kveite

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kveite f or m (definite singular kveita or kveiten, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

  1. a halibut (type of fish)
Synonyms
  • hellefisk

Noun

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by hvete

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hveiti, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz. Cognates include Norwegian Bokmål hvete, German Weizen, and English wheat.

Alternative forms

Noun

kveite m (definite singular kveiten, uncountable)

  1. wheat (grain)
Derived terms
  • durumkveite
  • haustkveite
  • kveiteaks
  • kveitebolle
  • kveitebrød
  • kveitedyrking
  • kveitegrøpp
  • kveitehaust
  • kveitekli
  • kveitekorn
  • kveiteloff
  • kveitemjøl
  • kveiteåker
  • rugkveite
  • vårkveite

Etymology 2

Related to kvit (“white”).

Noun

kveite f (definite singular kveita, indefinite plural kveiter, definite plural kveitene)

  1. (zoology) a halibut (fish)
    Synonym: hellefisk
Derived terms
  • blåkveite
  • kveitefangst
  • kveitefiske

References
  • “kveite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “kveite”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
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