byrå
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå or byråer, definite plural byråa or byråene)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “byrå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå, definite plural byråa)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “byrå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French bureau (“office”), from bure (“woolen cloth”). Thus originally a type of coarse woolen cloth used to cover a writing desk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
byrå c
- a bureau, a dresser, a chest of drawers
- a bureau, an office, an agency
Usage notes[edit]
- In some job titles, the prefix byrå- is translated to senior, e.g. byråassistent
Declension[edit]
Declension of byrå | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byrå | byrån | byråar | byråarna |
Genitive | byrås | byråns | byråars | byråarnas |
Declension of byrå | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | byrå | byrån | byråer | byråerna |
Genitive | byrås | byråns | byråers | byråernas |
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from French
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Swedish/oː
- Rhymes:Swedish/oː/2 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns