gullbarre

Norwegian Bokmål

Gullbarrer

Etymology

From gull + barre

Noun

gullbarre m (definite singular gullbarren, indefinite plural gullbarrer, definite plural gullbarrene)

  1. a gold bar or ingot
    • 2012, "Doktor Proktor og det store gullrøveriet" by Jo Nesbø, H. Aschehoug & Co. →ISBN
      "Så gullbarren vår er også smeltet om mynter?"
      "Nei," sa Rublov, "Det er det som er litt spesielt. Myntmakeren sa det var for mye kolsidiumnitratsulfat* i det norske gullet."
      "So our gold ingot is also melted down for coins?"
      "No," Rublov said, "It's a little special. The coinmaker said there was too much colsidium nitrate phosphate* in the Norwegian gold." [*kolsidiumnitratfosfat appears to be a fictitious word]

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From gull + barre

Noun

gullbarre m (definite singular gullbarren, indefinite plural gullbarrar, definite plural gullbarrane)

  1. a gold bar or ingot

References

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