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skive homograph 1

noun feminine or masculinesubstantiv hunkjønn eller hankjønn

slice · slice of bread · disc, wafer · record, album

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt skífa Old Norse skífa

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. tynt, flatt stykke skåret eller sagd av noe, ofte brukt om mat a thin, flat piece cut or sawn off something, often about food
    • han skar agurken i tynne skiver he cut the cucumber into thin slices
    • en skive ost a slice of cheese
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som fleskeskiveslice of bread with pork on it, osteskiveslice of cheese, sitronskiveslice of lemon
  2. brødskivea slice of bread a slice of breadbrødskive
    • hun spiste en skive med ost she ate a slice of bread with cheese
    • han har alltid skiver med leverpostei i matpakka he always has bread with liver pâté in his packed lunch
  3. flat, oftest rund, gjenstand a flat, usually round object
    • bordet var laget av en enorm skive av marmor the table was made from an enormous slab of marble
    • en solcelle er en tynn skive av silisium a solar cell is a thin wafer of silicon
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som bruskskivedisc of cartilage, dreieskivea potter's wheel · a turntable, solskivethe sun's disc, tallskivedial
  4. grammofonplatea record, a vinyl record, a gramophone record, lpan LP eller cd (I)a CD;
    plate (3)an album
    a gramophone recordgrammofonplate, an LPlp or a CDcd (I);
    an albumplate (3)
    • har du hørt den nye skiven deres? have you heard their new album?