ork

See also: Ork

English

Noun

ork (plural orks)

1. Obsolete form of orc (“killer whale”).
2. (fantasy, mythology) Alternative spelling of orc.
3. (specific to Warhammer 40,000, science fiction) A species of aggressive, fungal humanoid alien, corresponding to the orcs in other fantasy works.

Translations

Warhammer 40,000 species

• Russian: орк (ru) m (ork)

See also

• ork-pop

Anagrams

• KOR, OKR, ROK, kor, rok

Danish

Noun

ork c (singular definite orken, plural indefinite orker)

1. (fantasy, mythology) orc

Declension

Declension of ork

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ork	orken	orker	orkerne
genitive	orks	orkens	orkers	orkernes

Verb

ork

1. imperative of orke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrk/
• Hyphenation: ork
• Rhymes: -ɔrk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French orque, from Latin orca.

Noun

ork m (plural orken, diminutive orkje n)

1. (dated) killer whale, Orcinus orca

   Synonym: orka

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English orc.

Noun

ork m (plural orks, diminutive orkje n, feminine orkin)

1. (fantasy) orc

Mòcheno

FWOTD – 8 April 2014

Etymology

From Italian orco, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ork/

Noun

ork m

1. ogre

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English orc, probably from Italian orco (“man-eating giant”); later revived by J. R. R. Tolkien, partly after Old English orc (“demon”); both from Latin Orcus (“the underworld; the god Pluto”), from Ancient Greek Ὄρκος (Órkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon perjurers. Doublet of ogr (“ogre”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrk/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔrk
• Syllabification: ork

Noun

ork m animal

1. orc
2. (colloquial, offensive) Russian soldier

Declension

Declension of ork

	singular	plural
nominative	ork	orki
genitive	orka	orków
dative	orkowi	orkom
accusative	orka	orki
instrumental	orkiem	orkami
locative	orku	orkach
vocative	orku	orki

Derived terms

adjective

• orkowy

 

Further reading

• ork in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbative of orka (“to have strength”), from Old Norse orka, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”).

Noun

ork c (uncountable)

1. the strength or power to do something

Related terms

• orka

Anagrams

• kor