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mellomting

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

ting som vanskelig lar seg plassere i en kategori;
blanding (3)a mixture, hybrid (I, 3)a hybrid
a thing that is hard to place in any one category;
a mixtureblanding (3), a hybridhybrid (I, 3)
  • han skriver en mellomting mellom poesi og prosa he writes something midway between poetry and prose
  • de bor i en mellomting mellom hus og hytte they live in something between a house and a cabin
  • et muldyr er en mellomting mellom esel og hest a mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse