innfatning

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

innfatte +‎ -ing, verbal noun form of innfatte (“to enclose, enframe”), from the word inn (“in, inside, into”), from Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *in + from Middle Low German vaten. Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnːfɑtnɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: inn‧fat‧ning

Noun

innfatning f or m (definite singular innfatninga or innfatningen, indefinite plural innfatninger, definite plural innfatningene)

  1. the act of enclosing or enframing
  2. something which encloses or enframes; a frame
    • 1896, Henrik Ibsen, John Gabriel Borkman, page 75:
      en tapetdør uden indfatning
      a wallpaper door without a frame
    • 1997, Pål Gerhard Olsen, Manndomsprøven:
      en solfylt skoleplass, … her er det håndballmål, med mur og nettinggjerde som innfatning
      a sunny schoolyard,… here are handball goals, with wall and netting fence as a frame
    • 2001, Tonje Røed, Udødelig med deg:
      firkantete briller med tjukk innfatning
      square glasses with a thick frame
  3. (typography) ornaments (lines for framing the title, book page, etc)

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