ikura roro, mate ikura roro
Norwegian: slag n
Persian: سکته مغزی (fa) (sekte-ye mağzi)
Polish: wylew m, apopleksja (pl) f (obsolete)
Portuguese: derrame (pt) m
Russian: парали́ч (ru) m (paralíč), уда́р (ru) m (udár), инсу́льт (ru) m (insúlʹt)
Spanish: apoplejía f, accidente cerebro vascular m, ACV
Swedish: stroke (sv) c, slag (sv) n, slaganfall n
Volapük: breinaflap, breinaparalüd, paopläg (vo)

in rowing: the rower who is nearest to the stern of the boat

German: Schlagmann (de) m
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: capovoga

wrestling: backstage influence

Portuguese: pancada (pt) f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) stroken, (deprecated template usage) straken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English strācian (“to stroke”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *straikōną (“to stroke, caress”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) streicheln.

Verb

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(deprecated template usage) (transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom) along (a surface) in one direction.
- Dryden
  He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, / He stroked her cheeks.
(deprecated template usage) (transitive, cricket) To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion.
(deprecated template usage) (masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.
(deprecated template usage) (transitive) To row the stroke oar of.
to stroke a boat

Translations

to move one's hand or an object over the surface of

Albanian: ledhatoj, fërkoj
Chinese:
Mandarin: 撫／抚 (zh) (fǔ), 抚 (zh) (fǔ), 撫摩／抚摩 (fǔmó), 抚摩 (zh) (fǔmó)
Czech: hladit
Dutch: strelen (nl), strijken (nl), aaien (nl)
Estonian: silitama
Finnish: silittää (fi), pyyhkiä (fi), sivellä (fi)
French: caresser (fr)
German: streicheln (de), streichen (de)
Hungarian: simít (hu), simogat (hu)
Italian: accarezzare (it)
Japanese: なでる (naderu), 撫でる (なでる, naderu)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Latin: mulceō
Maori: hokomirimiri, moremore
Polish: głaskać (pl)
Portuguese: acariciar (pt)
Romanian: mângâia (ro)
Russian: гла́дить (ru) impf (gláditʹ), погла́дить (ru) pf (pogláditʹ)
Scots: straik
Scottish Gaelic: slìog
Spanish: acariciar (es)
Swedish: stryka (sv)
Turkish: sıvazlamak (tr), okşamak (tr)
West Frisian: streakje

cricket: to hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion

Finnish: pyyhkäistä (fi)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Swedish: slå (sv)

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English stroke.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈstroːk]
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: stroke

Noun

stroke (uncountable)

(deprecated template usage) (medicine) stroke (loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	stroke	stroke-ok
accusative	stroke-ot	stroke-okat
dative	stroke-nak	stroke-oknak
instrumental	stroke-val	stroke-okkal
causal-final	stroke-ért	stroke-okért
translative	stroke-vá	stroke-okká
terminative	stroke-ig	stroke-okig
essive-formal	stroke-ként	stroke-okként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	stroke-ban	stroke-okban
superessive	stroke-on	stroke-okon
adessive	stroke-nál	stroke-oknál
illative	stroke-ba	stroke-okba
sublative	stroke-ra	stroke-okra
allative	stroke-hoz	stroke-okhoz
elative	stroke-ból	stroke-okból
delative	stroke-ról	stroke-okról
ablative	stroke-tól	stroke-októl
non-attributive possessive - singular	stroke-é	stroke-oké
non-attributive possessive - plural	stroke-éi	stroke-okéi

Possessive forms of stroke
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	stroke-om	stroke-jaim
2nd person sing.	stroke-od	stroke-jaid
3rd person sing.	stroke-ja	stroke-jai
1st person plural	stroke-unk	stroke-jaink
2nd person plural	stroke-otok	stroke-jaitok
3rd person plural	stroke-juk	stroke-jaik

References

^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

[1] Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

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Noun

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Noun

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Verb

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