fjord

See also Fjord

English

Wikipedia

A fjord in Norway.

Etymology

From Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fjǫrðr. Cognate to firth, ford.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fjoʊrd/, /fjɔːrd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)d

Alternative forms

• fiord (New Zealand)

Noun

fjord (plural fjords)

1. A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

Translations

long, deep inlet

Catalan: fiord (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 峽灣 (zh), 峡湾 (zh) (xiáwān) Czech: fjord (cs) m. Danish: fjord (da) c. Esperanto: fjordo (eo) Faroese: fjørður (fo) m. Finnish: vuono (fi) French: fjord (fr) m., fiord (fr) m. German: Fjord (de) m. Greenlandic: kangerluk (kl) Hungarian: fjord (hu) Icelandic: fjörður (is) m.

Ido: fyordo (io) Italian: fiordo (it) m. Japanese: フィヨルド (ja) (fiyorudo) Korean: 피오르 (ko) (pioreu) Macedonian: фјорд (mk) (fjord) m. Norwegian: fjord (no) m. Old Norse: fjǫrðr m. Polish: fiord (pl) m. Russian: фьорд (ru) (f'ord) m. Slovak: fjord (sk) m. Spanish: fiordo (es) m. Swedish: fjord (sv) c.

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Czech

Noun

fjord m.

1. fjord

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Danish

Old Danish fiorth, from Old Norse fjǫrðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fjoːr/, [fjoɐ̯ˀ]

Noun

fjord c. (singular definite fjorden, plural indefinite fjorde)

1. firth, fjord, inlet

Inflection

    Inflection of fjord

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	fjord	fjorden	fjorde	fjordene
genitive	fjords	fjordens	fjordes	fjordenes

See also

• Fjord on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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French

fjord

Etymology

From Norwegian

Pronunciation

• Audio (Paris)

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• (France) IPA: /fjɔʀd/
• (Quebec) IPA: /fjɔʀ/

Noun

fjord m. (plural fjords)

1. fjord

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfjord/
• Hyphenation: fjord

fjord

Noun

fjord (plural fjordok)

1. fjord (a long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs)

Declension

declension of fjord singular plural nominative fjord fjordok accusative fjordot fjordokat dative fjordnak fjordoknak instrumental fjorddal fjordokkal causal-final fjordért fjordokért translative fjorddá fjordokká terminative fjordig fjordokig essive-formal fjordként fjordokként essive-modal - - inessive fjordban fjordokban superessive fjordon fjordokon adessive fjordnál fjordoknál illative fjordba fjordokba sublative fjordra fjordokra allative fjordhoz fjordokhoz elative fjordból fjordokból delative fjordról fjordokról ablative fjordtól fjordoktól

possessives of fjord possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. fjordom fjordjaim 2nd person sing. fjordod fjordjaid 3rd person sing. fjordja fjordjai 1st person plural fjordunk fjordjaink 2nd person plural fjordotok fjordjaitok 3rd person plural fjordjuk fjordjaik

References

• Bakos Ferenc & Fábián Pál, Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1989, ISBN 963 05 5307 4

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr.

Noun

fjord

1. fjord

Inflection

    Inflection of fjord

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	fjord	fjorden	fjorder	fjordene
Nynorsk m	fjord	fjorden	fjordar	fjordane

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fjǫrðr.

Noun

fjord c.

1. fjord

Declension

Declension of fjord

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fjord	fjorden	fjordar	fjordarna
genitive	fjords	fjordens	fjordars	fjordarnas

Related terms

• fjärd