absorbere
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Latin
Verb
absorbēre
- inflection of absorbeō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin absorbēre, present active infinitive of absorbeō (“absorb”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), + and from sorbeō (“I suck in, drink up”), from Proto-Italic *sorβeō (“to suck in”), from Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti (“to be sipping, sucking”), from *srebʰ- (“to sip, gulp, suck (in)”) and *-éyeti, from *-yeti (creates transitive imperfective verbs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absɔrˈbeːrə/, /apsɔrˈbeːrə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːrə
- Hyphenation: ab‧sor‧be‧re
Verb
absorbere (passive absorberes, imperative absorber, present tense absorberer, simple past absorberte, past participle absorbert, present participle absorberende, verbal noun absorbering)
- (physics, biology, transitive) to absorb (to take in energy and convert it)
- å absorbere væske
- to absorb liquid
- absorbere fuktighet
- absorb moisture
- 1987, Jon Michelet, Kjærlighet ved første treff, page 137:
- hun … var opptatt med å tørke bort klinet med et pølsepapir, som ikke hadde absorberende evne i det hele tatt
- she… was busy wiping away the dirt with a sausage paper, which had no absorbent ability at all
- 2004, Illustrert Vitenskap:
- av alle fargene er det svart som absorberer lyset best
- of all the colors, it is black that absorbs the light best
- 1973, Einar Pedersen, Takk for mitt liv, page 131:
- hun stakk nålen i armen min, og straks innholdet var absorbert i blodet, inntrådte en kraftig reaksjon
- she stuck the needle in my arm, and as soon as the contents were absorbed into the blood, a strong reaction occurred
- Synonyms: resorbere, adsorbere
- å absorbere væske
- (transitive) to absorb (to include so that it no longer has separate existence, to assimilate, to incorporate or suck up)
- hjemmemarkedet kunne ikke absorbere produksjonen
- the domestic market could not absorb the production
- 1968, Adresseavisen, page 4:
- innslaget av innvandrere … var så stort at det var umulig for de lokale samfunn å absorbere dem
- the influx of immigrants… was so great that it was impossible for the local communities to absorb them
- Synonym: assimilere
- hjemmemarkedet kunne ikke absorbere produksjonen
- (colloquial, transitive) to absorb (to learn, understand or acquire)
Derived terms
References
- “absorbere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “absorbere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “absorbere” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
absorbere (present tense absorberer, past tense absorberte, past participle absorbert, passive infinitive absorberast, present participle absorberande, imperative absorber)
- to absorb