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valley
English
Etymology
From Middle English valey, valeye, from Anglo-Norman valey, Old French valee (compare French vallée), from Latin vall?s/vallis. Doublet of vlei.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?l'?, IPA(key): /?væli/
- Rhymes: -æli
Noun
valley (plural valleys)
- An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
- Synonyms: (poetic) vale; see also Thesaurus:valley
- The area which drains into a river.
- Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
- The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Hyponyms
- closed-cut valley
- open valley
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- dale
- dell
- vale
Anagrams
- y'all've
Manx
Noun
valley
- Lenited form of balley.
valley From the web:
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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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- what fjords are near bergen
- what fjords are near oslo
- what fjords are close to bergen
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