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# drinking with the flies
## English
### Verb

drinking with the flies
* present participle and gerund of drink with the flies
# løyvet
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

løyvet n
* definite singular of løyve
# δέησα
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* εδέησα (edéisa) (much more frequent)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈðe.i.sa/
* Hyphenation: δέ‧η‧σα

### Verb

δέησα • (déisa)
* (not frequent) first-person singular simple past of δέω (déo)
# tyggva
## Old Norse
### Alternative forms

* tyggja — younger

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kewwaną.

### Verb

tyggva (singular past indicative tǫgg, plural past indicative tuggu, past participle togginn)
* to chew

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tyggva”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
# honey chile
## English
### Etymology

See chile (“regional form of "child"”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

honey chile (plural honey chillun)
* (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) A sweetheart, a darling.

#### See also

* honey child
* pookie bear
* sugar bear
# golfkølla
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* golfkøllen

### Noun

golfkølla m or f
* definite feminine singular of golfkølle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

golfkølla f
* definite singular of golfkølle
# luksusbilane
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

luksusbilane m
* definite plural of luksusbil
# gets on the stick
## English
### Verb

gets on the stick
* third-person singular simple present indicative of get on the stick
# madrassen
## Danish
### Noun

madrassen c
* definite singular of madras

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

madrassen m
* definite singular of madrass

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

madrassen m
* definite singular of madrass

## Swedish
### Noun

madrassen
* definite singular of madrass
# συνδέομε
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* συνδέουμε (syndéoume) (common, less formal)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinˈðe.o.me/
* Hyphenation: συν‧δέ‧ο‧με
* Homophone: συνδέομαι (syndéomai)

### Verb

συνδέομε • (syndéome)
* (formal) first-person plural present of συνδέω (syndéo)

### See also

* Older form συνδέομεν (sundéomen)
# strjálbýli
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From strjáll +‎ býli.

### Noun

strjálbýli n (genitive singular strjálbýlis, no plural)
* countryside, rural area
    Antonym: þéttbýli

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “strjálbýli” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
# vouchment
## English
### Etymology

From vouch +‎ -ment.

### Noun

vouchment (plural vouchments)
* A solemn assertion.
    Synonym: avouchment
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 “vouchment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
# gongjerne
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

gongjerne m
* (non-standard since 1917) definite plural of gong
# luksusbilar
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

luksusbilar m
* indefinite plural of luksusbil
# 聰い
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 聰
* さと Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 聰い – see the following entry. :
| 【聡さとい】 | [adjective] clever, keen, smart, quick on the uptake Alternative spellings 敏い, 慧い |
(This term, 聰い, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :
# expedir
## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin expedīre (“to release, to disconnect, to expedite, to prepare, to carry out, to send out”).

### Verb

expedir (first-person singular present expido, third-person singular present expide, first-person singular preterite expedín, past participle expedido) expedir (first-person singular present expido or expeço, first-person singular preterite expedim or expedi, past participle expedido, reintegrationist norm)
* to issue
* to despatch / dispatch
* to forward
* to expedite

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “expedir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* “expedir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [is.peˈd͡ʒi(h)], /es.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [es.peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [is.peˈd͡ʒi(h)], /es.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [es.peˈd͡ʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/, /es.peˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [iʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(χ)], /eʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [eʃ.peˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.peˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɨˈðiɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdiɾ/ [(i)ʃ.pɨˈðiɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.pɨˈdi.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.pɨˈði.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ex‧pe‧dir

### Verb

expedir (first-person singular present expeço, first-person singular preterite expedi, past participle expedido)
* to issue
* to despatch / dispatch
* to forward
* to expedite

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin expedīre (“to release, to disconnect, to expedite, to prepare, to carry out, to send out”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡspeˈdiɾ/ [eɣ̞s.peˈð̞iɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: ex‧pe‧dir

### Verb

expedir (first-person singular present expido, first-person singular preterite expedí, past participle expedido)
* (transitive) to issue, to publish (a document, etc)
* (transitive) to send, to expedite

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “expedir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# madrassene
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

madrassene m
* definite plural of madrass

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

madrassene f
* (non-standard since 1959) definite plural of madrass
* (non-standard since 1959) definite plural of madrasse
# συνδέθηκα
## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sinˈðe.θi.ka/
* Hyphenation: συν‧δέ‧θη‧κα

### Verb

συνδέθηκα • (syndéthika)
* first-person singular simple past of συνδέομαι (syndéomai), the passive of συνδέω (syndéo)

### See also

* Formal, older from: συνεδέθην (sunedéthēn)
# að baki
## Icelandic
### Adverb

að baki
* behind

### Further reading

* “að baki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
# eabusdem
## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /e.aːˈbus.dem/, [eäːˈbʊs̠d̪ɛ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /e.aˈbus.dem/, [eäˈbuzd̪em]

### Pronoun

eābusdem
* dative feminine plural of īdem
# graden
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

graden
* plural of graad

## Galician
### Verb

graden
* inflection of gradar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

graden m
* definite singular of grad

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

graden m
* definite singular of grad

## Spanish
### Verb

graden
* inflection of gradar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

graden
* definite singular of grad

### Anagrams

* dragen, dragne
# lunnar
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

lunnar m (definite singular lunnaren, indefinite plural lunnarar, definite plural lunnarane)
* Agent noun of lunne; one who piles timber so that it's ready for further transport

### Noun

lunnar
* indefinite plural of lunn m
* indefinite plural of lunne m

### Verb

lunnar
* present tense of lunne
# lain ill in one's mouth
## English
### Verb

lain ill in one's mouth
* past participle of lie ill in one's mouth
# yevar
## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin levāre.

### Verb

yevar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ייבֿאר)
* (transitive) to take, carry
# magane
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

magane m
* definite plural of mage
# παρακωλύομε
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* παρακωλύουμε (parakolýoume) (less formal)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pa.ra.koˈli.o.me/
* Hyphenation: πα‧ρα‧κω‧λύ‧ο‧με
* Homophone: παρακωλύομαι (parakolýomai)

### Verb

παρακωλύομε • (parakolýome)
* (formal) first-person plural present of παρακωλύω (parakolýo)
# tíðr
## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīdijaz (“frequent”).

### Pronunciation

* (12th century Icelandic) IPA: /ˈtiːðr̩/

### Adjective

tíðr
* frequent, usual
* often spoke of, noted, famous
* dear, beloved
* eager

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: tíður
* Norwegian Nynorsk: tid

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tíðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/438 Internet Archive]
# emquanto
## Portuguese
### Conjunction

emquanto
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of enquanto.
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 120:Emquanto andara fazendo espalhafato, a cabeça cheia de aguardente, desprezara as esfoladuras dos pés.While he’d been making a racket, his head full of liquor, he had ignored the scrapes on his foot.

### See also

* por emquanto
# grammatikkar
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

grammatikkar m
* indefinite plural of grammatikk
# lunnendet
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

lunnendet n
* definite singular of lunnende
# entered on the boards
## English
### Verb

entered on the boards
* simple past and past participle of enter on the boards
# metar
## Dalmatian
### Alternative forms

* miater

### Etymology

From Latin mittere.

### Verb

metar
* to put, place

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French mettre, Italian mettere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈtar/

### Verb

metar (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, imperative metez)
* (transitive) to put on, don (clothing, ornaments)
    Antonym: desmetar
    Metez plu bela kamizo, la gasti arivos balde!Put on a better shirt, the guests will arrive soon!

#### Derived terms

* meto (“donning, dressing”)
* metebla (“wearable: which can be put on”)
* desmetar (“to take off (a garmet, etc.)”)
* shumetilo (“shoehorn”)

### See also

* vestizar

## Latin
### Verb

metar
* first-person singular future passive indicative of metō

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

mȅtar m (Cyrillic spelling ме̏тар)
* meter (unit of length)
* meter (device that measures)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “metar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

## Swedish
### Verb

metar
* present indicative of meta
# maiskolbane
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

maiskolbane m
* definite plural of maiskolbe
# προμήνυσα
## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈmi.ni.sa/
* Hyphenation: προ‧μή‧νυ‧σα

### Verb

προμήνυσα • (promínysa)
* first-person singular simple past of προμηνύω (prominýo): "I forewarned"
# byrjandi
## Icelandic
### Etymology

From byrja +‎ -andi.

### Noun

byrjandi m (genitive singular byrjanda, nominative plural byrjendur)
* beginner

#### Declension

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Rare.

### Further reading

* “byrjandi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
# άκουα
## Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈakua/
* Hyphenation: ά‧κου‧α

### Verb

άκουα • (ákoua)
* (rare) Alternative form of άκουγα (ákouga)
# gravi
## Catalan
### Verb

gravi
* inflection of gravar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Esperanto
### Etymology

grava +‎ -i

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡravi]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -avi
* Hyphenation: gra‧vi

### Verb

gravi (present gravas, past gravis, future gravos, conditional gravus, volitive gravu)
* (intransitive) to be important, to matter
    Gravas honesti.It's important to be honest.

#### Related terms

* grava (“important”)
* grave (“importantly”)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʁa.vi/

### Participle

gravi (feminine gravie, masculine plural gravis, feminine plural gravies)
* past participle of gravir

### Anagrams

* givra

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English gravy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡravi]
* Hyphenation: gra‧vi

### Noun

gravi (first-person possessive graviku, second-person possessive gravimu, third-person possessive gravinya)
* (cooking) gravy: a thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.

### Further reading

* “gravi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡra.vi/
* Rhymes: -avi
* Hyphenation: grà‧vi

### Adjective

gravi m, f
* plural of grave

### Verb

gravi
* inflection of gravare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Virga

## Latin
### Adjective

gravī
* dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of gravis

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɑː.ʋɪ/

#### Noun

gravi f
* (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of grav

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɡrɑː.ʋɪ/

#### Participle

gravi
* (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of graven
* (non-standard since 2012) neuter singular of graven

#### Verb

gravi
* (non-standard since 2012) supine of grava
# lurar
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

lurar
* indefinite plural of lur

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lurar
* present of lura

## Swedish
### Noun

lurar
* indefinite plural of lur

### Verb

lurar
* present indicative of lura
# laying by the heels
## English
### Verb

laying by the heels
* present participle and gerund of lay by the heels
# feindre
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɛ̃dʁ/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)

### Verb

feindre
* (transitive or catenative) to fake; to feign
    Synonym: faire semblant
    feindre quelque chose ― to fake something
    feindre de dormir ― to feign sleeping

#### Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like peindre. It uses the same endings as rendre or vendre, but its -nd- becomes -gn- before a vowel, and its past participle ends in 't' instead of a vowel.

#### Related terms

* feinte
* fiction

### Further reading

* “feindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* faindre

### Etymology

From Latin fingere.

### Verb

feindre
* to feign

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* English: feign (borrowing)
* French: feindre

### References

* Etymology and history of “feindre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (feindre)
# maljer
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

maljer c
* indefinite plural of malje

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

maljer f
* indefinite plural of malje
# ανιδρύομε
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* ανιδρύουμε (anidrýoume) (less formal)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.niˈðri.o.me/
* Hyphenation: α‧νι‧δρύ‧ο‧με
* Homophone: ανιδρύομαι (anidrýomai)

### Verb

ανιδρύομε • (anidrýome)
* (formal) first-person plural present of ανιδρύω (anidrýo)
# tómr
## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tōmaz.

### Adjective

tómr
* empty
* vain, mere, idle

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: tómur
* Faroese: tómur
* Norn: tøm
* Norwegian Nynorsk: tom
* Old Swedish: tōmber
** Swedish: tom
* Danish: tom
** Norwegian Bokmål: tom

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tómr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 440; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
* page/440 Internet Archive]
# προϊστάμενη
## Greek
### Verb

προϊστάμενη • (proïstámeni)
* feminine for προϊστάμενος (past participle of προΐσταμαι)
# greiene
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

greiene f
* definite plural of greie
# luttane
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

luttane m
* definite plural of lutt
# pulled a rabbit out of a hat
## English
### Verb

pulled a rabbit out of a hat
* simple past and past participle of pull a rabbit out of a hat
# quester
## English
### Etymology

From quest +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

### Noun

quester (plural questers)
* A person engaged in a quest.

### Anagrams

* request

## Middle French
### Verb

quester
* to search for; to look for

#### Conjugation

* Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

#### Synonyms

* chercher
* querir

#### Descendants

* French: quêter

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin quaestāre (“to search”), from quaestus.

### Verb

quester
* to search for; to look for
* to pursue; to follow; to go after

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Synonyms

* (look for): cerchier, querir

#### Descendants

* Middle French: quester
** French: quêter
# mammuten
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

mammuten m
* definite singular of mammut

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

mammuten m
* definite singular of mammut

## Swedish
### Noun

mammuten
* definite singular of mammut
# καθιδρύουμε
## Greek
### Alternative forms

* καθιδρύομε (kathidrýome) (more formal)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.θiˈðri.u.me/
* Hyphenation: κα‧θι‧δρύ‧ου‧με

### Verb

καθιδρύουμε • (kathidrýoume)
* first-person plural present of καθιδρύω (kathidrýo)
# flottur
## Icelandic
### Etymology

Akin to Danish flot (“nice, pleasant, cool”), both borrowed from Low German vlot. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to stream, float”). See also German flott (“stylish, charming”).

### Adjective

flottur (comparative flottari, superlative flottastur)
* flashy, stylish, smart, good-looking

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “flot” in Den Danske Ordbog

### Further reading

* “flottur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
# enfim
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* emfim (pre-reform)

### Etymology

From em (“in”) +‎ fim (“the end”). From Latin in fine. Compare French enfin.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈfĩ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈfĩ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽˈfĩ/
* Rhymes: -ĩ
* Hyphenation: en‧fim
* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Adverb

enfim (not comparable)
* after a long time; eventually; at last
    Synonym: finalmente
* anyways; whatever
# c̓əwadxʷ
## Lushootseed
### Etymology

From Proto-Salish *c̓wan.

### Noun

c̓əwadxʷ
* sockeye salmon
# lya
## Translingual
### Symbol

lya
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Layakha.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Layakha terms

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr.

#### Alternative forms

* lye (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

lya (present tense lyer, past tense lydde, past participle lytt/lydd, passive infinitive lyast, present participle lyande, imperative ly)
* to warm up, give off warmth

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lya (present tense lyar or lyer, past tense lya or lydde, past participle lya or lydd, present participle lyande, imperative ly)
* Eye dialect spelling of lyde.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lya n
* definite plural of ly

### References

* “lya” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* yla

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish lya, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish verb similar to Old Norse hlýja (“to protect”).

### Noun

lya c
* a lair, a den, a sett; a hole in the ground for a fox, wolf or badger
* (figurative) a (small) apartment

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | lya | lyas |
| singular | definite | lyan | lyans |
| plural | indefinite | lyor | lyors |
| plural | definite | lyorna | lyornas |

#### Synonyms

* gryt
* ide
* kula

#### Related terms

* rävlya
* studentlya
* ungkarlslya

### References

* lya in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* lya in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* lya in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* yla

## Tooro
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lja/

### Particle

lya (apocopic form ly')
* class 5 indefinite of -a
# mandarinar
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

mandarinar m
* indefinite plural of mandarin
# absolvere
## Latin
### Verb

absolvēre
* inflection of absolvō:
** present active infinitive
** third-person plural perfect active indicative
** second-person singular future passive indicative
** second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin absolvere (“complete, finish”), from both ab- (“from, off, away from”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”), from both sē- (“apart-, aside-, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of *s(w)é (“self”) + and from luō (“I untie, set free, separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /absɔlˈʋeːrə/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːrə
* Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧ve‧re

### Verb

absolvere (passive absolveres, imperative absolver, present tense absolverer, simple past absolverte, past participle absolvert, present participle absolverende, verbal noun absolvering)
* (Christianity, theology) to absolve (to grant a remission of sin; to give absolution to)
* (colloquial) to absolve (to pronounce free from or give absolution for a blame or guilt)
    Synonym: frikjenne
** 2013 July 15, Bergensavisen, page 25:blir man utsatt for et traume …, er det i bunn og grunn umulig å vite hvordan det … går med [evnen] til å absolvereif one is exposed to a trauma…, it is basically impossible to know how it… goes with [the ability] to absolve
* (obsolete) to absolve (to take or pass an exam)
** 1977, Conrad N. Schwach, Erindringer af mit Liv indtil Ankomsten til Throndhjem, page 226:nogle dage efter at have absolveret den theoretiske prøve meldte jeg mig til den praktiskea few days after completing the theoretical test, I signed up for the practical one
** 1949, Henrik Ibsen, Samlede verker XVIII, page 22:[han] skal have absolveret sin juridiske examen[he] must have completed his law degree
** 1978, Alexander L. Kielland, Brev 1869−1906 I, page 196:mine tre examina har jeg absolveret ved Kristiania Universitet – samtlige med haud illaudabilisI have completed my three exams at Kristiania University - all with haud illaudabilis

#### Related terms

* absolusjon (“absolution”)

### References

* “absolvere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “absolvere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “absolvere” in Store norske leksikon

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* absolvera

### Etymology

From Latin absolvere.

### Verb

absolvere (present tense absolverer, past tense absolverte, past participle absolvert, passive infinitive absolverast, present participle absolverande, imperative absolver)
* to absolve

#### Related terms

* absolusjon

### References

* “absolvere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.