fasan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Noun

fasan c (singular definite fasanen, plural indefinite fasaner)

1. pheasant

References

• “fasan” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasaːn/, [fɑ.ˈsaːn]

Noun

fasan m (definite singular fasanen, indefinite plural fasaner, definite plural fasanene)

1. a pheasant

References

• “fasan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fasaːn/, [fɑ.ˈsaːn]

Noun

fasan m (definite singular fasanen, indefinite plural fasanar, definite plural fasanane)

1. a pheasant

References

• “fasan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

fasan m (genitive singular fasain, plural fasanan)

1. fashion

   A bheil gorm san fhasan no às an fhasan am bliadhna? ― Is blue in fashion or out of fashion this year?

Etymology

Spelled phasshan by Risingh in 1671, pluralized as phasanter by Asteropherus in 1609. Borrowed from German Fasan, from Latin phāsiānus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (ὄρνις) (phasianós (órnis), “bird of the river Φᾶσις (Phâsis)”).

Noun

fasan c

1. pheasant (a bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food)
2. definite singular of fasa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fa.ˈsan]

Noun

fasan (plural fasans)

1. pheasant (bird family Phasianidae)