honungslen
Swedish
Adjective
honungslen (not comparable)
- honeyed, mellifluous (often of a voice)
- en honungslen, insmickrande röst
- a honeyed, ingratiating voice
Usage notes
Often with connotations of insincerity, irony, or the like.
Declension
| Inflection of honungslen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | honungslen | — | — |
| Neuter singular | honungslent | — | — |
| Plural | honungslena | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | honungslene | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | honungslene | — | — |
| All | honungslena | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
See also
- len som honung (“smooth as honey, smooth as butter”)
References
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