skoal
English
Etymology
From Danish/Norwegian/Swedish skål, which is used for raising a toast and also means bowl.
Related terms
Verb
skoal (third-person singular simple present skoals, present participle skoaling, simple past and past participle skoaled)
- To make such a toast.
- 1971, Linda Wolfe, McCall's introduction to Scandinavian cooking, page 5:
- With their aquavit the Scandinavians observe a lovely ritual called skoaling, or "toasting." Skoaling is more formal, however, than toasting is in our country. At a dinner party the host always skoals first.
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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian skūle, ultimately from Latin schola
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skoə̯l/
Further reading
- “skoal”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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