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Etymology 1 edit

 
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Borrowed from English fork.[1][2][4][5]

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Noun edit

フォーク (fōku

  1. fork (utensil)
  2. (computing) fork (metadata)
  3. (software) fork (project)
  4. (baseball) Short for フォークボール (fōkubōru).
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English folk.[1][4][5]

Noun edit

フォーク (fōku

  1. (attributive) folk
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Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from English Faulk.

Proper noun edit

フォーク (Fōku

  1. Faulk (a surname or place name)

Etymology 4 edit

Borrowed from English Falk.

Proper noun edit

フォーク (Fōku

  1. Falk (a surname or place name)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN