villaförort
Swedish
Smedslätten, a villaförort to Stockholm.
Etymology
Compound of villa (“stand-alone house”) + förort (“suburb”). According to SAOB attested since 1957.
Noun
villaförort c
- A suburb characterised by single-family stand-alone houses
- Synonym: villaförstad
Usage notes
A villaförort is a suburb characterised by detach residential houses. For the general term regarding a smaller urban area in close proximity to a larger city; see förort.
Declension
| Declension of villaförort | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | villaförort | villaförorten | villaförorter | villaförorterna |
| Genitive | villaförorts | villaförortens | villaförorters | villaförorternas |
See also
- sovstad (“dormitory town”)
- trädgårdsstad (“garden city”)
- villaidyll (“idyllic area of stand-alone houses”)
References
- villaförort in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- villaförort in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)