flundra

flundra

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflundra]

Etymology 1

Originally “a woman from Flanders”, “a woman who came with Flemish soldiers”.[1][2]

Noun

flundra f

1. (mildly vulgar, derogatory) A disreputable, promiscuous woman; floozie, slut, tramp

   Synonyms: běhna, coura

2. (obsolete) A tattered piece of cloth; rag, shred

Declension

Declension of flundra

	singular	plural
nominative	flundra	flundry
genitive	flundry	flunder
dative	flundře	flundrám
accusative	flundru	flundry
vocative	flundro	flundry
locative	flundře	flundrách
instrumental	flundrou	flundrami

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Flunder.[3]

Noun

flundra f

1. (obsolete) flounder (Platichthys flesus)

   Synonyms: platýs, platýs bradavičnatý

Declension

Declension of flundra

	singular	plural
nominative	flundra	flundry
genitive	flundry	flunder
dative	flundře	flundrám
accusative	flundru	flundry
vocative	flundro	flundry
locative	flundře	flundrách
instrumental	flundrou	flundrami

Further reading

• flundra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• flundra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

References

1. "flundra" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
2. Machek, Václav (1968), “2° flundra 2°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
3. Machek, Václav (1968), “1° flundra 1°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (“flatfish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏntra/
• Rhymes: -ʏntra

Noun

flundra f (genitive singular flundru, nominative plural flundrur)

1. flounder

Declension

declension of flundra

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flundra	flundran	flundrur	flundrurnar
accusative	flundru	flundruna	flundrur	flundrurnar
dative	flundru	flundrunni	flundrum	flundrunum
genitive	flundru	flundrunnar	flundra	flundranna

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

flundra f (definite singular flundra, indefinite plural flundrer or flundror, definite plural flundrene or flundrone)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of flyndre
   • 1906, Løland, Rasmus, Kvitebjørnen, Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel/Nordisk Forlag, page 32:

     «Og kjeften hans er som du skulde sjaa kjeften paa ei flundra[.]»

     "And his mouth is like the mouth of a flounder."

2. definite singular of flundre (non-standard since 1938)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish flundra, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (“flatfish”).

Noun

flundra c

1. flounder (a variety of flatfish)

Declension

Declension of flundra
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	flundra	flundran	flundror	flundrorna
Genitive	flundras	flundrans	flundrors	flundrornas