kolv

Swedish

Etymology

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Noun

kolv c

1. a piston

   Synonym: (older, especially on a steam engine) pistong

2. (firearms) a butt
3. (sciences) a laboratory flask (with a neck)
4. (botany) a spadix

   Synonym: blomkolv

Declension

Declension of kolv
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kolv	kolven	kolvar	kolvarna
Genitive	kolvs	kolvens	kolvars	kolvarnas

References

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