skrin

See also: skrín and skříň

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French escrin.

Noun

skrin m

1. box (of jewels)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skrín, from Middle Low German schrīn or Old English scrīn, ultimately from Latin scrīnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skriːn/, [sɡ̊ʁiːˀn]
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

skrin n (singular definite skrinet, plural indefinite skrin)

1. case, box
2. chest

Inflection

Declension of skrin

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skrin	skrinet	skrin	skrinene
genitive	skrins	skrinets	skrins	skrinenes

Malay

Etymology

From English screen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s(ə)krin/
• Hyphenation: skrin

Noun

skrin

1. screen

   Synonym: layar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skrín, from Latin scrīnium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɾiːn/

Noun

skrin n (definite singular skrinet, indefinite plural skrin, definite plural skrina or skrinene)

1. (small) box, chest

Derived terms

• skrinlegge
• smykkeskrin
• verktøyskrin

References

• “skrin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skriːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish skrin, from Latin scrīnium. Historically the word was often used for reliquaries. Cognate with Icelandic skrín, German Schrein, Old English scrin, Old French escrin, Dutch schrijn, English shrine.

Noun

skrin n

1. a (lockable) small box (sometimes artistically designed)
   1. a shrine

Declension

Declension of skrin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	skrin	skrins
	definite	skrinet	skrinets
plural	indefinite	skrin	skrins
	definite	skrinen	skrinens

Derived terms

• pennskrin
• skrinlägga
• skrinläggning
• syskrin

See also

• ask
• låda

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

skrin

1. indefinite plural of skri

References

• “skrin”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skrin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skrin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• skrin in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skɾin]

Noun

skrin (genitive skrina, plural skrins)

1. screen (TV set, computer, cinema)

Declension

Declension of skrin

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	skrin	skrins
Genitive	skrina	skrinas
Dative	skrine	skrines
Accusative	skrini	skrinis
Predicative1	skrinu	skrinus
Vocative	o skrin	o skrins

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hyponyms

• kontagaskrin

See also

See also

• bioskop
• nünöm
• televidöm

References

• Vög Volapüka, February 2013, p. 15