milepæl

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• milepel

Etymology

From mil +‎ pæl (in current usage a "mil" is equivalent to 10 kilometres; the word "mile" is used when referring to the English mile)

Noun

milepæl m (definite singular milepælen, indefinite plural milepæler, definite plural milepælene)

1. a milestone (historical as a distance marker; now used figuratively)

References

• “milepæl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.