bokmål

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

1. Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

Borrowed from Norwegian bokmål.

• IPA^(key): /buk.mɔl/

bokmål m (uncountable)

1. Bokmål (Norwegian written language)

From bok (“book”) +‎ mål (“language”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːkmoːɽ/, /ˈbuːkmoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːɽ, -oːl

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet) (uncountable)

1. Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

From bok (“book”) +‎ mål (“language”), equivalent to Old Norse bókamál, which meant Latin.

• IPA^(key): /²buːk.mɔːl/, /²buːk.mɔːɽ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl, -ɔːɽ
• Hyphenation: bok‧mål

bokmål n (definite singular bokmålet, indefinite plural bokmål, definite plural bokmåla)

1. written language; the language used in books

   Synonyms: skriftmål, skriftspråk

   • 1869, Ivar Aasen, Minningar fraa Maalstriden um Hausten 1858:

     Um den sokallade „falske Fyresetningi,“ at eit Folk skulde sjølv kunna velja seg eit Bokmaal, kunde der vera ymist aa segja.

     About the so-called “false precondition”, that a people is able to choose a written language, one could say various things.

2. (uncountable) Bokmål (one of Norway's two official languages)

   Synonyms: norskdansk (literally “Norwegian Danish”), dansknorsk

• bokmålsk

From bok +‎ mål, from the Danish bogmaal used in Norway since the 1850s to mean written standard language as opposed to dialects. Since 1929 this has been the official name for the written language, which was previously known as riksmål.

bokmål n

1. Bokmål (language)