glasäpple

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of glas (glass) +‎ äpple (apple). First attested in 1737[1].

Noun

glasäpple n

  1. A glass apple; any object in the shape of an apple that is made out of glass.
    • 2023 November 19, Maria Haglund, “Inget glaskonstverk för Karlstadsstudenter vid examen – fick vanligt äpple [No glass artwork for Karlstad students at graduation – received a regular apple instead]”, in SVT Nyheter:
      Studenterna fick symboliskt ett vanligt äpple och ett kort, de kommer få sina glasäpplen skickade till sig. De fick också ta bilder med ett lånat glasäpple, säger Moodysson. Konstnären själv, Ragnar Klenell, är bedrövad. Ugnens kylfunktion var felaktig vilket gjorde att glasäpplena fick sprickor och fick kasseras.
      The students symbolically received a regular apple and a card, and they will have their glass apples sent to them. They also had the opportunity to take photos with a borrowed glass apple, says Moodysson. The artist himself, Ragnar Klenell, is saddened. The oven's cooling function was faulty, which caused the glass apples to crack and had to be discarded.
  2. A glass apple; any apple cultivar that can become translucent under sunlight (or other strong lightsource).
    • 1991, Katarina Frostenson, Joner, page 82:
      Du är genomskinlig. Ett glasäpple. Astrakan.
      You are transparent. A glass apple. Astrakhan.
    • 2024 November 14, 34:08 from the start, in Go'kväll, spoken by Beatrice Wiström, via SVT 1:
      Ser du nånting speciellt med äpplet? Det är ett glasäpple. Det har alltså, av olika anledningar, blivit mer eller mindre genomskinligt. Vad det kommer sig av, därom tvista de lärde. Men många sorter kan också utveckla glasighet efter en frostknäpp.
      Do you see anything special about the apple? It's a glass apple. For various reasons, it has become more or less translucent. What causes this, the experts are divided. But many varieties can also develop this glassiness after a frost.
    1. Synonym of transparente blanche
    2. (dated) Synonym of astrakan

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