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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)

  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

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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)

  1. A small island
    Synonym: eyot
  2. (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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