abborfamilien

Norwegian Bokmål

A couple of yellow perches swimming.

Etymology

abbor +‎ familie, first part from Old Danish aghborre (“perch”) and Old Swedish aghborre (“perch”). Last part from German Familie (“family”), from Latin familia, from *famulia, from Proto-Italic *fameljā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔrfamiːlɪən/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɪən
Hyphenation: ab‧bor‧fa‧mi‧li‧en

Noun

abborfamilien

(zoology) the perch family; Percidae (a taxonomic family within the order Perciformes)
Synonym: abbor

Hyponyms

(fish in the Percidae family): abbor (“perch”), gjørs (“zander”), hork (“ruffe”)

References

“abborfamilien” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“abborfamilien” in Store norske leksikon

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.