knut
See also: Knut and knút
English
Noun
knut (plural knuts)
- (archaic, informal, Edwardian) An idle upper-class man-about-town[1]
- Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,
For Gilbert the Filbert, the colonel of the knuts...
- Oh Hades! the Ladies who leave their wooden huts,
Synonyms
- playboy
- hedonist
References
- Edwardian Slang Terms
Anagrams
- tunk
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
knut f or m (plural knutten, diminutive knutje n)
- gnat
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
knut m (definite singular knuten, indefinite plural knuter, definite plural knutene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by knute
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
knut m (definite singular knuten, indefinite plural knutar, definite plural knutane)
- alternative form of knute
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knut/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ut
- Syllabification: knut
Noun
knut m inan
- knout (leather scourge)
- Synonyms: harap, nahajka
Declension
Declension of knut
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | knut | knuty |
genitive | knuta | knutów |
dative | knutowi | knutom |
accusative | knut | knuty |
instrumental | knutem | knutami |
locative | knucie | knutach |
vocative | knucie | knuty |
Derived terms
adjective
- knutowy
verb
- knutować
Further reading
- knut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- knut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Knute.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knût/
Noun
knȕt m (Cyrillic spelling кну̏т)
- knout
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish knūter from Old Norse knútr, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (compare *knuttan-, whence English knot). Originally of corner joints of log cabins in (sense 2).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknʉːt/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʉːt
Noun
knut c
- a knot; a looping of a piece of string
- an exterior corner of a (wooden) building
- ett rött hus med vita knutar
- a red house with white corners
- (in "inpå knutarna") very close to the house, on one's doorstep
- Vi har grannarna inpå knutarna
- Our neighbors' house is very close to ours ("we have our neighbors close to the corners of our house")
Usage notes
- corner
In particular used of log cabins, but also generalized to small and medium sized buildings.
Declension
Declension of knut | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | knut | knuten | knutar | knutarna |
Genitive | knuts | knutens | knutars | knutarnas |
Derived terms
- galgknut
- husknut
- löpknut
- strypknut
Related terms
- knyta
References
- knut in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)