释义 |
lands·mål noun or lands·maal \ˈlän(t)ˌsmȯl\ (-s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Norwegian landsmål (formerly spelled landsmaal), from land country, land + mål speech : a literary form of Norwegian based on the spoken dialects of Norway that dates from a grammar and dictionary by Ivar Aasen about 1850 and was designed as a national language distinct from that of Denmark — called also New Norse; compare riksmål |