kjölfar
See also: Kjölfar
Icelandic
Etymology
From kjölur (“keel”) + far (“trace, imprint”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰœlˌfaːr/
Noun
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def. syn.A wake.
kjölfar n (genitive singular kjölfars, nominative plural kjölför)
- wake (the region of recirculating flow immediately behind a moving solid body) fig. syn.
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- (wake): def. fig. slóð, varsími
Derived terms
Derived terms
- fylgja í kjölfar, fylgja í kjölfarið (to ensue, to follow)
- í kjölfar (resulting from)
- koma í kjölfar
- sigla í sama kjölfar og einhver (to follow in someone's footsteps)
- sigla í sama kjölfar (to follow in footsteps)