musling

Danish

muslinger

Etymology

From a diminutive form of Old Danish mussel, from Middle Low German mussele, muschele, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmusleŋ]

Noun

musling c (singular definite muslingen, plural indefinite muslinger)

1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

Inflection

Declension of musling

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	musling	muslingen	muslinger	muslingerne
genitive	muslings	muslingens	muslingers	muslingernes

References

“musling” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From a diminutive form of Old Danish mussel, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉs.liŋ/, [ˈmʉʷ.ʂlɪŋ]

Noun

musling m (definite singular muslingen, indefinite plural muslinger, definite plural muslingene)

1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

References

“musling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From a diminutive form of Old Danish mussel, from Latin musculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʉs.liŋ/, [ˈmʉʷ.ʂlɪŋ]

Noun

musling m (definite singular muslingen, indefinite plural muslingar, definite plural muslingane)

1. scallop (mollusc of the family Pectinidae)

References

“musling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.