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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

bil.

a car, automobile

3 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/biːl/
  1. a car, automobile

    masculine
Where this word comes from

This word originates from a Danish newspaper's contest to create a word for car. The winning proposition was "bil", a short form of automobil. This word was subsequently adopted into Norwegian.

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