kalkon
Esperanto
editNoun
editkalkon
- accusative singular of kalko
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Low German kalkûn or Dutch kalkoen, nominalisation of kalkûnsche höner or kalkoensche haan "hen from Calicut" (modern Kozhikode, India).[1][2] Doublet of kalikå.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkalkon c
- a turkey; a kind of large bird
- (colloquial) a turkey; a failure
Declension
edit| Declension of kalkon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kalkon | kalkonen | kalkoner | kalkonerna |
| Genitive | kalkons | kalkonens | kalkoners | kalkonernas |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ kalkon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ kalkon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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