flyndre
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ.
Noun
flyndre f or m (definite singular flyndra or flyndren, indefinite plural flyndrer, definite plural flyndrene)
- a flounder
References
- “flyndre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “flyndre” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- flundra, flundre, flyndra
Etymology
From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ.
Noun
flyndre f (definite singular flyndra, indefinite plural flyndrer, definite plural flyndrene)
- a flounder
- 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."
Derived terms
- flyndrefamilie
- flyndrefilet
- flyndrefisk
- gullflyndre
- kongeflyndre
- mareflyndre
- sandflyndre
- smørflyndre
- spetteflyndre
- tungeflyndre
- vassflyndre
References
- “flyndre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.