musling

Danish

Etymology

From a diminutive form of Old Danish mussel, from Middle Low German mussele, muschele, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmusleŋ]

Noun

musling c (singular definite muslingen, plural indefinite muslinger)

  1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

Inflection

Declension of musling
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative musling muslingen muslinger muslingerne
genitive muslings muslingens muslingers muslingernes

References

“musling” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From a diminutive form of Old Danish mussel, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉs.liŋ/, [ˈmʉʷ.ʂlɪŋ]

Noun

musling m (definite singular muslingen, indefinite plural muslinger, definite plural muslingene)

  1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

References

“musling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From a diminutive form of Old Danish mussel, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʉs.liŋ/, [ˈmʉʷ.ʂlɪŋ]

Noun

musling m (definite singular muslingen, indefinite plural muslingar, definite plural muslingane)

  1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

References

“musling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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