ferna
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From fern.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ferna f (genitive singular fernu, nominative plural fernur)
- a box-shaped carton (for liquids)
- (card games) four of a kind
Usage notes edit
Referring to drink cartons, this word was adopted to distinguish the newer Tetra Brik and Tetra Rex cartons from the original tetrahedral Tetra Pak packaging (now branded Tetra Classic), called hyrna, which had previously been the common container format for milk in Iceland.
Declension edit
declension of ferna
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Icelandic Web of Science: Hver fann upp fernuna? (“Who invented the box-shaped carton?”)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050209135122/http://www.lexis.hi.is/ordvikunnar/hyrna_ferna.html