IKEA
See also: Ikea
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɪˈkiːə/, /ɪˈkeɪ.ə/, /ˈaɪˌki.ə/
- (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /ɪˈki.a/, /i-/
Proper noun
IKEA
- An international, originally Swedish home products retailer that sells modern, utilitarian design furniture, much of which is assembled by the consumer.
- 2005, Daniel H. Wilson, How to Survive a Robot Uprising, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 126:
- Instruct the servant robot to clean the house, landscape the yard, and assemble several major pieces of IKEA furniture. Then, when your robot is power depleted and attempts to recharge, shut off the power to your house.
- 2008 February 2, Luke Burbank, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:
- It seems Swedish gangs, apparently no longer satisfied with knocking over their local IKEA’s, have taken to sneaking little people into the cargo holds of the buses by stowing them in suitcases.
Derived terms
Translations
international, originally Swedish retailer
Further reading
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈikeːjɒ]
Proper noun
IKEA
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | IKEA | — |
| accusative | IKEA-t | — |
| dative | IKEA-nak | — |
| instrumental | IKEA-val | — |
| causal-final | IKEA-ért | — |
| translative | IKEA-vá | — |
| terminative | IKEA-ig | — |
| essive-formal | IKEA-ként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | IKEA-ban | — |
| superessive | IKEA-n | — |
| adessive | IKEA-nál | — |
| illative | IKEA-ba | — |
| sublative | IKEA-ra | — |
| allative | IKEA-hoz | — |
| elative | IKEA-ból | — |
| delative | IKEA-ról | — |
| ablative | IKEA-tól | — |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
IKEA-é | — |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
IKEA-éi | — |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | IKEA-m | — |
| 2nd person sing. | IKEA-d | — |
| 3rd person sing. | IKEA-ja | — |
| 1st person plural | IKEA-nk | — |
| 2nd person plural | IKEA-tok | — |
| 3rd person plural | IKEA-juk | — |
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
The initials of the founder's name, Ingvar Kamprad, of his home village Elmtaryd (now spelled Älmtaryd), and of the nearby village Agunnaryd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈkêːa/
Proper noun
IKEA n (genitive IKEA:s)