appelsína

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish appelsin, possibly derived from Dutch appelsien (“orange”, literally “Chinese apple”), a calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈahpɛlˌsiːna/

Noun

appelsína f (genitive singular appelsínu, nominative plural appelsínur)

  1. orange (fruit)

Declension
declension of appelsína
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative appelsína appelsínan appelsínur appelsínurnar
accusative appelsínu appelsínuna appelsínur appelsínurnar
dative appelsínu appelsínunni appelsínum appelsínunum
genitive appelsínu appelsínunnar appelsína appelsínanna

Synonyms
  • (orange): glóaldin

Derived terms
  • appelsín
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