figur

• figuruz

Compare Italian figuro.

figur m

1. A (shady) character.

• figurut

From Latin figura.

• Rhymes: -ur

figur c (singular definite figuren, plural indefinite figurer)

1. figure
2. character

• “figur” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “figur” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Dutch figuur, from Middle French figure (Modern French figure), from Old French figure, from Latin figūra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fingō (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold, shape, form, knead”). Doublet of figura and pigura.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiɡʊr]
• Hyphenation: fi‧gur

figur (plural figur-figur)

1. figure

   Synonyms: bentuk, wujud

2. personage

   Synonym: tokoh

   Synonym: figura (Standard Malay)

• “figur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin figura.

figur m (definite singular figuren, indefinite plural figurer, definite plural figurene)

1. a figure
2. a character (in a story etc.)

• farsfigur
• gallionsfigur

• “figur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin figura.

figur m (definite singular figuren, indefinite plural figurar, definite plural figurane)

1. a figure
2. a character (in a story etc.)

• farsfigur
• gallionsfigur

• “figur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡur/
• Rhymes: -iɡur
• Syllabification: fi‧gur

figur f

1. genitive plural of figura

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• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɡʉːr/

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figur c

1. a figure (shape)

   en geometrisk figur

   a geometric figure

2. a figure (representation, by drawing, modeling, or the like)

   actionfigur

   action figure

3. a figure (body shape)

   få en fin figur

   get a nice figure

4. (often somewhat derogatory) a figure (person, emphasizing personality)

   en sorglig figur

   a sad/pathetic figure

   en underlig figur

   a strange figure

5. a figure (illustrative picture or diagram)
6. a stylistic device

   Synonym: stilfigur

• gestalt

• figur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• figur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• figur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)