innfatning
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
innfatte + -ing, verbal noun form of innfatte (“to enclose, enframe”), from the word inn (“in, inside, into”), from Old Norse inn (“in, into”), from Proto-Germanic *inn (“in, into”), from *in (“in, into”), from Proto-Indo-European *in + from Middle Low German vaten. Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnːfɑtnɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪŋ
- Hyphenation: inn‧fat‧ning
Noun
innfatning f or m (definite singular innfatninga or innfatningen, indefinite plural innfatninger, definite plural innfatningene)
- the act of enclosing or enframing
- something which encloses or enframes; a frame
- 1896, Henrik Ibsen, John Gabriel Borkman, page 75:
- en tapetdør uden indfatning
- a wallpaper door without a frame
- 1997, Pål Gerhard Olsen, Manndomsprøven:
- en solfylt skoleplass, … her er det håndballmål, med mur og nettinggjerde som innfatning
- a sunny schoolyard,… here are handball goals, with wall and netting fence as a frame
- 2001, Tonje Røed, Udødelig med deg:
- firkantete briller med tjukk innfatning
- square glasses with a thick frame
- (typography) ornaments (lines for framing the title, book page, etc)
References
- “innfatning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “innfatning” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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