tjorre

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from kiosk by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ɕɔrɛ/

Noun

tjorre c

  1. (colloquial) kiosk
    Synonym: kiosk

Declension
Declension of tjorre 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tjorre tjorren tjorrar tjorrarna
Genitive tjorres tjorrens tjorrars tjorrarnas

References
  • Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska‎ (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020
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