pronkstilleven
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of pronken (“to show off, to display”) + stilleven (“still-life”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔŋk.stɪˌleː.və(n)/
- Hyphenation: pronk‧stil‧le‧ven
Noun
pronkstilleven n (plural pronkstillevens, diminutive pronkstilleventje n)
- still-life, often of a larger size, depicting valuable objects, sometimes including food items and animals
Hypernyms
- stilleven