absorpsjonskjøleskap

Norwegian Bokmål

Labeled photograph of an absorbtion refrigerator.

Etymology

absorpsjon +‎ -s- +‎ kjøleskap, first part from Latin absorptiō (“drink, beverage”), from absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“I suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs).

Last part kjøleskap (“refrigerator”), of both kjøle (“to cool”), from Old Norse kœla, kǿla, and of skap (“a closet; cupboard”), from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skap, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą (“shape”), from *skapjaną (“to make, to create”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keb- (“to cut, split, hew, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabsɔrpʃuːnsˈçøːləskɑːp/

• Rhymes: -ɑːp
• Hyphenation: ab‧sorp‧sjons‧kjø‧le‧skap

Noun

absorpsjonskjøleskap n (definite singular absorpsjonskjøleskapet, indefinite plural absorpsjonskjøleskap, definite plural absorpsjonskjøleskapa or absorpsjonskjøleskapene)

1. (physics) an absorption refrigerator (a refrigerator that uses a heat source to provide the energy needed to drive the cooling process) (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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