lydord

Danish

Etymology

lyd (sound) + ord (word)

Noun

lydord n (singular definite lydordet, plural indefinite lydord)

  1. onomatopoeia (word with this property)

Inflection

Declension of lydord
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lydord lydordet lydord lydordene
genitive lydords lydordets lydords lydordenes

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From lyd +‎ ord.

Noun

lydord n (definite singular lydordet, indefinite plural lydord, definite plural lydorda or lydordene)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) an onomatopoeic word (one that is associated with and imitative of a sound)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • ljodord

Etymology

From lyd +‎ ord.

Noun

lydord n (definite singular lydordet, indefinite plural lydord, definite plural lydorda)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) an onomatopoeic word (as above)

References