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kalkon
kalkon
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowing from Low German kalkûn or Dutch kalkoen, nominalisation of kalkûnsche höner or kalkoensche haan "hen from Calicut" (modern Kozhikode, India).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈkuːn/
Noun
kalkon c
- a turkey; a kind of large bird
- (colloquial) a turkey; a failure
Declension
| Inflection of kalkon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kalkon | kalkonen | kalkoner | kalkonerna |
| Genitive | kalkons | kalkonens | kalkoners | kalkonernas |
Related terms
- kalkonfilm
References
- ↑ kalkon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- ↑ kalkon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)