læte
Ligurian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lacte, ablative form of lac (“milk”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
læte m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
læte n (definite singular lætet, indefinite plural læter, definite plural læta or lætene)
References edit
- “læte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse læti n, a collective form of låt n.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
læte n (definite singular lætet, indefinite plural læte, definite plural læta)
- a sound or emission thereof
- nagging
- something which is done only for show
- an appearance
Usage notes edit
- Was also considered grammatically feminine prior to the 1959 spelling reform.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “læte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “læte”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “læte” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring