badstove

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • badstogu (Midlandsnormalen)
  • badstova (pre-2012)
  • badstoge, badstugu, badstaue, badståg, badstaug, badstu (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse baðstofa, from bað +‎ stofa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²bas.stoːvə/

Noun

badstove f (definite singular badstova, indefinite plural badstover, definite plural badstovene)

  1. a bathhouse
    Synonyms: laugestove, lusbadstove
  2. a sauna
    Synonym: risbadtove
  3. a drying kiln, used to dry corn and malt
    Synonyms: turkestove, turkehus, kylne, make, sonnhus

References
  • “badstove” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “badstove”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “bastova” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
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