torsk

== English == === Etymology === From Swedish torsk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔɹsk/ === Noun === torsk (plural torsks) An edible fish, Brosme brosme. Synonyms: tusk, cusk; more at cusk ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: torsg === Anagrams === Korts, skort, stork == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish thorsk, from Old Norse þorskr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔːrsk/, [tˢɒːsɡ̊] === Noun === torsk c (singular definite torsken, plural indefinite torsk) cod, codfish (derogatory) ass, fool ==== Inflection ==== === References === “torsk” in Den Danske Ordbog == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr. === Noun === torsk m (definite singular torsken, indefinite plural torsker, definite plural torskene) a cod === References === “torsk” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse þorskr, þoskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tʰɞ̞sk], [tʰɞ̞r̥ˠsk], [tʰɞ̞ʂk] === Noun === torsk m (definite singular torsken, indefinite plural torskar, definite plural torskane) a cod === References === “torsk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish þorsker, from Old Norse þorskr, from Proto-Germanic *þurskaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔrsk/ === Noun === torsk c cod, codfish (colloquial) a john, a punter (person who solicits the service of prostitutes) Synonym: sexköpare thrush (oral candidiasis) (slang, often used adjectivally, and then only predicatively) (someone or something) toast (having suffered a setback or hopeless); (used as a noun) a goner, a loss, etc. (someone) busted (caught doing something illegal) (sports) losing (more or less figuratively, as "torsk på något" when specifying the thing succumbed to) (someone) having succumbed to something; (especially) (someone) hooked (in reference to drugs) hooked; a junkie (in reference to interests) passionately into something; a sucker (for something), nuts (about something) ==== Usage notes ==== Now uncommon in the general (sense 4). Most common in (sense 4.2) and (sense 4.3.2). ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === “torsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “torsk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “torsk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === korts, skrot, stork