tumlare

Swedish

Etymology

From tumla (“tumble”) +‎ -are (“-er”).

Noun

tumlare c

1. a porpoise (small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae)

   Synonym: (archaic) marsvin

2. a drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle; a tumbler
3. a tumble dryer

   Synonym: (more common) torktumlare

Declension

Declension of tumlare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tumlare	tumlares
	definite	tumlaren	tumlarens
plural	indefinite	tumlare	tumlares
	definite	tumlarna	tumlarnas

References

• tumlare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tumlare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tumlare in Svensk ordbok (SO)