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turkis

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See also: türkis, Türkis, and turkis'

English

Noun

turkis (plural turkises)

  1. Obsolete form of turquoise.

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Danish

Etymology

From French turquoise (Turkish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyrkiːs/, [tˢyɐ̯ˈkʰiːˀsˈ] or IPA(key): /turkiːs/, [tˢuɐ̯ˈkʰiːˀsˈ]

Noun

turkis c (singular definite turkisen, plural indefinite turkiser)

  1. turquoise (sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone)

Inflection

More information common gender, singular ...

Adjective

turkis (neuter turkis or turkist, plural and definite singular attributive turkise)

  1. turquoise (having a pale greenish-blue colour)

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Finnish

Etymology

turkki + -s

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈturkis/, [ˈt̪urk̟is̠]
  • Rhymes: -urkis
  • Syllabification(key): tur‧kis
  • Hyphenation(key): tur‧kis

Noun

turkis

  1. fur, pelt (pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel)
  2. fur (hairy skin processed to serve as clothing)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From French (pierre) turquoise.

Adjective

turkis (masculine and feminine turkis, neuter turkist, definite singular and plural turkise)

  1. turquoise (a blue-green colour)

Derived terms

Noun

turkis m (definite singular turkisen, indefinite plural turkiser, definite plural turkisene)

  1. turquoise (gemstone)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From French (pierre) turquoise.

Adjective

turkis (neuter turkist, definite singular and plural turkise)

  1. turquoise (a blue-green colour)

Derived terms

Noun

turkis m (definite singular turkisen, indefinite plural turkisar, definite plural turkisane)

  1. turquoise (gemstone)

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

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