fjeld
/fjɛld/
fjeld noun: a rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
Noun
fjeld (plural fjelds)
- A rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
- Almost every Norwegian farmer possesses some pasture-land high up in the fjeld, sometimes as much as twenty or thirty miles distant from his homestead.1847, Alfred Smith, Henry Warren, “A SEATER COTTAGE ON THE FILLE FJELD”, in Sketches in Norway and Sweden, London: Thomas Maclean, via National Library of Norway, unnumbered page
Forms of fjeld
| plural | fjelds |
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Origin of fjeld
Borrowed from Danish fjeld. Doublet of fell.
Words that rhyme with fjeld
Questions about fjeld
- What does fjeld mean?
- Fjeld means a rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
- What part of speech is fjeld?
- Fjeld is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fjeld?
- Fjeld is pronounced /fjɛld/.
- What is the plural of fjeld?
- The plural of fjeld is fjelds.
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