Fork

//fɔːk//

Synonyms for "fork" (187 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(3 words)
axilbranchbranching
Verb(1 words)
branch

Strong matches (56)

Noun(2 words)
crotchforking
Verb(2 words)
efffurcate

Related words (93)

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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at location

15 entries

capable of

3 entries

coordinate

8 entries

derived

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distinct from

2 entries

has a

2 entries

has context

5 entries

is a

8 entries

made of

1 entries

manner of

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part of

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receives action

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related to

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used for

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Translations

538 translations across 170 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • tuinvurk noun (pronged tool)
  • vurk noun (pronged tool)
  • vurk noun (eating utensil)
  • vurk noun (intersection)

Ajië

1 entries
  • wuuryèet noun (eating utensil)

Albanian

2 entries
  • furkulicë noun (eating utensil)
  • pirun noun (eating utensil)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries
  • فرشيطة noun (eating utensil)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ቩካ noun (eating utensil)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • δίκελλα noun (pronged tool)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شوكة noun (eating utensil)
  • شوكة noun (eating utensil)
  • شوكة noun (eating utensil)
  • شَوْكَة noun (eating utensil)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • forqueta noun (eating utensil)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պատառաքաղ noun (pronged tool)
  • պատառաքաղ noun (eating utensil)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • bunelã noun (eating utensil)
  • furculitsã noun (eating utensil)
  • pirunã noun (eating utensil)

Assamese

2 entries
  • কাঁইটীয়া চামুচ noun (eating utensil)
  • কাঁটাচামুচ noun (eating utensil)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

3 entries
  • ܟ̰ܲܢܓܲܠ noun (eating utensil)
  • ܡܲܫܠܝܘܿܢܵܐ noun (eating utensil)
  • ܡܲܫܠܝܵܐ noun (pronged tool)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tenedor noun (eating utensil)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • yaba noun (pronged tool)
  • çəngəl noun (eating utensil)

Bambara

1 entries
  • furusɛti noun (eating utensil)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • сәнске noun (eating utensil)
  • һәнәк noun (pronged tool)

Basque

1 entries
  • sardexka noun (eating utensil)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ві́лка noun (eating utensil)
  • ві́лы noun (pronged tool)
  • відэ́лец noun (eating utensil)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কাঁটাচামচ noun (eating utensil)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • कांटा noun (eating utensil)

Breton

3 entries
  • forc'h noun (pronged tool)
  • fourchetez noun (eating utensil)
  • gaol noun (pronged tool)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • garpu noun (eating utensil)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ви́ла noun (pronged tool)
  • ви́лица noun (eating utensil)
  • ви́лица noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • ви́лка noun (eating utensil)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ခက်ရင်း noun (eating utensil)
  • ခရင်း noun (eating utensil)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bifurcació noun (intersection)
  • bifurcació noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
  • enforcall noun (intersection)
  • forca noun (pronged tool)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • چنگاڵ noun (eating utensil)
  • چەتاڵ noun (eating utensil)

Chechen

2 entries
  • мӏара noun (pronged tool)
  • мӏара noun (eating utensil)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏴᎩ noun (eating utensil)

Chinese

3 entries
  • цацазы noun (eating utensil)
  • цацар noun (eating utensil)
  • 攕仔 noun (eating utensil)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 叉 noun (eating utensil)
  • 餐叉 noun (eating utensil)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 分叉 noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
  • 叉兒 /叉儿 noun (eating utensil)
  • 叉子 noun (eating utensil)
  • 捉雙 /捉双 noun (chess: simultaneous attack)

Chukchi

2 entries
  • вилӄэн noun (eating utensil)
  • эюпинэӈ noun (eating utensil)

Coptic

2 entries
  • ϣⲗⲓⲧ noun (eating utensil)
  • ϣⲗⲟⲕϣⲓ noun (eating utensil)

Cornish

2 entries
  • forgh noun (pronged tool)
  • gowl noun (pronged tool)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • sançqı noun (eating utensil)
  • şatal noun (eating utensil)

Czech

4 entries
  • odnož noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
  • rozcestí noun (intersection)
  • vidlička noun (eating utensil)
  • házet vidlemi verb (to move with fork)

Danish

4 entries
  • fork noun (pronged tool)
  • gaffel noun (eating utensil)
  • gaffel noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • greb noun (pronged tool)

Dari

3 entries
  • پَنْجَه noun (eating utensil)
  • چَنْگَال noun (pronged tool)
  • چَنْگَال noun (eating utensil)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • އޫ noun (pronged tool)

Dolgan

1 entries
  • виилка noun (eating utensil)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afsplitsing noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
  • fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
  • gaffel noun (pronged tool)
  • hooivork noun (pronged tool)

Elfdalian

1 entries
  • gaffel noun (eating utensil)

Erzya

1 entries
  • сянгине noun (eating utensil)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • fluforko noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • forkego noun (pronged tool)
  • forko noun (eating utensil)
  • kanalforko noun (point where a waterway splits)

Estonian

4 entries
  • hang noun (pronged tool)
  • hark noun (pronged tool)
  • kahvel noun (eating utensil)
  • kahvel noun (chess: simultaneous attack)

Faroese

1 entries
  • gaffil noun (eating utensil)

Finnish

4 entries
  • etuhaarukka noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • forkkaus noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
  • forkki noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
  • haara noun (intersection)

French

4 entries
  • bifurcation noun (intersection)
  • bifurcation noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • duplication de processus noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
  • embranchement noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Friulian

1 entries
  • piron noun (eating utensil)

Galician

4 entries
  • bifurcación noun (intersection)
  • forcada noun (pronged tool)
  • galla noun (pronged tool)
  • galleta noun (pronged tool)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჩანგალი noun (eating utensil)

German

4 entries
  • Abspaltung noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
  • Fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
  • Fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
  • Fork noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Greek

4 entries
  • δίστρατο noun (intersection)
  • δίχαλο noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • δικράνι noun (pronged tool)
  • πιρούνι noun (eating utensil)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • ajassaatit noun (pronged tool)
  • ajassaatit noun (eating utensil)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કાંટો noun (eating utensil)

Halkomelem

2 entries
  • st'éx̱ noun (intersection)
  • sts'ó:qw'els noun (eating utensil)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מַזְלֵג noun (eating utensil)

Hindi

1 entries
  • काँटा m or कांटा noun (eating utensil)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kettős támadás noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • vasvilla noun (pronged tool)
  • villa noun (eating utensil)
  • villa noun (chess: simultaneous attack)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • gaffall noun (eating utensil)
  • gaffall noun (chess: simultaneous attack)

Ido

2 entries
  • forketo noun (eating utensil)
  • forko noun (pronged tool)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • garpu noun (pronged tool)
  • garpu noun (eating utensil)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • furca noun (pronged tool)
  • furchetta noun (eating utensil)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • چَنْگال noun (pronged tool)
  • چَنْگال noun (eating utensil)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries
  • چطل noun (eating utensil)

Irish

4 entries
  • forc noun (eating utensil)
  • gabhal noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • gabhal noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • gabhlóg noun (eating utensil)

Italian

4 entries
  • affluente noun (name of some river tributaries)
  • biforcazione noun (intersection)
  • biforcazione noun (one of the parts into which anything is furcated)
  • biforcazione noun (point where a waterway splits)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ピッチフォーク noun (pronged tool)
  • フォーク noun (eating utensil)
  • フォーク noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
  • 分岐点 noun (intersection)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • garfu noun (eating utensil)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • серә noun (eating utensil)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಫೋರ್ಕ್ noun (eating utensil)

Karelian

1 entries
  • šorpikku noun (eating utensil)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • шанышқы noun (eating utensil)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សម noun (eating utensil)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries
  • вила noun (pronged tool)

Korean

4 entries
  • 갈림길 noun (intersection)
  • 갈퀴 noun (pronged tool)
  • 쇠스랑 noun (pronged tool)
  • 포크 noun (eating utensil)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • айры noun (pronged tool)
  • айрыча noun (eating utensil)
  • ашайры noun (eating utensil)
  • вилка noun (eating utensil)

Ladin

1 entries
  • furchëta noun (eating utensil)

Ladino

1 entries
  • piron noun (eating utensil)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສ້ອມ noun (eating utensil)

Latin

3 entries
  • bivium noun (intersection)
  • furca noun (pronged tool)
  • furca noun (eating utensil)

Latvian

4 entries
  • atzarojums noun (intersection)
  • dakša noun (pronged tool)
  • dakša noun (eating utensil)
  • dakša noun (chess: simultaneous attack)

Limburgish

2 entries
  • splitsjing noun (intersection)
  • versjèt noun (eating utensil)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • dvišakuma noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • išsišakojimas noun (intersection)
  • šakutė noun (eating utensil)
  • šakės noun (pronged tool)

Low German

1 entries
  • Gavel noun (eating utensil)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • widlicki noun (eating utensil)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Forschett noun (eating utensil)
  • Gafel noun (pronged tool)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦏᦴᧈᦉᦱᧂ noun (eating utensil)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • вила noun (pronged tool)
  • вилушка noun (eating utensil)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • tinidul noun (eating utensil)

Malay

3 entries
  • cukit noun (eating utensil)
  • garpu noun (eating utensil)
  • porok noun (eating utensil)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഫോർക്ക് noun (eating utensil)

Maltese

2 entries
  • furketta noun (eating utensil)
  • furkettun noun (pronged tool)

Marathi

4 entries
  • काटा noun (eating utensil)
  • फोर्क noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
  • फोर्क noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
  • फोर्क noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Mirandese

1 entries
  • garfo noun (eating utensil)

Mizo

1 entries
  • thirkut noun (eating utensil)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • сэрээ noun (eating utensil)
  • ᠰᠡᠷᠡᠭᠡ noun (eating utensil)

Mòcheno

1 entries
  • paru' noun (eating utensil)

Māori

4 entries
  • paoka noun (eating utensil)
  • rīpekanga noun (intersection)
  • tarahanga noun (intersection)
  • torohanga noun (intersection)

Navajo

1 entries
  • bílaʼ dį́įʼii noun (eating utensil)

Nepali

1 entries
  • काँटा noun (eating utensil)

Norman

4 entries
  • fourchette noun (eating utensil)
  • frouque noun (pronged tool)
  • froutchie noun (intersection)
  • froutchie noun (point where a waterway splits)

North Frisian

4 entries
  • Furk noun (pronged tool)
  • Gaawel noun (pronged tool)
  • goobel noun (pronged tool)
  • goobel noun (eating utensil)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • çatel noun (eating utensil)
  • çetel noun (eating utensil)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • gáffal noun (eating utensil)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • forgreining noun (intersection)
  • forgreining noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • forgrening noun (intersection)
  • forgrening noun (point where a waterway splits)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • forgreining noun (intersection)
  • forgreining noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • gaffel noun (pronged tool)
  • gaffel noun (eating utensil)

Occitan

1 entries
  • forqueta noun (eating utensil)

Odia

1 entries
  • କଣ୍ଟା noun (eating utensil)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • badaka'igan noun (eating utensil)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • вилкӕ noun (eating utensil)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • چاتال noun (eating utensil)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • видлїчка noun (eating utensil)

Pashto

1 entries
  • پنجه noun (eating utensil)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Gaufel noun (pronged tool)
  • Gaufel noun (eating utensil)

Polish

4 entries
  • jednoczesny atak noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • rozgałęzienie noun (intersection)
  • rozwidlenie noun (intersection)
  • rozwidlenie noun (point where a waterway splits)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bifurcação noun (intersection)
  • bifurcação noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • bifurcação noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • bifurcação noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • کَانْٹا noun (eating utensil)
  • ਕਾਂਟਾ noun (eating utensil)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • pātia kai noun (eating utensil)

Romagnol

2 entries
  • furchèta noun (pronged tool)
  • furchèta noun (eating utensil)

Romanian

3 entries
  • bifurcație noun (intersection)
  • furculiță noun (eating utensil)
  • furcă noun (pronged tool)

Romansch

4 entries
  • fuorcha noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • fuortga noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • furchetta noun (eating utensil)
  • furtga noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)

Russian

4 entries
  • ви́лка noun (eating utensil)
  • ви́лка noun (chess: simultaneous attack)
  • ви́лы noun (pronged tool)
  • разви́лка noun (intersection)

Saanich

4 entries
  • EQIYN noun (pronged tool)
  • FOOC noun (eating utensil)
  • J₭ELSTEN noun (pronged tool)
  • J₭ELSTEN noun (eating utensil)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • forc noun (eating utensil)
  • gobhal noun (intersection)
  • gobhal noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • greimire noun (eating utensil)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • vile noun (pronged tool)
  • viljuška noun (pronged tool)
  • vìljuška noun (eating utensil)
  • vȉlica noun (eating utensil)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • biviu noun (intersection)
  • broccia noun (eating utensil)
  • bruccetta noun (eating utensil)
  • fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • ගෑරප්පුව noun (eating utensil)

Slovak

4 entries
  • obojsmerné spojenie noun (intersection)
  • vidlička noun (eating utensil)
  • vidly noun (pronged tool)
  • rozdeliť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Slovene

1 entries
  • vílice noun (eating utensil)

Sotho

2 entries
  • fereko noun (pronged tool)
  • fereko noun (eating utensil)

Southern Altai

3 entries
  • айрууш noun (eating utensil)
  • айырмууш noun (pronged tool)
  • вилка noun (eating utensil)

Southern Sami

2 entries
  • tjåagka noun (eating utensil)
  • tjåagkoe noun (eating utensil)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bifurcación noun (intersection)
  • forqueta noun (eating utensil)
  • horca noun (pronged tool)
  • horqueta noun (intersection)

Sranan Tongo

2 entries
  • forku noun (pronged tool)
  • forku noun (eating utensil)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uma noun (eating utensil)

Swedish

4 entries
  • framgaffel noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • förgrening noun (intersection)
  • förgrening noun (point where a waterway splits)
  • gaffel noun (eating utensil)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tinidor noun (eating utensil)

Tajik

2 entries
  • чангол noun (eating utensil)
  • чангча noun (eating utensil)

Tamil

1 entries
  • போர்க் noun (eating utensil)

Taos

1 entries
  • telędúnenemą noun (eating utensil)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tazzart noun (pronged tool)

Tatar

2 entries
  • чат noun (intersection)
  • чәнечке noun (eating utensil)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఫోర్క్ noun (eating utensil)

Thai

1 entries
  • ส้อม noun (eating utensil)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཀང་དྲ noun (eating utensil)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ፋርኬታ noun (eating utensil)

Tlingit

1 entries
  • ách at dusxha át noun (eating utensil)

Turkish

3 entries
  • maşa noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • yaba noun (pronged tool)
  • çatal noun (eating utensil)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • wilka noun (eating utensil)
  • çarşak noun (eating utensil)
  • şaryk noun (eating utensil)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́ла noun (pronged tool)
  • ви́лка noun (eating utensil)
  • виде́лка noun (eating utensil)
  • розви́лка noun (intersection)

Unami

1 entries
  • làxaokw noun (pronged tool)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries
  • widlička noun (eating utensil)
  • widlički noun (eating utensil)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کانْٹا noun (eating utensil)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئارا noun (eating utensil)
  • ۋىلكا noun (eating utensil)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • sanchqi noun (eating utensil)
  • vilka noun (eating utensil)

Venetan

1 entries
  • piron noun (eating utensil)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • càng noun (bicycle or motorcycle fork)
  • dĩa noun (eating utensil)
  • nĩa noun (eating utensil)
  • xiên noun (eating utensil)

Volapük

1 entries
  • fok noun (eating utensil)

Walloon

2 entries
  • fortchete noun (pronged tool)
  • fortchete noun (eating utensil)

Welsh

4 entries
  • fforc noun (pronged tool)
  • fforc noun (eating utensil)
  • fforch noun (pronged tool)
  • fforch noun (eating utensil)

West-Frisian

2 entries
  • foarke noun (pronged tool)
  • foarke noun (eating utensil)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • rab rawg noun (eating utensil)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 叉 noun (eating utensil)

Xârâcùù

1 entries
  • fùrùsète noun (eating utensil)

Yakut

2 entries
  • бииккэ noun (eating utensil)
  • биилкэ noun (eating utensil)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • גאָפּל noun (eating utensil)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • uil'kaq noun (eating utensil)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • çengal noun (eating utensil)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • ca noun (eating utensil)
  • fagca noun (eating utensil)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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Could we have a fork?

Source: tatoeba (34381)

Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.

Source: tatoeba (34385)

A fork fell off the table.

Source: tatoeba (34388)

I can't use a fork well.

Source: tatoeba (34389)

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