"len" meaning in Swedish

See len in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Old Norse linr, from Proto-Germanic *linwaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|linr}} Old Norse linr, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*linwaz}} Proto-Germanic *linwaz Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|lenare|superlative|lenast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} len (comparative lenare, superlative lenast), {{sv-adj}} len (comparative lenare, superlative lenast) sv:sv-adj Forms: len sv:sv-adj [canonical], lenare [comparative], lenast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], len [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], lenare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], lenast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], lent [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], lenare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], lenast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], lena [indefinite, plural, positive], lenare [comparative, indefinite, plural], lenast [indefinite, plural, superlative], lene [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], lenare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], lenast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], lene [definite, masculine, positive, singular], lenare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], lenaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], lena [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], lenare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], lenaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. smooth and soft
    Sense id: en-len-sv-adj-zm5kM9Je
  2. (by extension) smooth (of taste and the like) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-len-sv-adj-UAVrZWnC Categories (other): Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 8 6 19 15 4 6 1 0 12 11 1 2 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 7 19 15 2 7 1 0 13 11 0 1 15 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Lena Handén, honungslen (english: honeyed), len i munnen, len som en barnrumpa (english: smooth as a baby's bottom), len som en persika (english: smooth as a peach), len som honung (english: smooth as butter; smooth as honey) [literally], silkeslen (english: silky, silky smooth) Related terms: slät (english: smooth (whether hard or soft))
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Turkish lan. Etymology templates: {{bor|sv|tr|lan}} Turkish lan Head templates: {{head|sv|noun}} len
  1. (slang) friend, buddy, pal (friendly term of address) Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-len-sv-noun-tURLwjw- Categories (other): Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 8 6 19 15 4 6 1 0 12 11 1 2 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 7 19 15 2 7 1 0 13 11 0 1 15 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 1 53 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "honeyed",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "len i munnen"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "len som honung"
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      "word": "Lena Handén"
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      "english": "honeyed",
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      "word": "len i munnen"
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      "english": "smooth as a baby's bottom",
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      "english": "smooth as a peach",
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Download raw JSONL data for len meaning in Swedish (5.2kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.