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fjord
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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- fjord
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 ??????)
- 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)
- 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
- fjord
Declension
Related terms
- fjärd
References
- fjord in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fjord”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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islet
English
Etymology
From Middle French islette; synchronically analyzable as isle +? -let.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?.l?t/
- Homophone: eyelet
Noun
islet (plural islets)
- A small island
- Synonym: eyot
- (biology) An isolated piece of tissue that has a specific function
Translations
See also
- islets of Langerhans
Anagrams
- IELTS, Leist, Steil, e-list, istle, liest, lites, slite, stile, teils, tiles
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