kveite

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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Noun

kveite f or m (definite singular kveita or kveiten, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

  1. a halibut (type of fish)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvete

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hvete, German Weizen, and English wheat.

Alternative forms

Noun

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

  1. wheat (grain)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to kvit (“white”).

Noun

kveite f (definite singular kveita, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

  1. (zoology) a halibut (fish)
    Synonym: hellefisk
Derived terms

References

  • “kveite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “kveite”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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