flis

See also: flís

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse flís.

Noun

flis c (singular definite flisen, plural indefinite fliser)

1. a splinter
2. a chip (of wood)

Declension

Declension of flis

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flis	flisen	fliser	fliserne
genitive	fliss	flisens	flisers	flisernes

Derived terms

• flise
• flisfyring
• barkflis
• brændselsflis
• haveflis
• træflis

References

• “flis” in Den Danske Ordbog

Indonesian

Noun

flis (plural flis-flis)

1. fleece

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse flís.

Noun

flis f or m (definite singular flisa or flisen, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a splinter
2. a sliver
3. a chip (of wood)

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vlise; compare with German Fliese.

Alternative forms

• flise (same as Danish)

Noun

flis f or m (definite singular flisa or flisen, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a tile (wall tile, floor tile, carpet tile, but not a roof tile)

Derived terms

• gulvflis
• veggflis

References

• “flis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse flís.

Noun

flis f (definite singular flisa, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a splinter
2. a sliver
3. a chip (of wood)

Inflection

Historical inflection of flis

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen1		Flis	Flisi	Flisar	Flisarna
1901					flisarne (flisane)
1917			flisa, flisi	flisar, fliser	flisane, flisene
1938			flisa [flisi]	fliser	flisene
2012 (current)		flis	flisa	fliser	flisene

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
• ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century.

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vlise. Compare with German Fliese.

Noun

flis f (definite singular flisa, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a tile (wall tile, floor tile, carpet tile, but not a roof tile)

Derived terms

• veggflis

References

• “flis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• fils, fisl

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German fließen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: flis
• Homophones: Flis, fliz

Noun

flis m inan

1. (dated) raftsman, rafter

   Synonyms: flisak, oryl, (obsolete) orylec

2. (dated) timber rafting

   Synonym: flisactwo

Declension

Declension of flis

	singular	plural
nominative	flis	flisy
genitive	flisu	flisów
dative	flisowi	flisom
accusative	flis	flisy
instrumental	flisem	flisami
locative	flisie	flisach
vocative	flisie	flisy

Derived terms

nouns

• flisak

Related terms

adjectives

• flisacki
• flisaczy

nouns

• flisactwo

Further reading

• flis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• flis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from or related to Old Norse flís (“splinter, woodchip”). Cognate with German Fliese.

Noun

flis c

1. shards of wood or rock, usually wood chips

   Synonym: (wood chips) träflis

   fliseldning ― wood chip burning

2. (slang) money

Declension

Declension of flis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	flis	flis
	definite	flisen	flisens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• flismaskin (“wood chipper”)
• kalkflis
• träflis

Related terms

• flisa

See also

• spån (“shaving, chip”)

References

• flis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• flis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)