"skoal" meaning in English

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Interjection

Etymology: From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|-}} Danish, {{bor|en|no|-}} Norwegian, {{bor|en|sv|skål}} Swedish skål Head templates: {{en-interj}} skoal
  1. A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers. Related terms: skoaling Translations (toast): наздраве (nazdrave) (Bulgarian), skål (Danish), skool (Finnish), skål (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-skoal-en-intj-QwRX6fow

Verb

Forms: skoals [present, singular, third-person], skoaling [participle, present], skoaled [participle, past], skoaled [past]
Etymology: From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|-}} Danish, {{bor|en|no|-}} Norwegian, {{bor|en|sv|skål}} Swedish skål Head templates: {{en-verb}} skoal (third-person singular simple present skoals, present participle skoaling, simple past and past participle skoaled)
  1. To make such a toast.
    Sense id: en-skoal-en-verb-GWVwdLZQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for skoal meaning in English (2.6kB)

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