spott

See also: Spott

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔtː/
• Rhymes: -ɔtː
• Homophones: spot, spått
• Hyphenation: spott

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse spottr, spott (“mockery, scorn”), from Proto-Germanic *spuþþaz (“mockery, scorn”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk spott, Danish spot (“mockery, scorn”), Swedish spott, German Spott and Dutch spot (“mockery, derision”).

Noun

spott m (definite singular spotten, indefinite plural spotter, definite plural spottene)

1. mockery, derision, scorn; mocking words, facial expressions, or behaviour

   Han ble møtt med latter og spott. ― He was met with laughter and mockery.

   Synonym: hån

   spott og spe — mockery, scorn, and disgrace

   • 1873, Henrik Ibsen, Kejser og Galilæer, page 103:

     driv dog ikke spot med os

     do not mock us

2. something or someone that is mocked, ridiculed, or held up to scorn; a laughingstock

   Han ble gjort til spott for alle. ― He was made a laughingstock for everyone.

   • 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde, volume II, page 172:

     gjøre os til spot

     make us a laughingstock

Related terms

• spotte (“to mock, deride”)
• bespotte (“to mock, ridicule”)
• bespottelse (“mockery, derision”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English spot (“spot, mark; spotlight”).

Noun

spott m (definite singular spotten, indefinite plural spotter, definite plural spottene)

1. alternative form of spot (“spotlight; short advertisement”)

References

• “spott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “spott” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “spot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Compare English spit, Norwegian spytt.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: sport (southeastern Sweden)

Noun

spott n

1. spit

Derived terms

• bukspott (“pancreatic juice”)

Related terms

• spotta

See also

• saliv
• loska (“loogie”)

References

• “spott”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “spott”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “spott”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH