"famn" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: famnen [definite, singular], famner [indefinite, plural], famnene [definite, plural]
Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} famn m (definite singular famnen, indefinite plural famner, definite plural famnene)
  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by favn Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-famn-nb-noun-AiWyeYcg Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 53 3 15 24 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 2 12 37 3

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: famnen [definite, singular], famnar [indefinite, plural], famnane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse faðmr, from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz. Akin to English fathom. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|faðmr}} Old Norse faðmr, {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*faþmaz}} Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, {{cog|en|fathom}} English fathom Head templates: {{nn-noun-m1}} famn m (definite singular famnen, indefinite plural famnar, definite plural famnane)
  1. an embrace; space in between open, outstretched arms Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-famn-nn-noun-VfZDO~3P
  2. (units of measure) a fathom Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-famn-nn-noun-vrv2tT67 Categories (other): Units of measure Disambiguation of Units of measure: 9 91 Topics: units-of-measure

Noun [Swedish]

Audio: Sv-famn.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse faðmr, from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pat-, *pet-. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|faðmr}} Old Norse faðmr, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*faþmaz}} Proto-Germanic *faþmaz, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*pat-}} Proto-Indo-European *pat- Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} famn c, {{sv-noun|c}} famn c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], famn [indefinite, nominative, singular], famns [genitive, indefinite, singular], famnen [definite, nominative, singular], famnens [definite, genitive, singular], famnar [indefinite, nominative, plural], famnars [genitive, indefinite, plural], famnarna [definite, nominative, plural], famnarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. the space between someone's outstretched or embracing arms and their upper body (often with connotations of warmth and togetherness); arms, embrace Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-famn-sv-noun-0XLjQOGP Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. (chiefly nautical, historical) fathom (as a measure of length) Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-famn-sv-noun-gluG~sDw Categories (other): Nautical Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: omfamna (english: embrace)

Inflected forms

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        "definite",
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    },
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      ]
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          "text": "Han har barnet i famnen",
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              19,
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              18,
              22
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          "text": "Jag är trygg i din famn",
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          "english": "Come into my arms!",
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          ],
          "english": "I am safe in your arms",
          "text": "Jag är trygg i din famn",
          "translation": "I am safe in your arms",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the space between someone's outstretched or embracing arms and their upper body (often with connotations of warmth and togetherness); arms, embrace"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arms",
          "arms"
        ],
        [
          "embrace",
          "embrace"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with historical senses",
        "sv:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fathom (as a measure of length)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "fathom",
          "fathom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly nautical, historical) fathom (as a measure of length)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-famn.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/Sv-famn.ogg/Sv-famn.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Sv-famn.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "famn"
}

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