mjöl

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjœːl/
• Rhymes: -œːl

Noun

mjöl n (genitive singular mjöls, no plural)

1. (dated) flour

Derived terms

• byggmjöl (“barley flour”)
• fiskimjöl (“fishmeal”)
• haframjöl (“rolled oats, oatmeal”)
• hrísmjöl (“rice flour”)
• hveitimjöl (“wheat flour”)
• kartöflumjöl (“potato flour”)
• kókosmjöl (“coconut flour”)
• maísmjöl (“corn flour”)
• rúgmjöl (“rye flour”)
• síldarmjöl (“herring meal”)
• þangmjöl (“seaweed flour”)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• miöl (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Swedish miøl, from Old Norse mjǫl, from Proto-Germanic *melwą, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mjöl n (countable and uncountable)

1. flour; ground or milled grain or cereal, in particular of wheat
2. in general, a flour-like very fine powder

Declension

Declension of mjöl

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mjöl	mjöls
	definite	mjölet	mjölets
plural	indefinite	mjöl	mjöls
	definite	mjölen	mjölens

Derived terms

• havremjöl
• ha rent mjöl i påsen
• mjöla, mjöla in
• mjölnare
• rågmjöl
• stenmjöl
• vetemjöl

See also

• säd

References

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