attiralj

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French attirail. Attested since 1773.

Noun

attiralj c

1. (often in the plural) a piece of paraphernalia, a piece of equipment

   cykelattiraljer

   bicycle paraphernalia

   • 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Personliga Person [Personal Person]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person]:

     ["Person" is pronounced like the last name "Persson" in this song] Personliga Person satt en morgon vid frukostbordet och läste i morgonbladet att det senaste lustmordet bjöd på en mängd pikanta detaljer. Mördaren hade använt vissa attiraljer. Dessa nämndes i bladet, och det var ju bra det.

     Personal Person sat one morning at the breakfast table and read in the morning paper that the latest lust murder offered a range of piquant details. The killer had used certain paraphernalia. These were mentioned in the paper, and that's good [literally, "and that was good," or – see ju – "and yeah, that was good," "and that was good, of course," or the like].

Declension

Declension of attiralj
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	attiralj	attiraljen	attiraljer	attiraljerna
Genitive	attiraljs	attiraljens	attiraljers	attiraljernas

See also

• persedel

References

• attiralj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• attiralj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• attiralj in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)