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PRONUNCIATION OF POUKE

pouke  [pʌk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POUKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pouke 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 POUKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pouke in the English dictionary

The definition of pouke in the dictionary is a stye or small pustule on the eye.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POUKE

pou sto
pouch
pouched
pouchful
pouchy
pouf
pouffe
Poujadism
Poujadist
poukit
poulaine
poulard
poularde
poule
Poulenc
poulp
poult
poult-de-soie
poulter
poulterer

WORDS THAT END LIKE POUKE

archduke
cuke
duke
fluke
grand duke
Iron Duke
juke
liver fluke
Luke
Mameluke
netsuke
nuke
peruke
puke
rebuke
royal duke
Saint Luke
sambuke
uke
yuke

Synonyms and antonyms of pouke in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pouke» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POUKE

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

Translator English - Chinese

pouke
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pouke
570 millions of speakers

English

pouke
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pouke
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pouke
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pouke
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pouke
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pouke
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pouke
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pouke
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pouke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pouke
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pouke
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pouke
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pouke
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pouke
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pouke
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pouke
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pouke
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pouke
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pouke
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pouke
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pouke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pouke
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pouke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pouke

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POUKE»

The term «pouke» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.997 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POUKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pouke» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pouke» 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 pouke

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POUKE»

Discover the use of pouke in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pouke and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chronicon Anglicanum:
mist a la futey e les autres lenohacerent deus lywes e plus liia quant ne le poeint ateindrey se retornerent e seisirent totes les terres qe Pouke aveyt. li pristrent Syounv le fltz oandelou de Porkyntoney qe le oonestable Pouke esteita e ...
Joseph Stevenson, 2012
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Piers Plowman: Concordance
(1) В 1; С 1 B.20.359 The plastres of be person and poudres biten to soore; C. 22.359 The plasteres of the persoun and poudres b[it]en to sore; pouer > power; poues > pous; pouhe > poke pouke n pouke n. A 2 pouk (1) рои1‹е (1); B 7 pouke ...
Joseph Wittig, 2001
3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Indeed, he seems to have been the first to spell it ' puck,' all other previous or contemporary English writers in whose works it has been discovered spelling it either powke, pooke, or pouke. There seems to be no reason to doubt that ...
William Shakespeare, 2001
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A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the ...
pouke, Cooke, a ' puck ', demon, goblin ; ' Chymaera, that same pooke ', Golding, Metam. vi. 646 ; ' Nor let the Pouke nor other evill sprights . . . Fray us', Spenser, Epithalamion, 341. 'Pouk' ('pook'), a mischievous fiend, still in use in Sussex ...
Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew, 1914
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The Fairy Mythology: Illustrative of the Romance and ...
... with his " wyde clothes, within which lay a Lazar," Wyth patriarkes and prophetes, playinge to gcdres, and asks him what was there, L.00, quath he, and leet me seo, lord mercy ich seide Hit is precious present, quath he, ac the pouke hit hath ...
Thomas Keightley, 1833
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The Fairy Mythology:
Puck is evidently the same with the old word Pouke, [a] the original meaningof whichwould seem tobedevil,demon, or evil spirit. We first meet with it in the Vision of Piers Ploughman, where it undoubtedly signifies 'the grand adversary of God ...
Thomas Keightley, 2014
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Publications
Port, Hugh de, II, 12. Portal, W. Wyndham, Esq., 81. Portal, W. W., Esq., 81 note 2. Postland, R., 93 note 2. Potter, M., 176. Pottere, J., 134. Pouke, Alicia la, 129, 130 . Pouke, Christina la, 135, 164. Pouke, R., of Wortynge, 133. Pouke, R. le, 164.
Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, 1895
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The Manor of Manydown, Hampshire
Port, Hugh de, II, 12. Portal, W. Wyndham, Esq., 81. Portal, W. W., Esq., 81 note 2. Postland, R., 93 note 2. Potter, M., 176. Pottere, J., 134. Pouke, Alicia la, 129, 130 . Pouke, Christina la, 135, 164. Pouke, R., of Wortynge, 133. Pouke, R. le, 164.
Manydown Manor, England, George William Kitchin, 1895
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Publications
Port, Hugh de, II, 12. Portal, W. Wyndham, Esq., 81. Portal, W. W., Esq., 81 note 2. Postland, R., 93 note 2. Potter, M., 176. Pottere, J., 134. Pouke, Alicia la, 129, 130 . Pouke, Christina la, 135, 164. Pouke, R., of Wortynge, 133. Pouke, R. le, 164.
Hampshire Record Society, 1895
10
The works of Edmund Spenser
Ne lei the ponke, &c] The ponke or pouke, (for pouke I conceive is the true reading,) is the fairy Robin Goodfellow, known by the name of Puck. This spirit appears to have taken pleasure in deriding the solemnities of the nuptial seast, and in ...
Edmund Spenser, Henry John Todd, 1805

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POUKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pouke is used in the context of the following news items.
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Genocid u Srebrenici nije pripisan Srbiji
Pozivaju se države da u svoje obrazovne programe uključe pouke koje se mogu izvući iz genocida i drugih ratnih zločina. Ne vidim ni u tome ... «Данас, Jun 15»
2
Wheaton North looks strong as postseason draws closer
... (220) won by fall, Mitch Szymel (285) by forfeit and Lucas Van Pouke (106) prevailing by major decision to draw the Huskies to within 18-16. «Chicago Daily Herald, Jan 15»
3
Ready-mix concrete firm saving big on alternative fuel
"Yes, we're the product that drives you home at night to get to your families," Van Pouke recently told a business crowd at The 2013 Rail ... «nwitimes.com, Nov 13»

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