filt

Chinese

Alternative forms

• fill
• fil

Etymology

From clipping of English filter.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fiu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fiu¹
    • Yale: fīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fiːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

filt

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to filter

   filt走 [Cantonese]  ―  fiu¹ zau² [Jyutping]  ―  to filter out

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vilt.

Noun

filt m (definite singular filten, uncountable)

1. felt (material)

References

• “filt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “filt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vilt.

Noun

filt m (definite singular filten, uncountable)

1. felt (material)

References

• “filt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪlt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

filt c

1. felt (cloth)
2. a blanket

Declension

Declension of filt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	filt	filten	filtar	filtarna
Genitive	filts	filtens	filtars	filtarnas

Derived terms

• snuttefilt (“security blanket”)
• värmefilt (“electric blanket”)

Descendants

• → Finnish: viltti

References

• filt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• filt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• filt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• flit