turkis

turkis

See also: türkis, Türkis, and turkis'

English

Noun

turkis (plural turkises)

1. Obsolete form of turquoise.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for turkis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• kurtis

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Danish

Etymology

From French turquoise (“Turkish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tyrkiːs/, [tˢyɐ̯ˈkʰiːˀsˈ] or IPA^(key): /turkiːs/, [tˢuɐ̯ˈkʰiːˀsˈ]

Noun

turkis c (singular definite turkisen, plural indefinite turkiser)

1. turquoise (sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone)

Inflection

Declension of turkis

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	turkis	turkisen	turkiser	turkiserne
genitive	turkis'	turkisens	turkisers	turkisernes

Adjective

turkis (neuter turkis or turkist, plural and definite singular attributive turkise)

1. turquoise (having a pale greenish-blue colour)

Further reading

• turkis on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Finnish

Noun

turkis

1. fur

Declension

Inflection of turkis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		turkis	turkikset
genitive		turkiksen	turkisten turkiksien
partitive		turkista	turkiksia
illative		turkikseen	turkiksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		turkis	turkikset
accusative	nom.	turkis	turkikset
	gen.	turkiksen
genitive		turkiksen	turkisten turkiksien
partitive		turkista	turkiksia
inessive		turkiksessa	turkiksissa
elative		turkiksesta	turkiksista
illative		turkikseen	turkiksiin
adessive		turkiksella	turkiksilla
ablative		turkikselta	turkiksilta
allative		turkikselle	turkiksille
essive		turkiksena	turkiksina
translative		turkikseksi	turkiksiksi
instructive		—	turkiksin
abessive		turkiksetta	turkiksitta
comitative		—	turkiksineen

Related terms

• turkki
• turkislakki

Anagrams

• kirstu, turski

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French (pierre) turquoise

Adjective

turkis (masculine and feminine turkis, neuter turkist, definite singular and plural turkise)

1. turquoise (a blue-green colour)

Derived terms

• turkisblå

Noun

turkis m (definite singular turkisen, indefinite plural turkiser, definite plural turkisene)

1. turquoise (gemstone)

References

• “turkis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French (pierre) turquoise

Adjective

turkis (masculine and feminine turkis, neuter turkist, definite singular and plural turkise)

1. turquoise (a blue-green colour)

Derived terms

• turkisblå

Noun

turkis m (definite singular turkisen, indefinite plural turkisar, definite plural turkisane)

1. turquoise (gemstone)

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje ; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa ; lilla	rosa

References

• “turkis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.