huve

Estonian

Noun

huve

  1. partitive plural of huvi

Middle English

Noun

huve

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of houve

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

huve f or m (definite singular huva or huven, indefinite plural huver, definite plural huvene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse húfa. Compare Faroese húgva, Icelandic húfa and Danish hue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hʉːʋə/, /²hʉː.ə/

Noun

huve f (definite singular huva, indefinite plural huver, definite plural huvene)

  1. a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat
    Synonyms: luve, lue
  2. a chimney cowl
    Synonyms: pipehatt, pipehette
  3. (zoology) reticulum
    Synonym: nettmage
  4. (anatomy) foreskin
    Synonyms: forhud, skau, mighus

References

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish *hūbā, from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ (hood, cap, covering), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (to bend, curve, arch over, vault).

Noun

huve oblique singular, f (oblique plural huves, nominative singular huve, nominative plural huves)

  1. A type of hairstyle for men and women.
  2. A tuft or crest on a helmet

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle French: huve

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʉːˌvɛ], [ˈhɵˌvːɛ]

Noun

huve n

  1. (colloquial, dialectal, Stockholm) Pronunciation spelling of huvud.

Declension

Declension of huve 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative huve huvet huven huvena
Genitive huves huvets huvens huvenas
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