krill

See also: Krill

English

An Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba.

Etymology

From Dutch kriel (“puny/tiny”), applied to fish fry (in the sense of hatchlings); sometimes interpreted as "whale food".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɹɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl

Noun

krill (plural krill or krills)

  1. any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkrilː]

Noun

krill (plural krillek)

  1. krill

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative krill krillek
accusative krillt krilleket
dative krillnek krilleknek
instrumental krillel krillekkel
causal-final krillért krillekért
translative krillé krillekké
terminative krillig krillekig
essive-formal krillként krillekként
essive-modal — —
inessive krillben krillekben
superessive krillen krilleken
adessive krillnél krilleknél
illative krillbe krillekbe
sublative krillre krillekre
allative krillhez krillekhez
elative krillből krillekből
delative krillről krillekről
ablative krilltől krillektől
Possessive forms of krill
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. krillem krilljeim
2nd person sing. krilled krilljeid
3rd person sing. krillje krilljei
1st person plural krillünk krilljeink
2nd person plural krilletek krilljeitek
3rd person plural krilljük krilljeik

Synonyms

Portuguese

Noun

krill m (plural krills or krill)

  1. krill (small marine crustacean of the class Malacostraca)

Swedish

Etymology

From Norwegian krill.

Noun

krill n

  1. krill

Declension

Declension of krill 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krill krillen krill krillna
Genitive krills krillens krills krillnas
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