kalkon

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Noun

kalkon

  1. accusative singular of kalko

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German kalkûn or Dutch kalkoen, nominalisation of kalkûnsche höner or kalkoensche haan "hen from Calicut" (modern Kozhikode, India).[1][2] Doublet of kalikå.

Pronunciation

Noun

kalkon c

  1. a turkey; a kind of large bird
  2. (colloquial) a turkey; a failure

Declension

Declension of kalkon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kalkon kalkons
definite kalkonen kalkonens
plural indefinite kalkoner kalkoners
definite kalkonerna kalkonernas

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ kalkon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  2. ^ kalkon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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