öppning
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editöppning c
- opening (act of opening or an opening in something, general sense similar to English)
- opening (first few moves in a game of chess)
- (euphemistic) a movement, a defecation
- Synonyms: defekation, tarmtömmning
- 1880 December 11, C. J. Ellefsen, “Ett fall af tarmocklusion botadt med stora doser af Belladonna. [A case of bowel obstruction cured with large doses of Belladonna.]”, in Eira, page 735:
- Vid min ankomst erfor jag att mannen, som var 48 år gammal och hittills alltid hafvit god helsa, icke haft öppning på 7 dygn och de sista två dagarne hafvit fekala kräkningar.
- Upon my arrival, I learned that the man, who was 48 years old and had hitherto always enjoyed good health, had not had a movement for 7 days and had experienced fecal vomiting over the past two days.
Declension
editDeclension of öppning | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | öppning | öppningen | öppningar | öppningarna |
Genitive | öppnings | öppningens | öppningars | öppningarnas |
Derived terms
edit- dörröppning (“doorway”)
Further reading
edit- öppning in Svensk ordbok.