skoal

English

Etymology

From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used when making a toast and also means "bowl".

Interjection

skoal

1. A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.

Related terms

• skoaling

Translations

toast

• Bulgarian: наздраве (bg) (nazdrave)
• Danish: skål (da)
• Finnish: skool (fi)
• Swedish: skål (sv)

Verb

skoal (third-person singular simple present skoals, present participle skoaling, simple past and past participle skoaled)

1. To make such a toast.
   • 1971, Linda Wolfe, McCall's introduction to Scandinavian cooking, page 5:

     With their aquavit the Scandinavians observe a lovely ritual called skoaling, or "toasting." Skoaling is more formal, however, than toasting is in our country. At a dinner party the host always skoals first.

Anagrams

• Lasko, Solak, kolas, sloka

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *skole, from Proto-Germanic *skulō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skoə̯l/

Noun

skoal c (plural skoalen, diminutive skoaltsje)

1. school (of fish)

Further reading

• “skoal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011