orkidé

See also: orkide and Orkide

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• orkide

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”), via Latin orchis.

Noun

orkidé m (definite singular orkidéen or orkideen, indefinite plural orkidéer or orkideer, definite plural orkidéene or orkideene)

1. an orchid (flowering plant of family Orchidaceae)

References

• “orkidé” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• orkide

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”), via Latin orchis.

Noun

orkidé m (definite singular orkidéen or orkideen, indefinite plural orkidéar or orkidear, definite plural orkidéane or orkideane)

1. an orchid (flowering plant of family Orchidaceae)

References

• “orkidé” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis).

Noun

orkidé c

1. orchid

Declension

Declension of orkidé

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	orkidé	orkidés
	definite	orkidén	orkidéns
plural	indefinite	orkidéer	orkidéers
	definite	orkidéerna	orkidéernas

Derived terms

• brudorkidé
• orkidéutställning

Further reading

• “orkidé”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• orkidé in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)