kjønn

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse kyn (“kin”), from Proto-Germanic *kunją (“kin, family, clan”), from Pre-Germanic *ǵn̥h₁-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”). Doublet of kyn. Cognate with Icelandic kyn, Faroese kyn, Danish køn and Swedish kön. The sense of grammatical gender is a calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /çœnː/ Rhymes: -œnː Hyphenation: kjønn ==== Noun ==== kjønn n (definite singular kjønnet, indefinite plural kjønn, definite plural kjønna or kjønnene) (obsolete, only in compounds) kind, species (a type, race or category) (collectively) descendants, lineage (descent in a line from a common progenitor) Synonyms: etterkommer, ætt (countable) sex (a category into which sexually-reproducing organisms are divided on the basis of their reproductive roles in their species) naturlig kjønn ― biological sex det sterke kjønn ― the stronger sex; men (from Latin sexus potior) det svake kjønn ― the weaker sex; women (from Latin sexus sequior) det smukke kjønn ― the fairer sex; women (from French le beau sexe) det annet kjønn ― the second sex; women (from French le deuxième sexe) (countable) sex (the members of such a category, taken collectively) (obsolete or literary, uncountable, definite) sex (women; the human female sex and those who belong to it) (uncountable) erotic temperament; sexuality (the quality of being sexual; that which is characterized or distinguished by sex) (countable) gender (Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis, including a legal category.) (det) tredje kjønn ― third gender (countable, literary) sex, genitalia (penis or vagina) (grammar) gender (a division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common, and animate or inanimate) grammatisk kjønn ― grammatical gender ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Alternative or dialectal form of tjern (“small lake (in a forest or mountain)”), from Old Norse tjarn n, tjǫrn f (“small lake, pond, tarn; pool”), from Proto-Germanic *ternō (“a mountain lake without tributaries; watering hole; small pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to shatter”). ==== Noun ==== kjønn n (definite singular kjønnet, indefinite plural kjønn, definite plural kjønna or kjønnene) (dialectal) pronunciation spelling of tjern === References === “kjønn” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “kjønn_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “kjønn_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “kjønn” in Store norske leksikon “kjønn (planter)” in Store norske leksikon “kjønn (menneske)” in Store norske leksikon == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /çœnː/ === Etymology 1 === From earlier and Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją. The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin genus (“birth, origin, lineage”). ==== Noun ==== kjønn n (definite singular kjønnet, indefinite plural kjønn, definite plural kjønna) (collectively, now dated) descendants, (downward) lineage (biology) sex or gender sex organ; genitalia (uncountable) erotic temperament (dialectal) a seed; seed potato (grammar, linguistics) gender Synonym: genus ===== Alternative forms ===== kyn ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse tjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *ternō. ==== Noun ==== kjønn f pronunciation spelling of tjørn === References === “kjønn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. “kjønn”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016