bøye
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old French boye and Middle Low German boye
Noun
bøye m (definite singular bøyen, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)
- a buoy
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch or Middle Dutch bui.
Alternative forms
Noun
bøye f or m (definite singular bøya or bøyen, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)
Etymology 3
Verb
bøye (imperative bøy, present tense bøyer, simple past bøyet or bøyde, past participle bøyet or bøyd, present participle bøyende)
- to bend (cause something to change its shape, change one's shape)
- to bow
- to diffract
- to conjugate / inflect
Derived terms
References
- “bøye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old French boye and Middle Low German boye
Noun
bøye f (definite singular bøya, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)
bøye m (definite singular bøyen, indefinite plural bøyar, definite plural bøyane)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
bøye (present tense bøyer, past tense bøygde, past participle bøygd or bøygt, present participle bøyande, imperative bøy)
- Alternative form of bøya
Derived terms
References
- “bøye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Dutch
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
- nb:Meteorology
- nb:Nautical
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old French
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Nautical
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs