hvisle

hvisle
hvis|le
vb., -r, -de, -t

Dansk ordbog. 2015.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Whistle — Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical sound, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Whistled — Whistle Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Whistling — Whistle Whis tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whistled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whistling}.] [AS. hwistlian; akin to Sw. hvissla, Dan. hvisle, Icel. hv[=i]sla to whisper, and E. whisper. [root]43. See {Whisper}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make a kind of musical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • whistle — [OE] Like whisper, whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis , which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’. => WHISPER …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • whistle — [OE] Like whisper, whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *khwis , which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’. Cf.⇒ WHISPER …   Word origins

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”