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English
Etymology
From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".
Interjection
skoal
- A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
Translations
Verb
skoal (third-person singular simple present skoals, present participle skoaling, simple past and past participle skoaled)
- To make such a toast.
1971, Linda Wolfe, McCall's introduction to Scandinavian cooking, page 5:With their aquavit the Scandinavians observe a lovely ritual called skoaling, or "toasting." Skoaling is more formal, however, than toasting is in our country. At a dinner party the host always skoals first.
Anagrams
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *skole, from Proto-Germanic *skulō.
Pronunciation
Noun
skoal c (plural skoalen, diminutive skoaltsje)
- school (of fish)
Further reading
- “skoal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011