kjøleskap
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
kjøle + skap, first part kjøle (“to cool”), from Old Norse kœla, kǿla.
Last part skap (“a closet; cupboard”), from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą (“shape”), from *skapjaną (“to make, to create”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keb- (“to cut, split, hew, shape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²çøːləˌskɑːp/
- Rhymes: -ɑːp
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Noun
kjøleskap n (definite singular kjøleskapet, indefinite plural kjøleskap, definite plural kjøleskapa or kjøleskapene)
- a fridge or refrigerator
References
- “kjøleskap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- kjøleskåp
- kjøla (definite form, shortening)
Noun
kjøleskap n (definite singular kjøleskapet, indefinite plural kjøleskap, definite plural kjøleskapa)
- a fridge or refrigerator
References
- “kjøleskap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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