siffra
Swedish
Etymology
According to SAOB online: via Middle Low German sīfer, sīfere from Old French cifre,[1] from...
According to Svensk etymologisk ordbok: via late Old High German cifre from Old French cifre,[2] from...
... Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic صِفْر (“zero, empty, nothing”), calqued from Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya), formed from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówH-. NEO and SO claim direct derivation from Latin.[3][4] Related with chiffer, see cognates at صفر.
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Noun
siffra c
- a single digit
- Den ursprungliga modellen med 10 siffrors kapacitet.
- The original model with 10-digit capacity.
- a figure, a numeral, a number, an estimate
- I Sverige skulle en förläggare ansett siffran acceptabel.
- In Sweden a publisher would have considered that number acceptable.
- Nedanstående siffror ge ett begrepp om granatkastarnas viktigaste egenskaper.
- The numbers below give an indication of the most important properties of the grenade-throwers.
Declension
| Declension of siffra | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | siffra | siffran | siffror | siffrorna |
| Genitive | siffras | siffrans | siffrors | siffrornas |
Derived terms
References
- ^ siffra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ^ siffra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ^ siffra in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
- ^ siffra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Old French
- Swedish terms derived from Old High German
- Swedish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Swedish terms derived from Arabic
- Swedish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
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- Swedish nouns
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