skøyte
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Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English skate, from Dutch schaats.
Noun
skøyte f or m (definite singular skøyta or skøyten, indefinite plural skøyter, definite plural skøytene)
- a skate (ice skate, roller skate, in-line skate; chiefly in the plural)
- 2015, Emma Chase, New York-hemmeligheter:
- Ti minutter senere svever jeg over den glatte isen i slitte skøyter i størrelse 36.
- Ten minutes later I'm gliding over the slick ice on worn skates in size 36.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
skøyte f or m (definite singular skøyta or skøyten, indefinite plural skøyter, definite plural skøytene)
- (nautical, sailing vessel) a (fishing) smack
- 1993, Sverre Schult, "Spredte minner fra min barndomstid i Molde 1913-1926", in Bjørn Austigard & Nils Parelius, Romsdal Sogelag. Årsskrift 1993, page 191.
- Hver vår kom det flere skøyter til byen fra de forskjellige fjordene fullastet med bjerkeved. Til tollboden hvor jeg bodde, kom en egen skøyte som kastet all veden opp på kaien i en svær haug.
- Every spring several smacks came to the town from the various fjords fully laden with birch wood. To the customs house where I lived, an odd smack came that threw all the wood up onto the quay in a massive pile.
- 1993, Sverre Schult, "Spredte minner fra min barndomstid i Molde 1913-1926", in Bjørn Austigard & Nils Parelius, Romsdal Sogelag. Årsskrift 1993, page 191.
- (nowadays) a small fishing boat
References
- “skøyte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch schaats, via English skate.
Alternative forms
Noun
skøyte f (definite singular skøyta, indefinite plural skøyter, definite plural skøytene)
- a skate (as above)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
skøyte f (definite singular skøyta, indefinite plural skøyter, definite plural skøytene)
- (nautical, sailing vessel) a (fishing) smack
- (nowadays) a small fishing boat
Etymology 3
Verb
skøyte (present tense skøytar, past tense skøyta, past participle skøyta, passive infinitive skøytast, present participle skøytande, imperative skøyte/skøyt)
References
- “skøyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.