estoque

See also: estoqué

English

Noun

estoque (plural estoques)

1. Alternative form of estoc.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: estoquent, estoques

Verb

estoque

1. inflection of estoquer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

1376. From Old French estoc (“end of a sword, rapier”), from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“to beat, thrust, push”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈtɔkɪ]

Noun

estoque m (plural estoques)

1. type of sword; rapier
   • 1376, Miguel Ángel González García (ed.), "El testamento del maestrescuela Juan Martínez (1376)" in Diversarum rerum, 1 (2006), page 130:

     Iten me deve Juça de Castro por huun estoque garneçydo de prata seysçentos mrs.

     Item, Juça de Castro owes me six hundred coins for a rapier garnished in silver

2. blowgun

Derived terms

• herba estoque

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estoque”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estoque”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French estoc.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ki/, /esˈtɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ki/, /esˈtɔ.ki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ki/, /eʃˈtɔ.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
• Hyphenation: es‧to‧que

Noun

estoque m (plural estoques)

1. rapier

Derived terms

• estocar
• estoquear

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-

Proto-Germanic *stikanąder.

Proto-Germanic *stukkaz

Proto-West Germanic *stokk

Old English stocc

Middle English stok

English stockbor.

Portuguese estoque

Borrowed from English stock.

Alternative forms

• stock

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ki/, /esˈtɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ki/, /esˈtɔ.ki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ki/, /eʃˈtɔ.ki/

• Hyphenation: es‧to‧que

Noun

estoque m (plural estoques)

1. (Brazil) stockpile (supply for future use)

   Synonyms: reserva, (Portugal) stock

Alternative forms

• stock (Portugal)

Derived terms

• estocar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estoque

1. inflection of estocar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “estoque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French estoc (“end of a sword”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtoke/ [esˈt̪o.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: es‧to‧que

Noun

estoque m (plural estoques)

1. rapier
2. the tip of a sword
3. (bullfighting) sword used to kill the bull
4. (botany) gladiolus

   Synonym: gladiolo

Derived terms

• estocada
• estoquear
• estoquillo
• mozo de estoques

Further reading

• “estoque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025