kalkon

Esperanto

Noun

kalkon

  1. accusative singular of kalko

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German kalkûn or Dutch kalkoen, nominalisation of kalkûnsche höner or kalkoensche haan "hen from Calicut" (modern Kozhikode, India).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kalˈkuːn/

Noun

kalkon c

  1. a turkey; a kind of large bird
  2. (colloquial) a turkey; a failure

Declension
Declension of kalkon 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kalkon kalkonen kalkoner kalkonerna
Genitive kalkons kalkonens kalkoners kalkonernas
  • kalkonfilm

References
  1. kalkon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
  2. kalkon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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