mussla

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German mussel, mussele, muschel, muschele, from Latin musculus. Cognate of Dutch mossel, German Muschel, English mussel, Danish musling. Doublet of muskel.

Noun

mussla c

  1. a bivalve
    1. a mussel
    2. a clam
    3. (technically) an oyster
      Synonym: ostron
  2. (cooking, usually) a mussel
    äta musslor och ostron
    eat mussels and oysters
  3. (slang, derogatory) a Muslim
    Synonyms: musse, musselman, muhammedan, (non-derogatory) muslim

Declension

Declension of mussla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite mussla musslas
definite musslan musslans
plural indefinite musslor musslors
definite musslorna musslornas

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