byrå
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå or byråer, definite plural byråa or byråene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “byrå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]byrå n (definite singular byrået, indefinite plural byrå, definite plural byråa)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “byrå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bureau (“office”), from bure (“woolen cloth”). Thus originally a type of coarse woolen cloth used to cover a writing desk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]byrå c
- (piece of furniture) a bureau, a dresser, a chest of drawers
- (workplace) a bureau, an office, an agency
Usage notes
[edit]- In some job titles, the prefix byrå- is translated to senior, e.g. byråassistent
Declension
[edit](piece of furniture):
Declension of byrå
(workplace):
Declension of byrå
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Swedish terms borrowed from French
- Swedish terms derived from French
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/oː
- Rhymes:Swedish/oː/2 syllables
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Furniture
- sv:Work
- sv:Business