fjør

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse í fjorð (from í + fjorð). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjøːɹ/ === Noun === fjør n (only used in the adverbial phrase): í fjør – yesteryear, last year ==== Derived terms ==== fjørvár as in í fjørvár (“last spring (cf. sv: i våras)”) fjørsummar as in í fjørsummar (“last summer”) fjørheyst as in í fjørheyst (“last fall, last autumn”) fjørvetur as in í fjørvetur (“last winter”) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === fjær === Etymology === From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather. === Noun === fjør m or f (definite singular fjøren or fjøra, indefinite plural fjør or fjører, definite plural fjørene) feather (of a bird) (technical) spring (device made of flexible material) ==== Derived terms ==== fjørdrakt === References === “fjør” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === fjøder, fjødr === Etymology === From Old Norse fjǫðr, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). The meaning “spring” stems from one of the secondary senses of German Feder (“feather”). Cognate with German Low German Fedder, English feather. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjœːr/ === Noun === fjør f (definite singular fjøra, indefinite plural fjører, definite plural fjørene) feather (of a bird) (technical) spring (device made of flexible material) (carpentry) a tongue (as in a tongue and groove joint) Coordinate term: nót ==== Derived terms ==== fjørball fjørdrakt === References === “fjør” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.