fjøs
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Danish fjøs, borrowed from Norwegian fjøs, fjos, from Old Norse fjós. Compare Swedish fjös, Icelandic fjós, Faroese fjós
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fjøs m or n (definite singular fjøsen or fjøset, indefinite plural fjøs, definite plural fjøsene or fjøsa)
See also[edit]
- seter (“shieling”)
References[edit]
“fjøs” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“fjøs” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse fjós, from a contraction of fé (“cattle”) + hús (“house”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic fjós and Swedish fjös.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fjøs m or n (definite singular fjøsen or fjøset, indefinite plural fjøsar or fjøs, definite plural fjøsane or fjøsa)
See also[edit]
- seter (“shieling”)
References[edit]
“fjøs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- nb:Buildings
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Old Norse compound terms
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns with multiple genders
- nn:Buildings