korek

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɛk]

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• Rhymes: -orɛk

korek m inan

1. cork (bark)

• “korek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “korek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “korek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkorek/ [ˈko.rɛk̚]
• Rhymes: -orek
• Syllabification: ko‧rek

From Malay korek. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

korék (plural korek-korek)

1. gouge, chisel (an incising tool)

   Synonym: cungkil

2. drill

   Synonym: gerek

3. ellipsis of korek api (“match (device to make fire)”)

From Dutch correct, from Middle French correct, from Latin corrēctus.

korèk (comparative lebih korek, superlative paling korek)

1. (uncommon) correct

   Synonym: betul

• “korek”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /koreʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /korɪʔ/
• Rhymes: -oreʔ, -reʔ, -eʔ

korek (used in the form mengorek)

1. to dig

• gali

• Indonesian: korék

• “korek”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Borrowed from German Kork, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex.

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• Rhymes: -ɔrɛk
• Syllabification: ko‧rek

korek m inan

1. (botany) cork
2. cork, stopper

   Synonym: zatyczka

3. traffic jam

   Synonyms: zator drogowy, zator uliczny

4. (electrical engineering) fuse (a device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit)

   Synonyms: bezpiecznik, stopka

5. (soccer) cleat (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction)
6. (soccer, in the plural) cleats (shoes)

   Synonym: korkotrampki

7. (Far Masovian, Mława, in the plural) synonym of trepki

• korek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• korek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “korki”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 276