fjór

See also: fjor, fjör, fjǫr, and fjør

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjouːr/

Numeral

fjór

1. Contraction of fjórir (“four”).

Usage notes

• Usage is primarily as an interjection, e.g. when counting out loud. Usage is rare in written text or when using the number as a noun or determiner.

Romagnol

FWOTD – 18 February 2013

Alternative forms

• fiôr (Ville Unite)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flōrem m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjor/

Noun

fjór f (plural fjur)

1. flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
   • October 2007, Rosalba Benedetti, Tip da spjagia 2 in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 5:

     Ad ögni môd, vest che agli “animatrici” agli è spes dal burdëli int e’ fjór dj en, int i grop u jè sèmpar di vcet ingalì dur, ch’i zerca ad fê’ di “movimienti sexy”, ch’i praciša che ló, che ló... jè d’na vôlta e che j à incóra dal brèscul!