splejse

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English splice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /splajsə/, [ˈsb̥lɑjsə]

Verb

splejse (imperative splejs, infinitive at splejse, present tense splejser, past tense splejsede, perfect tense har splejset)

  1. to splice, combine
  2. to split, share (some expense)
    splejse om/til...
    • 2015, Mathias Aaboe Mikkelsen: "Det var da ikke så slemt", from anthology: Polyface
      Nico og jeg aftaler at splejse om et par flasker rødvin.
      Nico and I agree to split [the cost of] a few bottles of red wine.

Synonyms

  • (rare) (to unite ropes by interweaving the strands): splidse

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: spleise
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: spleisa
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