"bø" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: [bøʷː]
Etymology: Unknown. Compare Latin boō (“to cry aloud, roar, shout”) Etymology templates: {{unk|nb}} Unknown, {{cog|la|boō||to cry aloud, roar, shout}} Latin boō (“to cry aloud, roar, shout”) Head templates: {{head|nb|interjection}} bø
  1. boo; a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, usually a child.
    Sense id: en-bø-nb-intj-YJ~Lgz4P Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 5 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 22 25 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: [bøʷː] Forms: bøen [definite, singular], bøer [indefinite, plural], bøene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse bǿr. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|bǿr}} Old Norse bǿr Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} bø m (definite singular bøen, indefinite plural bøer, definite plural bøene)
  1. farmland, area surrounding a farm Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-bø-nb-noun-YiA3kiUT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Etymology: Unknown. Etymology templates: {{unk|nn}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|nn|interjection}} bø
  1. boo! (a loud exclamation intended to scare someone)
    Sense id: en-bø-nn-intj-oQX4rQ0A Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 5 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 22 25 21
  2. (Nordnorsk) synonym of mø (“moo (sound made by a cow or bull)”) Synonyms: mø [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-bø-nn-intj-lhX4OpyT Categories (other): Northern Norwegian, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 5 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 22 25 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: bøen [definite, singular], bøar [indefinite, plural], bøane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse bǿr. Doublet of by. Etymology templates: {{root|nn|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|nn|non|bǿr}} Old Norse bǿr, {{doublet|nn|by}} Doublet of by Head templates: {{nn-noun-m1}} bø m (definite singular bøen, indefinite plural bøar, definite plural bøane)
  1. (dated) fenced in farmland (used primarily in placenames) Tags: dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-bø-nn-noun-kfmej5en Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 5 20 21 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 3 22 25 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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