frø
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Danish frødh, from Old Norse frauðr.
Noun edit
frø c (singular definite frøen, plural indefinite frøer)
Inflection edit
Declension of frø
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Danish frø. The same as Swedish frö. Compare Old West Norse fræ, frjó, Icelandic fræ, Faroese fræ, dialectal Norwegian fræ, frjó, frø (standard nynorsk frø).
Noun edit
frø n (singular definite frøet, plural indefinite frø)
- seed (fertilized grain)
Inflection edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa or frøene)
- a seed
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
frø (present tense frør, simple past frødde, past participle frødd)
References edit
- “frø” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse frjó and fræ. Akin to English fry.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
frø n (definite singular frøet, indefinite plural frø, definite plural frøa)
- a seed
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “frø” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.