klippare
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Old Swedish klippare. Equivalent to klippa + -are.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɪpːarɛ/
Noun
klippare c
- (film) a cutter (film editor)
- a clipper (appliance or the like that clips (cuts))
- a shearman
- (colloquial) someone who makes quick, lucrative deals (often through speculation), an operator
- (colloquial, fairly uncommon) a whiz (someone skilled at something)
- (nautical) clipper (very fast ship)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | klippare | klippares |
| definite | klipparen | klipparens | |
| plural | indefinite | klippare | klippares |
| definite | klipparna | klipparnas |
Derived terms
- börsklippare
- gräsklippare (“lawn mower”) (klippa is idiomatic for mowing grass)
Related terms
References
- klippare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klippare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klippare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- klippare in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)