A-kjendis

• a-kjendis

A +‎ kjendis, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾.

Last part from Swedish kändis (“celebrity”) (with the suffix -is from Swedish -is (diminutive suffix), from Latin -is), from känd (“known, famous”), past participle of känna (“to know”), from Old Swedish kænna (“to make known”), from Old Norse kenna (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to make known”), from *kunnaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (“to know, recognize”), from *ǵneh₃- (“to know”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.çɛndɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Hyphenation: A-‧kjen‧dis
• Homophone: a-kjendis

A-kjendis m (definite singular A-kjendisen, indefinite plural A-kjendiser, definite plural A-kjendisene)

1. Alternative spelling of a-kjendis

• “A-kjendis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “A-kjendis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).