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kalkon.

turkey (bird)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/kalˈkuːn/

  1. turkey (bird)

    common-gender
    helstekt kalkon med fyllning och skysås

  2. a turkey (total failure, especially a bad movie)

    colloquial · common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Low German kalkûn or Dutch kalkoen, nominalisation of kalkûnsche höner or kalkoensche haan "hen from Calicut" (modern Kozhikode, India). Doublet of kalikå.

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