sköldpadda

== Swedish == === Etymology === sköld (“shield”) +‎ padda (“toad”), from Old Swedish skioldpadda, a calque of Low German schildepadde, schiltpadde; compare with Norwegian Nynorsk skjelpadde, Danish skildpadde, Norwegian Bokmål skilpadde and Dutch schildpad. Compare German Schildkröte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɧœldˌpada/ Hyphenation: sköld‧pad‧da === Noun === sköldpadda c turtle Synonyms: (sea turtle) havssköldpadda, (freshwater turtle) sötvattenssköldpadda tortoise Synonym: landsköldpadda ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “sköldpadda”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “sköldpadda”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH