turkis

See also: türkis, Türkis, and turkis'

English

Noun

turkis (plural turkises)

  1. Obsolete form of turquoise.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for turkis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From French turquoise (“Turkish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyrkiːs/, [tˢyɐ̯ˈkʰiːˀsˈ] or IPA(key): /turkiːs/, [tˢuɐ̯ˈkʰiːˀsˈ]

Noun

turkis c (singular definite turkisen, plural indefinite turkiser)

  1. turquoise (sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone)

Inflection

Adjective

turkis (neuter turkis or turkist, plural and definite singular attributive turkise)

  1. turquoise (having a pale greenish-blue colour)

Further reading

Finnish

Noun

turkis

  1. fur

Declension

Inflection of turkis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative turkis turkikset
genitive turkiksen turkisten
turkiksien
partitive turkista turkiksia
illative turkikseen turkiksiin
singular plural
nominative turkis turkikset
accusative nom. turkis turkikset
gen. turkiksen
genitive turkiksen turkisten
turkiksien
partitive turkista turkiksia
inessive turkiksessa turkiksissa
elative turkiksesta turkiksista
illative turkikseen turkiksiin
adessive turkiksella turkiksilla
ablative turkikselta turkiksilta
allative turkikselle turkiksille
essive turkiksena turkiksina
translative turkikseksi turkiksiksi
instructive — turkiksin
abessive turkiksetta turkiksitta
comitative — turkiksineen

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French (pierre) turquoise

Adjective

turkis (neuter singular turkist, definite singular and plural turkise)

  1. turquoise (a blue-green colour)

Noun

turkis m (definite singular turkisen, indefinite plural turkiser, definite plural turkisene)

  1. turquoise (gemstone)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French (pierre) turquoise

Adjective

turkis (neuter singular turkist, definite singular and plural turkise)

  1. turquoise (a blue-green colour)

Noun

turkis m (definite singular turkisen, indefinite plural turkisar, definite plural turkisane)

  1. turquoise (gemstone)

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart      brun
             rosa              raud              oransje              gul
                          grøn                           (turkis)
                          blå                           rosa ; lilla

References

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