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solsystem

Pronunciation: /²suːl.sʏˌsteːm/

“solsystem” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a solar system; a central star and the planets, moons, comets and other celestial bodies gravitationally bound to it
  2. a social group or social class

Etymology

From sol (“sun; central star”) + system (“system”), literally “sun system”. The first element, sol, is used in its astronomical sense “central star of a planetary system” and is inherited from sól (“sun”). The second element, system, ultimately goes back to σύστημα (sústēma, “composition, organized whole”). Compare the parallel formations Norwegian Nynorsk solsystem, Danish solsystem, Swedish…

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