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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOEK

From Afrikaans: cloth.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DOEK

doek  [dʊk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOEK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doek is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOEK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of doek in the English dictionary

The definition of doek in the dictionary is a square of cloth worn mainly by African women to cover the head, esp to indicate married status.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOEK

dodgy
dodkin
dodman
dodo
dodoism
Dodoma
Dodona
Dodonaean
Dodonean
doe
Doenitz
doer
doer and gone
does
doeskin
doesn´t
dof
doff
doffer
dog

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOEK

cheek
creek
geek
Greek
Leeuwenhoek
lek
meek
nek
olykoek
Osijek
peek
seek
sleek
snoek
Stabroek
trek
turn the other cheek
vetkoek
week
Windhoek

Synonyms and antonyms of doek in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «doek» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOEK

Find out the translation of doek to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doek from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doek» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杜克
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doek
570 millions of speakers

English

doek
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

doek
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دوك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дук
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

doek
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

doek
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

doek
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Doek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

doek
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

doek
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

doek
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

doek
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

doek
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुःख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

DOEK
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

doek
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Doek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Дук
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

doek
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

doek
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

doek
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Doek
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

doek
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doek

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOEK»

The term «doek» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.007 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOEK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «doek» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «doek» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doek

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOEK»

Discover the use of doek in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doek and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fact - Fiction - "faction": A Study of Black South African ...
It is tied stylistically into various shapes from Accra to Cape Town I do not know the history of this innocuous piece of cloth In Afrikaans, the language of those of our white masters who are of Dutch and Huguenot descent, doek meant, variously, ...
Horst Zander, 1999
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The Boston Almanac for the Year ...
P. 28 Doek sq. Barnes, Wm. H.5 Union Bell ft Riehards, 7 Doek sq. Bellamy, W. 21 Tremont Blanehard, Wm. 3 Doek sq. Bradford. John, 21 Doek sq. Ilrudtord, Martin L. 141' Wash'n Brooks, Chas. ft Co. 0 Doek sq. Brown, B. B., Turnpike Butler, ...
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Tegg's dictionary of chronology; or, Historical and ...
Doeks of Liverpool, the Canning doek was built 1728; the Salthonse doek, 1738; George's doek, 1762; King's doek, 1785 ; Queen's doek, 1785; Brunswiek doek. April 13, 1832; Prinee's doek, 1815 ; Waterloo doek, Aug. 18, 1834 ; Vietoria ...
Thomas Tegg, 1854
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Westraven. Kantoor voor Rijkswaterstaat:
De tweede huid bestaat uit twee stroken; het aanzien van de hoogbouw heeft er zijn karakteristieke horizontale patroon aan te danken. Onderaan zit bij elke verdieping een borstwering van helder glas. Daarboven is een opengeweven doek ...
Olof Koekebakker, 2008
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Die Bybel NLV
Hulle moet die borde, die lepels, die bakke, die drinkbekers en die brode boopdie doek neersit. 8Hullemoet dandaar booor 'n rooi doek gooi en'nstuk materiaalvan gebreide bokvel booor alles. Dan moet hulledie drapale weer deur die tafel ...
Wil Vosloo/Andrie du Toit, 2011
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History of British Folklore
... leaf is supposed to be good for the sting of a nettle. When a ehild is stung, he plueks a doek-leaf, and laying it on the part affeeted, sings, — Out 'ettle In doek, Doek shall ha' A new smoek; 'Ettle zhant Ha' narrun. [63] WILLIAM JOHN THOMS .
Richard Mercer Dorson, 1999
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Children on the Move: How to Implement Their Right to Family ...
"SJ. Jaap. Doek,. Hans. van. Loon. and. Paul. Vlaardingerbroek. (Eds.) The numbers of children moving or migrating internationally, alone or accompanied, are increasing all over the world. This gives rise to many new problems with legal , ...
J. Jaap E. Doek, Hans Van Loon, Paul Vlaardingerbroek, 1996
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
For purchasing Land sur a third Doek, p 52, See. ... Tonnage os the Ships and Vcssels which resorted to the Port os Hull, and paid Rates and Duties to the said Doek Company in the several Years one thousand seven hundred and ninety- one, ...
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Dictionary of Wa (2 vols): With Translations into English, ...
'dog's tongue grass') rib dih mai: tieX [1113 ndih mai dieX] /rip dih mai ts?/ n. < KHAOX,sAUX> эоёеёп еоЁоЁ ЁЁЁЁЁЁШЁЁЁ (ЁЙЁЩА 275) diddntóu, diddncdo (cao bén, kë ru yào) scabrous elephant-foot herb (Elephantop us scaber) rib doek ...
Justin Watkins, 2013
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European Coasts of Bohemia: Negotiating the Danube-Oder-Elbe ...
In addition to international conferences, the national branches of the new organization held separate meetings in both countries. Despite the participation of state institutions, the DOEK activities remained fruitless, except for keeping the canal ...
Jiri Janac, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOEK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doek is used in the context of the following news items.
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After Marikana Report, the Widows Talk About Life of Hardship and …
She's wearing a doek, dark green overalls with fluorescent reflectors, and gumboots. She's now the miner in the family. After years of passing ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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After Marikana report, the widows talk about life of hardship and pain
She's wearing a doek, dark green overalls with fluorescent reflectors, and gumboots. She's now the miner in the family. After years of passing ... «Daily Maverick, Jun 15»
3
Terminator Genisys
Voor een film van 170 miljoen verwacht je dat de actie ook van het doek dendert, ook al is het nooit echt memorabel of verrassend. De scène ... «De FilmBlog, Jun 15»
4
22 prachtige foto's die met een iPhone zijn gemaakt
Ps… de winnar van de dieren foto's heeft gewoon een foto van een poster/schilderij gemaakt, de viezigheid en oneffenheden op het “doek” zijn ... «Apparata, Jun 15»
5
Hit comedy 'B!*ch Stole My Doek' on NAF Fringe
A raucous satire with a twist, B!*ch Stole My Doek pokes fun at a war of words over a missing item of laundry. Colourful language and hysteria ... «Artslink.co.za News, Jun 15»
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She was abducted to be married off, but this young woman got away
“They wanted me to wear the doek and traditional attire, but I refused because I knew that once I put that on, I would have agreed to marry him. «News24, Jun 15»
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials poster en trailer
Ik heb tevens de indruk dat het oeuvre misschien beter is in boekvorm dan op het witte doek, en is er vast wel meer rijkdom in de ... «De FilmBlog, Jun 15»
8
Batman op het witte doek
Zo zijn er ook een behoorlijk aantal films op het witte doek verschenen over deze superheld en die verdienen een plekje in onze spotlight. «GameCensor, Jun 15»
9
Activist has found her goal
Nin, looking regal in a dramatic black doek, is curled up on a plush sofa at the five-star Saxon Hotel. She's in town to make noise for her home ... «Sowetan Live, Jun 15»
10
Society was never ready
... values belittle my womanhood, whereby being a woman you must have a dress on, a doek (headscarf) over my head, or the tone of my voice. «News24, Jun 15»

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