skrå

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skroː/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German schrat (“cutoff piece”), from the verb schraden. ==== Noun ==== skrå f or n (definite singular skråa or skrået, indefinite plural skråer or skrå, definite plural skråene or skråa) clipping of skråtobakk ==== Adjective ==== skrå (masculine and feminine skrå, neuter skrått, definite singular and plural skråe, comparative skråare, indefinite superlative skråast, definite superlative skråaste) oblique, lopsided, slanted, diagonal, inclined Synonyms: hall, skeiv, skå ===== Derived terms ===== på skrå skråna, skråne (inchoative verb) ==== Verb ==== skrå (present tense skrår, past tense skrådde, past participle skrått/skrådd, passive infinitive skråast, present participle skråande, imperative skrå) (transitive) to render diagonal (intransitive) to be slanted, inclined (intransitive) to chew, consume chewing tobacco === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse skrá f (“dry skin, leather, parchment; document”). Compare also Faroese and Icelandic skrá. Senses 5 and 6 likely also have their origin in the Middle Low German sense of cutting off or of being cut off (See Etymology 1 above). ==== Noun ==== skrå f (definite singular skråa, indefinite plural skrær, definite plural skrærne) a patch of (hardened) hide or leather an old leather shoe (historical) a parchment document containing a list of rules (historical) a list, set of statutes or rules on such a piece of parchment a (metal) plate used for rimming a rim wheel an escutcheon (insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate) Synonyms: låsplate, nøkkelskilt === References === “skrå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === krås, skår == Swedish == === Noun === skrå n (historical) a guild (association of all craftsmen in a profession) (figuratively) a profession (viewed as a group) (figuratively) an (informal) group (more generally, sometimes with implications of clannishness or the like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== skråanda skråtänkande skråväsen ==== See also ==== gille === References === “skrå”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skrå”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skrå”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) skrå in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)