"borste" meaning in Swedish

See borste in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Swedish borst, from Old Norse burst, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|borst}} Old Swedish borst, {{inh|sv|non|burst}} Old Norse burst, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*burstiz|t=bristle}} Proto-Germanic *burstiz (“bristle”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} borste c, {{sv-noun|c}} borste c
  1. a brush Tags: common-gender Derived forms: hårborste (english: hairbrush), skurborste (english: scrubbing brush), sopborste (english: broom with a brush at the end), tandborste (english: toothbrush), toaborste (english: toilet brush) Related terms: borst (english: bristle), borsta (english: to brush), kam (english: comb)
    Sense id: en-borste-sv-noun-f08i8MGd Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "scrubbing brush",
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          "word": "skurborste"
        },
        {
          "english": "broom with a brush at the end",
          "translation": "broom with a brush at the end",
          "word": "sopborste"
        },
        {
          "english": "toothbrush",
          "translation": "toothbrush",
          "word": "tandborste"
        },
        {
          "english": "toilet brush",
          "translation": "toilet brush",
          "word": "toaborste"
        }
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        {
          "english": "bristle",
          "translation": "bristle",
          "word": "borst"
        },
        {
          "english": "to brush",
          "translation": "to brush",
          "word": "borsta"
        },
        {
          "english": "comb",
          "translation": "comb",
          "word": "kam"
        }
      ],
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      "word": "skurborste"
    },
    {
      "english": "broom with a brush at the end",
      "translation": "broom with a brush at the end",
      "word": "sopborste"
    },
    {
      "english": "toothbrush",
      "translation": "toothbrush",
      "word": "tandborste"
    },
    {
      "english": "toilet brush",
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      "word": "toaborste"
    }
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      },
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    },
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      "translation": "bristle",
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    },
    {
      "english": "to brush",
      "translation": "to brush",
      "word": "borsta"
    },
    {
      "english": "comb",
      "translation": "comb",
      "word": "kam"
    }
  ],
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        "Swedish lemmas",
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        "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "borste"
}

Download raw JSONL data for borste meaning in Swedish (2.0kB)

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