different between fjord vs estuary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of firth, ford, and port.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fi???d/, /fi???d/, /fj??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fi???d/, /fj??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Hyphenation: fjord

Noun

fjord (plural fjords)

1. A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

Alternative forms

• fiord (now chiefly New Zealand)

Derived terms

Related terms

• fjard

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fiyorudo)

Translations

References

Czech

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fjort]

Noun

fjord m

1. fjord

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish fiorth, from Old Norse fj?rðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fjo???]
• Rhymes: -o???
• Homophone: fjor

Noun

fjord c (singular definite fjorden, plural indefinite fjorde)

1. firth, fjord, inlet

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fj?rt/
• Hyphenation: fjord
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

fjord f (plural fjorden, diminutive fjordje n)

1. fjord
2. Fjord horse

   Synonym: fjordenpaard

Derived terms

Related terms

• voord

French

Alternative forms

• fiord

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr. Doublet of port.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fj??d/, /fj??/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /fj??/, /fj??(?)/

Noun

fjord m (plural fjords)

1. fjord

Descendants

• ? Vietnamese: phi-oóc

Further reading

• “fjord” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fjord]
• Hyphenation: fjord
• Rhymes: -ord

Noun

fjord (plural fjordok)

1. fjord (a long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs)

Declension

References

• Bakos, Ferenc and Pál Fábián. Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára (’A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1989. ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fju?r/, [fju??]

Noun

fjord m (definite singular fjorden, indefinite plural fjorder, definite plural fjordene)

1. a fjord

Usage notes

Incorporated into the names of fjords as -fjorden.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

“fjord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Akin to English firth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fju?r/

Noun

fjord m (definite singular fjorden, indefinite plural fjordar, definite plural fjordane)

1. a fjord

Usage notes

Incorporated into the names of fjords as -fjorden.

Derived terms

Descendants

See above.

References

“fjord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjôrd/

Noun

fj?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. fjord

Declension

References

• “fjord” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fj?rd/

Noun

fjord m (genitive singular fjordu, nominative plural fjordy, genitive plural fjordov, declension pattern of dub)

1. fjord

Declension

Further reading

• fjord in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fiordher, from Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Norse *?????? (*ferþuz), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?rd/, [?fju??], /?fjo?rd/, [?fjo??]

Noun

fjord c

1. fjord

Declension

Related terms

• fjärd

References

• fjord in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fjord”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Alternative forms

• æstuary (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aestuarium (“creek”, “estuary of a river”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??stj???i/, /??st????i/, /??st???i/

Noun

estuary (plural estuaries)

1. A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.
2. An ocean inlet also fed by fresh river water.

Derived terms

• Estuary English

Translations

See also

• ecotone

Anagrams

• Autreys, Teruyas