klippare
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Late Old Swedish klippare. Equivalent to klippa + -are.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]klippare c
- (film) a cutter (film editor)
- a clipper (appliance or the like that clips (cuts))
- a shearman
- (colloquial) someone who makes quick, lucrative deals (often through speculation), an operator
- (colloquial, fairly uncommon) a whiz (someone skilled at something)
- (nautical) clipper (very fast ship)
Declension
[edit]Declension of klippare
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | klippare | klippares |
| definite | klipparen | klipparens | |
| plural | indefinite | klippare | klippares |
| definite | klipparna | klipparnas | |
Derived terms
[edit]- börsklippare
- gräsklippare (“lawn mower”) (klippa is idiomatic for mowing grass)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- klippare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klippare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klippare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- klippare in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)