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funkis

funkis adjective: pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.

Adjective

funkis (comparative more funkis, superlative most funkis)

  1. Pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.
    • Funkis buildings can be identified by their flat roofs, large, flat surfaces, curved walls, geometric shapes, horizontal bands of windows, flexible interiors, and lack of excess decorations.2010, Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Culture and Customs of Norway, page 191
    • It moves on next month to include two further nesting boxes, both fitted out in Scandinavia's trademark Funkis architectural style, where Klann hopes the show's feathered stars will hatch and rear their young.2014 March 18, Richard Orange, The Guardian

Forms of funkis

comparativemore funkis
superlativemost funkis

Questions about funkis

What does funkis mean?
Funkis means pertaining to a Scandinavian style of functionalist architecture.
What part of speech is funkis?
Funkis is an adjective.

Words near funkis in the dictionary

  1. funkiness
  2. funking
  3. funking out
  4. funking up
  5. funkioside
  6. funkis
  7. funkite
  8. funkitude
  9. funklike
  10. funkmaster
  11. funkmasters

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