presenning

Possibly borrowed from Portuguese percinta, from Latin praecingō, from prae- + cingō.

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presenning f (plural presenningen, diminutive presenninkje n)

1. tarpaulin

• → Norwegian: presenning
• → Russian: брезент (brezent)
  • → Bulgarian: брезе́нт (brezént)
  • → Crimean Tatar: brezent
  • → Polish: brezent
  • → Turkmen: brezent
• → Swedish: presenning

Borrowed from Dutch presenning, possibly borrowed from Portuguese percinta, from Latin praecingō, from prae- + cingō.

presenning m (definite singular presenningen, indefinite plural presenninger, definite plural presenningene)

1. a tarpaulin

• “presenning” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Dutch presenning, possibly borrowed from Portuguese percinta, from Latin praecingō, from prae- + cingō.

presenning m (definite singular presenningen, indefinite plural presenningar, definite plural presenningane)

1. a tarpaulin

• “presenning” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Dutch presenning, possibly borrowed from Portuguese percinta, from Latin praecingō, from prae- + cingō.

presenning c

1. a tarpaulin, a tarp

• kapell (“cover; canopy”)

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