Norse

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• General-American: nôrs
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• General-American: /noɹs/
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• General-American: [no̞ɹs]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /nɔːs/
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• Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /noːs/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
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• Scotland: /nɔɾs/
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• /nɒːs/ Manchester
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• Eastern-New-England: /nɒs/
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• CMU ARPABET: N AO1 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Partly from Dutch Noorsch (now Noors (“Norwegian”)), from noordsch (“northern; nordic”); and partly from Danish norsk (“Norwegian”). Both equivalent to north + -ish. Doublet of Norsk.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: норвежки (norvežki) — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Chinese Cantonese: 北歐 /北欧 (bak1 au1) — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Chinese Mandarin: 北歐 /北欧 (Běi-Ōu) — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Czech: norský — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Esperanto: norena — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Faroese: norrønur — of Scandinavia/Norway
• French: norrois — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Old French: norrois — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Galician: nórdico — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Icelandic: norrænn — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Italian: norreno — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Japanese: 北欧 (hokuou) — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Norwegian: norrøn — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Polish: nordycki — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Polish: nordyjski — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Portuguese: nórdico — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Russian: древнескандина́вский (drevneskandinávskij) — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Russian: норве́жский (norvéžskij) — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Swahili: -a Kinorsi — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Swedish: nordisk — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Swedish: skandinavisk — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Swedish: norrön — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Turkish: Nors — of Scandinavia/Norway
• Esperanto: norena — of North Germanic languages
• Faroese: norrønur — of North Germanic languages
• French: nordique — of North Germanic languages
• Galician: nórdico — of North Germanic languages
• German: altnordisch — of North Germanic languages
• Icelandic: norrænn — of North Germanic languages
• Italian: norreno — of North Germanic languages
• Norwegian: norrøn — of North Germanic languages
• Polish: nordycki — of North Germanic languages
• Polish: nordyjski — of North Germanic languages
• Portuguese: nórdico — of North Germanic languages
• Swahili: -a Kinorsi — of North Germanic languages
• Swedish: nordisk — of North Germanic languages
• Swedish: skandinavisk — of North Germanic languages
• Swedish: norrön — of North Germanic languages
• Turkish: Norsça — of North Germanic languages
• Faroese: norrønt — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Finnish: muinaisnorja — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Icelandic: norræna — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Icelandic: fornnorræna — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Irish: Lochlannais — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Italian: norreno — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Norwegian: norrønt — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Polish: język staronordyjski — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Swahili: Kinorsi — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Swedish: fornnordiska — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Swedish: norrön — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Swedish: norröna — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Swedish: norrönt — The ancient language spoken by Vikings
• Bulgarian: скандинавци (skandinavci) — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• French: les Nordiques — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• Icelandic: Norðurlandabúar — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• Italian: i norreni — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• Polish: Skandynawowie — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• Russian: скандина́вы (skandinávy) — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• Swahili: Wanorsi — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• Swedish: nordbo — Scandinavian/Norwegian people
• French: les Nordiques — speakers of any North Germanic language
• Norwegian: Norrøns — speakers of any North Germanic language
• Polish: Skandynawowie — speakers of any North Germanic language
• Swahili: Wanorsi — speakers of any North Germanic language
• Swedish: nordbo — speakers of any North Germanic language
• Dutch: microscoop — 21⁄2-point type
• Dutch: microscopie — 21⁄2-point type
• French: microscopique — 21⁄2-point type
• German: Microscopique — 21⁄2-point type
• Polish: czcionka dwuipółpunktowa — 21⁄2-point type