abdikasjon

Norwegian Bokmål

Napoléon signing his abdication in Fontainebleau the 4th of april 1814.

Etymology

From Latin abdicātiō (“renunciation, abdication”), from abdicō (“I deny, refuse, abdicate”), from both ab- (“of, from, by”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from dicō (“I dedicate, devote”), possibly from *dex, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-s, from *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Cognate with Danish abdikation, Swedish abdikation, French abdication and English abdication.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abdɪkaˈʃuːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧ka‧sjon

Noun

abdikasjon m (definite singular abdikasjonen, indefinite plural abdikasjoner, definite plural abdikasjonene)

1. abdication, the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office or sovereign power.

   spøk og selvironi antas å føre til abdikasjon

   jokes and self-irony are believed to lead to abdication

   • 1918–40, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter IV,5:

     Hertugen af Noailles’ abdikation hiin nat i den franske nationalforsamling.

     The Duke of Noailles' abdication that night in the French National Assembly.

   • 2014 June 2, Liv Rønnaug Lilleåsen, nrk.no‎^[1]:

     Bestefaren til kong Juan Carlos ble tvunget til abdikasjon.

     The grandfather of King Juan Carlos was forced to abdicate.

   Synonym: tronfrasigelse

2. a document containing a statement that someone is abdicating
   • 1905, Alexander L. Kielland, Omkring Napoleon, page 394:

     [Napoleon valgte] Ney og Marmont til at overbringe hans abdikation.

     [Napoleon chose] Ney and Marmont to convey his abdication.

Related terms

• abdisere (“to abdicate”)

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin abdicatio. Compare with English abdication and Danish abdikation.

Noun

abdikasjon m (definite singular abdikasjonen, indefinite plural abdikasjonar, definite plural abdikasjonane)

1. abdication

Synonyms

• tronfråseing

Related terms

• abdisere

References

• “abdikasjon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.