grillspett

Swedish

Etymology

grilla (“grill”) +‎ spett (“spit, skewer”)

Noun

grillspett n

2. a skewer or spit for grilling or roasting meat and/or other food

   Synonym: spett

3. a brochette (dish of small pieces of meat and/or other small food items grilled or roasted on a skewer)

Usage notes

Usually a small skewer (brochette) in (sense 1), though the word seems to be used somewhat interchangeably with spett as well for larger spits and rotisseries.

Declension

Declension of grillspett
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	grillspett	grillspettet	grillspett	grillspetten
Genitive	grillspetts	grillspettets	grillspetts	grillspettens

References

• grillspett in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grillspett in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)