kalkon
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Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
kalkon
- accusative singular of kalko
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Low German kalkûn or Dutch kalkoen, nominalisation of kalkûnsche höner or kalkoensche haan "hen from Calicut" (modern Kozhikode, India).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kalkon c
- a turkey; a kind of large bird
- (colloquial) a turkey; a failure
Declension[edit]
| Declension of kalkon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kalkon | kalkonen | kalkoner | kalkonerna |
| Genitive | kalkons | kalkonens | kalkoners | kalkonernas |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ kalkon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ kalkon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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