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Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French escrin.
Noun
skrin m
- box (of jewels)
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse skrín, from Middle Low German schrīn or Old English scrīn, ultimately from Latin scrīnium.
Pronunciation
Noun
skrin n (singular definite skrinet, plural indefinite skrin)
- case, box
- chest
Inflection
Malay
Etymology
From English screen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s(ə)krin/
- Hyphenation: skrin
Noun
skrin
- screen
- Synonym: layar
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skrín, from Latin scrīnium.
Pronunciation
Noun
skrin n (definite singular skrinet, indefinite plural skrin, definite plural skrina or skrinene)
- (small) box, chest
Derived terms
References
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish skrin, from Latin scrīnium. Historically the word was often used for reliquaries. Cognate with Icelandic skrín, German Schrein, Old English scrin, Old French escrin, Dutch schrijn, English shrine.
Noun
skrin n
- a (lockable) small box (sometimes artistically designed)
- a shrine
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
skrin
- indefinite plural of skri
References
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
skrin (nominative plural skrins)
- screen (TV set, computer, cinema)
Declension
declension of skrin
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Hyponyms
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