møbel

See also: möbel and Möbel

Danish

Etymology

From French meuble (an item of furniture), from Latin mōbile, neuter of mōbilis (movable). Compare German Möbel and Swedish möbel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /møːbəl/, [ˈmøːˀb̥əl]

Noun

møbel n (singular definite møblet or møbelet, plural indefinite møbler)

  1. furniture, piece of furniture

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural, corresponding to the collective use of furniture.

Inflection

Declension of møbel
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative møbel møblet
møbelet
møbler møblerne
genitive møbels møblets
møbelets
møblers møblernes

Descendants

  • Icelandic: mubla

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French meuble, from Latin mobilis.

Noun

møbel n (definite singular møbelet or møblet, indefinite plural møbel or møbler, definite plural møbla or møblene)

  1. (piece of) furniture (an item, or items, (usually) in a room)

Usage notes

The indefinite singular (et møbel) is a piece of furniture. The plural forms relate to the mass noun furniture.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French meuble, from Latin mobilis.

Noun

møbel n (definite singular møbelet, indefinite plural møbel or møblar, definite plural møbla or møblane)

  1. (piece of) furniture (as above)

Usage notes

As above.

References