"forfine" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

See forfine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: forfin [imperative], forfiner [present], forfines [passive], forfina [participle, past], forfina [past], forfinet [participle, past], forfinet [past], forfinende [participle, present]
Etymology: From German verfeinern, compare with Swedish förfina. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|de|verfeinern}} German verfeinern, {{cog|sv|förfina}} Swedish förfina Head templates: {{head|nb|verb|imperative|forfin|present tense|forfiner|passive|forfines|simple past and past participle|forfina|or|forfinet|present participle|forfinende}} forfine (imperative forfin, present tense forfiner, passive forfines, simple past and past participle forfina or forfinet, present participle forfinende)
  1. to refine (improve something)
    Sense id: en-forfine-nb-verb-fyEG9u2E Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "forfines",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfina",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfina",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfinet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfinet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfinende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "imperative",
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  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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          "name": "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        {
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        "to refine (improve something)"
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "forfines",
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        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfina",
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        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfina",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "forfinet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfinet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfinende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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