"lax" meaning in Swedish

See lax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laks/ Audio: Sv-lax.ogg
Rhymes: -aks Etymology: From Old Norse lax, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. The 1000 SEK sense probably refers to the salmon color of old 1000 SEK banknotes. Compare the similarly themed older slang skäring, from skär (“pink”); räka (“prawn”); tegel (“brick”); and röding (“char”), from röd (“red”); all referring to the red-pinkish color of old 1000 SEK banknotes. Color and animal-related nicknames for banknotes used to be quite common. Other examples include grönsiska (“siskin; 6 riksdaler 32 skillingar”), kanariefågel (“canary bird; 32 skillingar”), and fågel blå (“blue bird; 500 riksdaler”). Another possibility is a Romani origin, then derived from Hindi लाख (lākh, “100,000”), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), but such a Romani word has not been attested. Cf. lakan with the same meaning. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|lax}} Old Norse lax, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*lahsaz}} Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, {{cog|hi|लाख|t=100,000}} Hindi लाख (lākh, “100,000”), {{der|sv|sa|लक्ष}} Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} lax c, {{sv-noun|c}} lax c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lax [indefinite, nominative, singular], lax [genitive, indefinite, singular], laxen [definite, nominative, singular], laxens [definite, genitive, singular], laxar [indefinite, nominative, plural], laxars [genitive, indefinite, plural], laxarna [definite, nominative, plural], laxarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. salmon (fish) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-lax-sv-noun-4HlUnYtU
  2. salmon (meat) Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-lax-sv-noun-X4fH5SCf
  3. (slang) A thousand of some unit of currency, typically SEK. Tags: common-gender, slang Synonyms: lakan, långschal, skäring, papp, lök
    Sense id: en-lax-sv-noun-AooNqzi6 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Salmonids Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 93 Disambiguation of Salmonids: 7 7 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: laxodling (english: salmon farming; salmon farm), laxrosa, lök på laxen

Inflected forms

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      "translation": "salmon farming; salmon farm",
      "word": "laxodling"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "skär",
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      "räka",
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      "tegel",
      "tegel#Swedish"
    ],
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      "röding",
      "röding#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "röd",
      "röd#Swedish"
    ],
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      "grönsiska",
      "grönsiska#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "kanariefågel",
      "kanariefågel#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "fågel blå",
      "fågel blå#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "लाख",
      "लाख#Hindi"
    ],
    [
      "लक्ष",
      "लक्ष#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "lakan",
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      "form": "laxarna",
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        "(slang) A thousand of some unit of currency, typically SEK."
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "lök"
        }
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      "räka",
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