fjorår

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See also: fjórar

Danish

Etymology

From fjor (“last year”) +‎ år (“year”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fjorår n (singular definite fjoråret, plural indefinite fjorår)

  1. (rare) year directly preceding the current year; last year
    • 2020, Henriette Thorsen, Kent Olsen, Peter Sunde, “Danske ulves (Canis lupus lupus) døgnaktivitetsmønster studeret med brug af vildtkameraer”, in Flora og Fauna‎, volume 125, Jydsk Naturhistorisk Forening, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2023-06-30, page 5:
      Efter denne dato blev der frem til 17. november 2018 kun registreret én ulv på samtlige (30) vildtkamerafotos lige som der kun blev fundet DNA-spor efter ét og samme individ, som var en tævehvalp (GW930f) fra fjorårets kuld.
      After this date, until November 17, 2018, only one wolf was registered on all (30) game camera photos, just as DNA traces were only found for one and the same individual, which was a bitch puppy (GW930f) from last year's litter.

Usage notes

  • Most often appears attributively in the genitive definite singular: forårets (“last year's”)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From fjor (“last year”) +‎ år (“year”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fjorår n (definite singular fjoråret, indefinite plural fjorår, definite plural fjoråra or fjorårene)

  1. year directly preceding the current year
    • 1905, H. I., “Norges export af trælast m. v. i 1904”, in Skogsvårdsföreningens tidskrift, volume 3, Föreningen för skogsvård, page 158:
      De forelobige opgaver over Norges udenrigshandel i 1904, som nylig er udgivet af det statistiske centralbureau i Kristiania viser virkningerne af fjorårets lavere trelastkonjunkturer sammenlignet med 1903.
      The preliminary assignments on Norway's foreign trade in 1904, which have recently been published by the central statistical office in Kristiania, show the effects of last year's lower lumber business compared to 1903.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From fjor (“last year”) +‎ år (“year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fjorår n (definite singular fjoråret, indefinite plural fjorår, definite plural fjoråra)

  1. year directly preceding the current year

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