flundra

• IPA^(key): [ˈflundra]

Originally “a woman from Flanders”, “a woman who came with Flemish soldiers”.^[1][2]

flundra f

1. (mildly vulgar, derogatory) a disreputable, promiscuous woman; floozie, slut, tramp

   Synonyms: běhna, coura

2. (obsolete) a tattered piece of cloth; rag, shred

Borrowed from German Flunder.^[3]

flundra f

1. (obsolete) European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

   Synonyms: platýs, platýs bradavičnatý

• “flundra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “flundra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Inherited from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Icelandic flundra.

flundra f

1. halibut

• "flundra" at Sprotin.fo

From Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (“flatfish”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈflʏntra/
• Rhymes: -ʏntra

flundra f (genitive singular flundru, nominative plural flundrur)

1. flounder

flundra f (definite singular flundra, indefinite plural flundrer or flundror, definite plural flundrene or flundrone)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of flyndre
   • 1906, Rasmus Løland, Kvitebjørnen, Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel/Nordisk Forlag, page 32:

     «Og kjeften hans er som du skulde sjaa kjeften paa ei flundra[.]»

     "And his mouth is like the mouth of a flounder."

2. definite singular of flundre (non-standard since 1938)

From Old Swedish flundra, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ (“flatfish”).

flundra c

1. flounder (a variety of flatfish)

• strömmingsflundra

• plattfisk

• flundra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flundra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flundra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• flundra in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)