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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin sextans.
Noun
sekstant m (definite singular sekstanten, indefinite plural sekstanter, definite plural sekstantene)
- (nautical) a sextant
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin sextans.
Noun
sekstant m (definite singular sekstanten, indefinite plural sekstantar, definite plural sekstantane)
- (nautical) a sextant
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin sextans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěkstant/
- Hyphenation: seks‧tant
Noun
sèkstant m (Cyrillic spelling сѐкстант)
- sextant
Declension
References
- “sekstant”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024