silke

See also: Silke, silkė, šilke, and siļķe

English

Noun

silke (countable and uncountable, plural silkes)

1. Obsolete spelling of silk.

Anagrams

• Kiles, Kisel, Kleis, Likes, Liske, kiles, kisel, likes, slike

Danish

Etymology

From Old Chinese sir and Mongolian sirgek, via an unknown Slavic language and Old Norse silki.

Noun

silke c (singular definite silken, plural indefinite silker)

1. silk

Declension

Declension of silke

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	silke	silken	silker	silkerne
genitive	silkes	silkens	silkers	silkernes

Derived terms

• silkeorm

Further reading

• “silke” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “silke” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Chinese sir and Mongolian sirgek, via an unknown Slavic language and Old Norse silki.

Noun

silke m (definite singular silken, indefinite plural silker, definite plural silkene)

1. silk

Derived terms

• silkemyk

References

• “silke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Chinese sir and Mongolian sirgek, via an unknown Slavic language and Old Norse silki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɪlkə/

Noun

silke m (definite singular silken, indefinite plural silkar, definite plural silkane)

1. silk

References

• “silke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

silke n

1. silk

Declension

Declension of silke

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	silke	silkes
	definite	silket	silkets
plural	indefinite	silken	silkens
	definite	silkena	silkenas

Derived terms

• silkeslen

References

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

Anagrams

• Eskil, kisel, lekis, likes