flis

flis (first-person possessive flisku, second-person possessive flismu, third-person possessive flisnya)

1. fleece

From Old Norse flís.

flis f or m (definite singular flisa or flisen, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a splinter
2. a sliver
3. a chip (of wood)

From Middle Low German vlise; compare with German Fliese.

• flise (same as Danish)

flis f or m (definite singular flisa or flisen, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a tile (wall tile, floor tile, carpet tile, but not a roof tile)

• gulvflis
• veggflis

• “flis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse flís.

flis f (definite singular flisa, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a splinter
2. a sliver
3. a chip (of wood)

From Middle Low German vlise. Compare with German Fliese.

flis f (definite singular flisa, indefinite plural fliser, definite plural flisene)

1. a tile (wall tile, floor tile, carpet tile, but not a roof tile)

• veggflis

• “flis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• fils, fisl

Borrowed from German fliessen.

• IPA^(key): /flis/

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• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: flis

flis m inan

1. (dated) raftsman, rafter

   Synonyms: flisak, oryl, (obsolete) orylec

2. (dated) timber rafting

   Synonym: flisactwo

• flis in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• flis in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Probably from or related to Old Norse flís (“splinter, woodchip”). Cognate with German Fliese.

flis c

1. shards of wood or rock, usually wood chips

   Synonym: (wood chips) träflis

   fliseldning ― wood chip burning

2. (slang) money

• flismaskin (“wood chipper”)
• kalkflis
• träflis

• flisa

• spån (“shaving, chip”)

• flis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• flis in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)