krill
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An Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba.
English
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Etymology
From Norwegian kril (“fry of fish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɹɪl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪl
Noun
krill (plural krill or krills)
- any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.
Derived terms
Translations
small marine crustacean
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References
krill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - https://web.archive.org/web/20021218082407/http://www.ecoscope.com/krill/
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
krill m (plural krills)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
krill (plural krillek)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | krill | krillek |
| accusative | krillt | krilleket |
| dative | krillnek | krilleknek |
| instrumental | krillel | krillekkel |
| causal-final | krillért | krillekért |
| translative | krillé | krillekké |
| terminative | krillig | krillekig |
| essive-formal | krillként | krillekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | krillben | krillekben |
| superessive | krillen | krilleken |
| adessive | krillnél | krilleknél |
| illative | krillbe | krillekbe |
| sublative | krillre | krillekre |
| allative | krillhez | krillekhez |
| elative | krillből | krillekből |
| delative | krillről | krillekről |
| ablative | krilltől | krillektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
krillé | krilleké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
krilléi | krillekéi |
| Possessive forms of krill | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | krillem | krilljeim |
| 2nd person sing. | krilled | krilljeid |
| 3rd person sing. | krillje | krilljei |
| 1st person plural | krillünk | krilljeink |
| 2nd person plural | krilletek | krilljeitek |
| 3rd person plural | krilljük | krilljeik |
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (non-standard since 2005) kril
Etymology
Uncertain, related to dialectal kril (krusning); compare with Icelandic kríli.
Noun
krill m (definite singular krillen, indefinite plural kriller, definite plural krillene)
- krill, several species of crustacean plankton of the order Euphausiacea.
- (dialectal) synonym of småsild (sprats)
See also
- kril (Nynorsk)
References
Portuguese
Noun
krill m (plural krills or krill)
- krill (small marine crustacean of the class Malacostraca)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
krill n
- (usually collectively) krill
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | krill | krills |
| definite | krillen | krillens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |