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skiva.

a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²ɧiːˌva/

  1. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges)

    common-gender
    en bordsskiva
    en rund skiva

  2. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a board (in the sense of a relatively thin, flat piece and not a thin plank, which is a bräda)

    common-gender
    en stor fyrkantig träskiva

  3. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a disc

    common-gender
    en skivstång

  4. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a disc a compact disc

    common-gender

  5. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a disc a record

    common-gender
    lp-skiva
    en skivsamling

  6. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a disc an album (collection of songs issued together – on any medium, by extension)

    common-gender
    Har du lyssnat på deras nya skiva?

  7. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a slice (thin, broad piece cut off)

    common-gender
    en brödskiva
    en ostskiva

  8. a relatively thin, flat object (with straight or rounded edges) a leaf (flat section used to extend a table – see also klaff)

    common-gender

  9. an (informal) party, a social gathering (likely from notion of food and drink being set out on a table top or the like)

    common-gender
    kräftskiva
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse skífa.

verb/²ɧiːˌva/

  1. to slice (cut into slices)

    skivade rödbetor
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse skífa.

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