flata
See also: fläta
Latin
Verb
flātā
- second-person singular present active imperative of flātō
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- flaten
Noun
flata m or f
- definite feminine singular of flate
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
flata f
- definite singular of flate
Swedish
Etymology
Recorded since at least the 1960s, where it occurs in Haldo Gibson's slang dictionary. Probably derived from flat (“flat”), alluding to an unwomanly body shape.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɑːˌta/
Adjective
flata
- absolute singular definite and plural form of flat.
Noun
flata c
- (colloquial) a female homosexual, a dyke
Usage notes
- Flata has previously been a highly offensive slur towards homosexual women, but has been used by the gay rights movement as a self-descriptive in order to reclaim and de-stigmatize the term. See also bög, "gay, fag, queer, poof".
Declension
| Declension of flata | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flata | flatan | flator | flatorna |
| Genitive | flatas | flatans | flators | flatornas |