harpun
Danish
Etymology
Via Dutch harpoen, from French harpon (“harpoon”).
Noun
harpun c (singular definite harpunen, plural indefinite harpuner)
- harpoon
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | harpun | harpunen | harpuner | harpunerne |
genitive | harpuns | harpunens | harpuners | harpunernes |
Related terms
- harpunere
References
- “harpun” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Noun
harpun
- genitive singular of harppu
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French harpon, via Dutch harpoen.
Noun
harpun m (definite singular harpunen, indefinite plural harpuner, definite plural harpunene)
- a harpoon
References
- “harpun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French harpon, via Dutch harpoen.
Noun
harpun m (definite singular harpunen, indefinite plural harpunar, definite plural harpunane)
- a harpoon
References
- “harpun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Harpune, from Dutch harpoen, from Middle Dutch arpoen, from Middle French harpon, from Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxar.pun/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -arpun
- Syllabification: har‧pun
Noun
harpun m inan
- harpoon (spearlike weapon)
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | harpun | harpuny |
genitive | harpuna | harpunów |
dative | harpunowi | harpunom |
accusative | harpun | harpuny |
instrumental | harpunem | harpunami |
locative | harpunie | harpunach |
vocative | harpunie | harpuny |
Derived terms
- harpunowy
- harpuniarz
- harpunnik
Related terms
- harpunniczy
Further reading
- harpun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- harpun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xǎrpuːn/
- Hyphenation: har‧pun
Noun
hàrpūn m (Cyrillic spelling ха̀рпӯн)
- harpoon
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hàrpūn | harpuni |
genitive | harpúna | harpuna |
dative | harpunu | harpunima |
accusative | harpun | harpune |
vocative | harpune | harpuni |
locative | harpunu | harpunima |
instrumental | harpunom | harpunima |
Swedish
Etymology
From Dutch harpoen, from Old French harpon, from harpe (“dog's claw”), from Latin harpago (“grappling hook”).
Noun
harpun c
- harpoon
Declension
Declension of harpun | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | harpun | harpunen | harpuner | harpunerna |
Genitive | harpuns | harpunens | harpuners | harpunernas |
Descendants
- → Finnish: harppuuna