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# English :: Icelandic dictionary extracted from http://en.wiktionary.org/
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# Version :: 20200901
# Size :: 17791 English glosses; 20102 Icelandic translations
# URL :: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Matthias_Buchmeier
| a {n} (name of the letter A, a) | :: a |
| A {n} (playing card) | :: A [as] |
| aa {n} (a form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes) | :: apalhraun {n} |
| Aalborg {prop} (city in northern Denmark) | :: Álaborg {f} |
| aardvark {n} (mammal) | :: jarðsvín {n} |
| aardwolf {n} (the mammal species Proteles cristatus) | :: jarðúlfur {m} |
| Aarhus {prop} (Danish city) | :: Árósar |
| aback {n} (abacus) SEE: abacus | :: |
| abacus {n} (device for performing arithmetical calculations) | :: talnagrind {f} |
| a bad workman always blames his tools {proverb} (not the tools but how they're employed) | :: árinni kennir illur ræðari [a bad rower blames his oar] |
| abalone {n} (edible univalve mollusc) | :: sæeyra |
| abandon {v} (to give up control of, surrender) | :: hætta (við) |
| abandon {v} (to leave behind or desert; to forsake) | :: yfirgefa |
| abandoned {adj} (wicked, self-abandoned, given to sin) | :: gjörspilltur |
| abandoned {adj} (no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted) | :: yfirgefinn |
| abandoned {adj} (free from constraint, uninhibited) | :: taumlaus, hóflaus |
| abandonware {n} (software which has been abandoned by its developer) | :: eftirlegubúnaður {m} |
| abase {v} (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings) | :: auðmýkja, niðurlægja |
| abasement {n} (the act of abasing) | :: auðmýking {f}, lítillækkun {f} |
| abashed {adj} (embarrassed) | :: vandræðalegur |
| abattoir {n} (public slaughterhouse) | :: sláturhús {n} |
| abbess {n} (female superior of a nunnery) | :: abbadís {f} |
| abbot {n} (superior or head of an abbey or monastery) | :: ábóti {m} |
| abbreviate {v} (to make shorter) | :: skammstafa, stytta |
| abbreviation {n} (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) | :: skammstöfun {f} |
| abbreviation {n} (act or result of shortening or reducing) | :: stytting {f} |
| abbreviation {n} (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note) | :: stytting {f} |
| abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) SEE: abbreviation | :: |
| ABC {n} (alphabet) SEE: alphabet | :: |
| abdomen {n} (belly) | :: kvið {n}, magi {m} |
| abduction {n} (logic: type of syllogism) | :: fráleiðsla {f} |
| abductor {n} (muscle) | :: fráfærir |
| abearance {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| abelian {adj} (math: of a group) | :: Abel- {m}, abelskur {m} |
| abelian group {n} (group in which the group operation is commutative) | :: Abel-grúpa {f}, víxlgrúpa {f}, abelsk grúpa {f}, víxlin grúpa {f} |
| abessive case {n} (case used to express the lack of something) | :: fjarverufall {n} |
| abet {v} (to assist or encourage in crime) | :: aðstoða |
| abiogenesis {n} (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) | :: uppruni lífs |
| a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush {proverb} (small but certain advantage is preferable) | :: betri er einn fugl í hendi en tveir í skógi |
| a bit {adv} (a little) SEE: a little | :: |
| Abkhaz {prop} (a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia) | :: abkasíska {?} |
| Abkhazia {prop} (territory in the Caucasus, see also: Republic of Abkhazia) | :: Abkasía |
| Abkhazian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Abkhazia) SEE: Abkhaz | :: |
| Abkhazian {n} (Abkhaz) SEE: Abkhaz | :: |
| Abkhazian {prop} (Abkhazian language) SEE: Abkhaz | :: |
| ablative {n} (ablative case) SEE: ablative case | :: |
| ablative case {n} (grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source) | :: sviftifall {n} |
| ablaut {n} (substitution of one root vowel for another) | :: hljóðskipti {n-p} |
| able {v} (enable) SEE: enable | :: |
| abomasum {n} (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant) | :: vinstur {f}, vigur {m} |
| A-bomb {n} (atomic bomb) | :: atómsprengja {f} |
| aborigine {n} (aboriginal inhabitant of a country) | :: frumbyggi {m} |
| abortion {n} (induced abortion) | :: fóstureyðing |
| about {prep} (concerning) | :: um |
| above ground {prep} (on or above the surface of the ground) | :: ofanjarðar |
| Abraham {prop} (prophet in the Old Testament) | :: Abraham {m} |
| Abraham {prop} (male given name) | :: Abraham {m} |
| Abraham {prop} (surname) | :: Abraham {m} |
| abroad {adv} (in foreign countries) | :: í utlöndum, erlendis |
| abscess {n} (cavity filled with pus) | :: kýli {n} |
| absence makes the heart grow fonder {proverb} (when someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love or miss them or it) | :: fjarlægðin gerir fjöllin blá |
| absinthe {n} (liquor) | :: malurtarbrennivín {n} |
| absolute address {n} (identification of a fixed location) | :: eiginlegt vistfang {n} |
| absolute assembler {n} (generator of absolute addresses) | :: eiginlegur smali {m} |
| absolute code {n} (code using absolute addresses) | :: eiginlegur kóði {m} |
| absolute loader {n} (loader that places absolute code into main memory) | :: vistfestuhleðsluforrit {n} |
| absolute magnitude {n} (intrinsic luminosity of a celestial body) | :: reyndarbirta {f}, reyndarbirtustig {n} |
| absolute majority {n} (A number of votes totalling over 50 per cent) | :: hreinn meirihluti {m} |
| absolute monarchy {n} (state) | :: einveldi {n} |
| absolute zero {n} (coldest possible temperature) | :: alkul {n} |
| abstract {adj} (art: free from representational qualities) | :: abstrakt |
| abstract algebra {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: hrein algebra {f} |
| abstract class {n} (in software - a class which cannot be instantiated) | :: hugrænn klasi {m} |
| abstract data type {n} (data type defined only by data properties and operations) | :: hugræn gagnagerð {f}, hugræn gagnategund {f}, hugrænt gagnatag {n} |
| Abu Dhabi {prop} (capital of UAE) | :: Abú Dabí |
| abundance {n} (ample sufficiency) | :: gnægð {f} |
| abuse {n} (physical maltreatment) | :: misþyrming |
| Abydos {prop} (ancient city in Egypt) | :: Abýdos |
| Abyssinian {prop} (Amharic) SEE: Amharic | :: |
| academic {adj} (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) | :: akademískur, fræðilegur |
| academic {adj} (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific) | :: fræðilegur |
| academic freedom {n} (the right to teach or learn freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal) | :: akademískt frelsi {n} |
| academic year {n} (time period) | :: skólaár {n} |
| academy {n} (learned society) | :: akademía {f} |
| academy {n} | :: æðri menntastofnun |
| acanthesthesia {n} (tingling, numbing sensation as of being pierced) | :: náladofi {m}, tindadofi {m} |
| acceleration {n} ((physics)) | :: hröðun |
| accent {n} (stronger articulation) | :: áhersla {f} |
| access control {n} (practice of restricting entrance to a property) | :: aðgangsstýring {f} |
| access control {n} (in technology) | :: aðgangsstýring {f} |
| access control list {n} (security scheme) | :: aðgangsstýringalisti {m} |
| accessibility {n} (the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach) | :: aðgengileiki {m} |
| accessibility {n} (feature that increases software usability) | :: aðgengileiki {m} |
| accessory {adj} (having a supplementary function) | :: fylgihlutur {m} |
| accessory {adj} (assisting a crime) | :: vitorðsmaður {m} |
| accessory {n} (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) | :: fylgihlutir |
| accessory fruit {n} (A fruit with tissue not derived from ovary) | :: skinaldin {n} |
| accident {n} (unexpected event with negative consequences) | :: slys {n}, óhapp {n} |
| accoil {v} (nautical sense) SEE: coil | :: |
| according to {prep} (based on statement) | :: samkvæmt |
| account {n} (a registry of pecuniary transactions) | :: reikningur {m} |
| accountable {adj} (capable of being accounted for; explicable) | :: skýranlegur {m} |
| accountant {n} (a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)) | :: endurskoðandi {m} |
| Accra {prop} (capital of Ghana) | :: Akkra |
| accusative {adj} (producing accusations; accusatory) | :: ásakandi |
| accusative {adj} (related to accusative case) | :: þolfalls- |
| accusative {n} (accusative case) | :: þolfall {n} |
| accusative case {n} (case used to mark the immediate object) SEE: accusative | :: |
| accuse {v} (attribute blame to someone) | :: kæra |
| ace {n} (single point or spot on a card or die) | :: ás {m} |
| ace {n} (card with a single spot) | :: ás {m} |
| ace {n} (die face with a single spot) | :: ás {m} |
| acetone {n} (the organic compound (CH3)2CO) | :: asetón {n} |
| acetylation {n} (reaction of a substance with acetic acid) | :: asetýling {f} |
| acetylene {n} (acetylene) | :: kolvetnisgas {n}, logsuðugas {n}, asetýlen {n} |
| achalasia {n} (problem where a ring of muscles is unable to fully relax.) | :: vélindislokakrampi {m} |
| Achilles tendon {n} (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) | :: hásin {f} |
| acid {adj} (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) | :: súr, beiskur |
| acid {adj} (sour-tempered) | :: meinhæðinn {m}, meinhæðin {f}, meinhæðið {n} |
| acid {n} (a sour substance) | :: sýra {f} |
| acid {n} (in chemistry) | :: sýra {f} |
| acid {n} (LSD) | :: sýra {f} |
| acidity {n} (quality or state of being acid) | :: sýrustig {n} |
| acidness {n} (acidity) SEE: acidity | :: |
| acid rain {n} (unusually acidic rain) | :: súrt regn {n} |
| acid reflux {n} (heartburn) SEE: heartburn | :: |
| acme {n} (the highest point) | :: hápunktur {m} |
| acorn {n} (fruit of the oak tree) | :: akarn {n} |
| Acropolis {prop} (Athenian Acropolis) | :: Akrópólishæð {f} |
| acrostic {n} (poem or text in which certain letters spell out a name or message) | :: gripla {f} |
| acrylic {adj} | :: akríl |
| actinium {n} (chemical element) | :: aktín |
| action word {n} (verb) SEE: verb | :: |
| activate {v} (to activate a software functionality) SEE: enable | :: |
| activation {n} (making active) | :: virkjun {f-p} |
| activation record {n} (programming: data structure containing state information) | :: vakningarfærsla {f} |
| active voice {n} (the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action) | :: germynd {f} |
| activist {n} (one who is politically active) | :: aðgerðasinni {m} |
| activistic {adj} (activist) SEE: activist | :: |
| actor {n} (person who performs in a theatrical play or film, see also: actress) | :: leikari {m}, leikkona {f} [actress] |
| actor {n} (plaintiff) SEE: plaintiff | :: |
| actress {n} (female actor, see also: actor) | :: leikkona {f} |
| Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) SEE: Acts of the Apostles | :: |
| Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) | :: Postulasagan {m} |
| actually {adv} (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively) | :: reyndar, raunar |
| actuator {n} (The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive) | :: armstjóri {m} |
| acumen {n} (quickness of perception) | :: skerpa {f}, skarpskyggni {f}, skarpur skilningur {m}, skörp greind {f}, [business acument] viðskiptavit {n} |
| acupuncturation {n} (acupuncture) SEE: acupuncture | :: |
| acupuncture {n} (insertion of needles for remedial purposes) | :: nálastungulækningar {m} |
| acute {n} (acute accent) SEE: acute accent | :: |
| acute accent {n} (acute accent) | :: broddur, broddur yfir bókstöfum |
| Adam {prop} (first man in Abrahamic religions) | :: Adam {m} |
| Adam {prop} (male given name) | :: Adam {m} |
| Adam and Eve {prop} (the first man and woman (according to Genesis)) | :: Adam og Eva {n-p} |
| Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) | :: barkakýli {n}, adamsepli {n} |
| addend {n} (any of various terms added together) | :: samleggjandi {m}, liður {m} |
| adder's tongue {n} (fern of the genus Ophioglossum) | :: naðurtunga {f} |
| add fuel to the fire {v} (worsen a conflict) | :: (to pour oil unto the fire) hella olíu á eldinn |
| addict {n} (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) | :: fíkill {m} |
| addict {n} (adherent or fan) | :: aðdáandi {m} |
| addiction {n} (the state of being addicted) | :: fíkn {f} |
| add insult to injury {v} (to further a loss with mockery or indignity) | :: bæta gráu ofan á svart, gera vont verra, bæta móðgun við meingjörð, blammera |
| addition {n} (act of adding) | :: viðbót {f} |
| addition {n} (thing added) | :: viðbót {f} |
| addition {n} (arithmetic: process of adding) | :: samlagning {f} |
| address {n} (direction for letters) | :: viðfang |
| addressing {n} | :: viðfenging |
| Adelaide {prop} (female given name) | :: Aðalheiður |
| Adele {prop} (language spoken in Ghana and Togo) | :: adelska {f} |
| adenine {n} (base that pairs with thymine or uracil) | :: adenín {n} |
| adessive case {n} (noun case used to indicate adjacent location) | :: nærverufall {n} |
| adhesive tape {n} (adhesive tape generally) | :: límband {n}, teip {n} [informal; usually refers to thicker tape such as duct tape or medical tape] |
| ad hoc {adj} (for this particular purpose) | :: sértækur {m}, sérsniðinn {m} |
| adieu {interj} (farewell, goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| adios {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| adjectival {adj} (functioning as an adjective) | :: lýsingarorð |
| adjective {n} ((grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent) | :: lýsingarorð {n} |
| adjective {adj} (adjectival) SEE: adjectival | :: |
| adjustable {adj} (capable of being adjusted) | :: stillanlegur |
| administration {n} | :: stjórnun |
| admirable {adj} (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration) | :: aðdáanlegur |
| admiral {n} (naval officer of the highest rank) | :: aðmíráll {m} |
| admissible {adj} (capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable) | :: leyfilegur {m}, heimill {m} |
| ad nauseam {adv} (to a sickening degree) | :: up að flökurleika; að flökurleika; svo oft að manni býður við því; svo oft að manni þyki meira en nóg um |
| Adolf {prop} (male given name) SEE: Adolph | :: |
| Adolph {prop} (male given name) | :: Adolf {m} |
| Adolphus {prop} (male given name) SEE: Adolph | :: |
| adore {v} (worship) | :: dýrka |
| adult {n} (fully grown human) | :: fullorðinn {m} |
| adultery {n} (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse) | :: hjúskaparbrot {n} |
| adult star {n} (porn star) SEE: porn star | :: |
| advancement {n} (act of advancing) | :: framfarir |
| advent {n} (Christianity) SEE: Advent | :: |
| Advent {prop} (season before Christmas) | :: aðventa {f}, jólafasta {f} |
| adventure {n} (that which happens without design) | :: ævintýri |
| adverb {n} (lexical category) | :: atviksorð {n} |
| adversary {n} (opponent) | :: andstæðingur {m}; óvinur {m} |
| advert {n} (advertisement) SEE: advertisement | :: |
| advertently {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| advertise {v} | :: auglýsa |
| advertisement {n} (commercial solicitation) | :: auglýsing {f} |
| advertising agency {n} (business which handles advertising) | :: auglýsingastofa {f} |
| advice {n} (opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel) | :: ráð {n}, ábending {f} |
| advise {v} (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn) | :: ráða |
| adviser {n} (advisor) SEE: advisor | :: |
| advisor {n} | :: ráðgjafi {m} |
| advocacy group {n} (people who use various forms of advocacy to influence public opinion) | :: þrýstihópur {m} |
| aeolian harp {n} (type of harp) | :: vindharpa {f} |
| aerial {n} (device for receiving or transmitting) | :: loftnet {n} |
| aerobiology {n} (study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials) | :: loftlíffræði {f} |
| aerodynamics {n} (The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases) | :: loftaflfræði {?} |
| aeroembolism {n} (condition) SEE: air embolism | :: |
| aeroplane {n} (airplane) SEE: airplane | :: |
| aerosol {n} (fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium) | :: úðaefni {n}, agnúði {m} |
| aerostatic {adj} (pneumatic) SEE: pneumatic | :: |
| aesir {n} (Æsir) SEE: Æsir | :: |
| Aesop {prop} (ancient Greek author) | :: Esóp {m} |
| aesthetic {adj} (concerned with beauty) | :: sjónrænn {m} |
| aesthetic {n} (the study of art or beauty) SEE: aesthetics | :: |
| aesthetics {n} (study or philosophy of beauty) | :: fagurfræði {f} |
| affidavit {n} (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement) | :: eiðsvarin yfirlýsing {f}, skrifleg yfirlýsing {f}, eiðfest yfirlýsing {f} |
| affine geometry {n} (branch of geometry) | :: vildarrúmfræði {f} |
| affine group {n} (the group of all affine transformations) | :: vildargrúpa {f} |
| affine space {n} (vector space having no origin) | :: vildarrúm {n} |
| affine transformation {n} (linear transformation followed by a translation) | :: vildarvörpun {f}, vildarmótun {f} |
| affix {n} (linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem) | :: aðskeyti |
| affix {n} (suffix) SEE: suffix | :: |
| affixoid {n} (regular word that also works as an affix) | :: aðliður |
| affluent {n} (tributary) SEE: tributary | :: |
| Afghan {n} (person from Afghanistan) | :: Afgani {m}, Afganar {m-p} |
| Afghani {n} (citizen or native of Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan | :: |
| Afghani {adj} (relating to Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan | :: |
| Afghanistan {prop} (country) | :: Afganistan |
| A-flat {n} (tone four fifths below C) | :: as {n} |
| A-flat {n} (mechanism for producing an A-flat) | :: as-takki {m}, as-klappi {m} |
| A-flat major {n} (A-flat major) | :: as-dúr {m} |
| Africa {prop} (continent south of Europe) | :: Afríka {f} |
| African {adj} (language) SEE: Afrikaans | :: |
| African {adj} (of or pertaining to Africa) | :: afrískur |
| African elephant {n} (Loxodonta africana or Loxodonta cyclotis found in Africa) | :: afríkufíll {m} |
| African Union {prop} (multinational organisation) | :: Afríkusambandið {n} |
| a friend in need is a friend indeed {proverb} (someone who helps you in your time of need is a real friend) | :: sá er vinur, sem í raun reynist |
| Afrikaans {prop} (language) | :: afríkanska {f}, afríkaans |
| after {adv} (behind; later in time; following) | :: eftir |
| after {prep} (subsequently; following in time; later than) | :: eftir |
| afterbirth {n} (material expelled after childbirth) | :: fósturfylgja {f}, hildir {f-p} |
| afternoon {n} (part of the day between noon and evening) | :: síðdegi {n}, eftirmiðdagur {m}, seinnipartur {m} |
| afterword {n} (appendix) SEE: appendix | :: |
| again {adv} (another time) | :: aftur, á ný |
| agate {n} (mineral) | :: agat {m} |
| age {n} (century) SEE: century | :: |
| age {n} (whole duration of a being) | :: aldur {m} |
| age {n} (one of the stages of life) | :: aldur {m} |
| age {n} (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time) | :: aldur {m} |
| age {n} (time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities) | :: sjálfræðisaldri |
| age {v} (intransitive: become old) | :: verða gamall, eldast, [dated] kemba hærurnar |
| ageful {n} (eternity) SEE: eternity | :: |
| age-mate {n} (one who is the same age as another) | :: jafnaldri {m} |
| age of consent {n} (an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex) | :: samræðisaldur {m}, lögriðilsaldur {m} (used colloquially and jokingly) |
| age of majority {n} (age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted) | :: sjálfræðisaldur {m}, (sometimes used with definite; sjálfræðisaldurinn {m}) |
| aglet {n} (catkin) SEE: catkin | :: |
| ago {adv} (past; gone by; since) | :: fyrir |
| agony {n} (extreme pain) | :: kvöl {n}, þjáning {f} |
| agony {n} (violent contest or striving) | :: kvöl {n}, þjáning {f} |
| agora {n} (a place for gathering) | :: samkomustaður {m} |
| agora {n} (a marketplace) | :: markaðstorg {n} |
| agoraphobia {n} (fear of open spaces) | :: víðáttufælni {f}, torgageigur {m} [rare] |
| agree {v} | :: samþykkja |
| agreement {n} (grammatical agreement) | :: samræmi {n} |
| agriculture {n} (the art or science of cultivating the ground) | :: landbúnaður {m}, jarðyrkja {f} |
| agrometeorology {n} (branch of meteorology dealing with agriculture) | :: búveðurfræði {f} |
| ague {n} (malaria) SEE: malaria | :: |
| ahorse {adv} (on the back of a horse) SEE: horseback | :: |
| ahorseback {adv} (on the back of a horse) SEE: horseback | :: |
| aide {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant | :: |
| AIDS {n} (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, see also: acquired immune deficiency syndrome) | :: alnæmi {n}, eyðni {f}, AIDS {n} |
| air {v} (to bring into contact with the air) | :: lofta |
| air {n} (historical: one of the basic elements) | :: loft {n} |
| air {n} (mixture of gases making up the atmosphere of the Earth) | :: loft {n} |
| air ambulance {n} (an aircraft equipped as an ambulance) | :: sjúkraþyrla {f} |
| airbag {n} (protective system in automobiles) | :: loftpúði {m} |
| aircraft {n} (machine capable of atmospheric flight) | :: loftfar {n} |
| aircraft carrier {n} (warship for launching aircraft) | :: lugmóðurskip {n} |
| air embolism {n} (condition caused by bubbles of gas) | :: loftbólurek {n}, loftstífla {f} |
| airfield {n} (place where airplanes can take off and land) | :: flugvöllur {m} |
| airfoil {n} (wing of an aircraft) SEE: wing | :: |
| air force {n} (branch of the military devoted to air warfare) | :: loftvopn {n} |
| air force {n} (unit in the U.S. Air Force) | :: loftvopn {n} |
| airline {n} (company that flies airplanes) | :: flugfélag {n} |
| airliner {n} (passenger aircraft) | :: farþegaflugvél {f} |
| air mail {n} (airmail) SEE: airmail | :: |
| air mail {v} (airmail) SEE: airmail | :: |
| airmail {n} (the system of conveying mail using aircraft) | :: flugpóstur {m} |
| airplane {n} (powered aircraft) | :: flugvél {f} |
| airport {n} (place designated for airplanes) | :: flugvöllur, flughöfn {f}, flugstöð {f} |
| airship {n} (aircraft) SEE: aircraft | :: |
| airship {n} (self-propelled lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered) SEE: dirigible | :: |
| airsickness {n} (form of motion sickness) | :: flugveiki {f} |
| air terminal {n} (terminal at an airport) | :: flugstöð {f} |
| airtight {adj} (impermeable to air or other gases) | :: loftþéttur |
| airtight {adj} (having no weak points or flaws) | :: óhrekjandi |
| air traffic control {n} (system designed to give assistance to aircraft) | :: Flugumferðarstjórn {f} |
| air traffic controller {n} (operator of air traffic control system) | :: flugumferðarstjóri {m} |
| aitch {n} (name of the letter H, h) | :: há |
| ajar {adv} (slightly turned or opened) | :: í hálfa gátt |
| ajar {adj} (slightly turned or opened) | :: opinn til hálfs; opinn í hálfa gátt |
| ajar {adv} (Being at variance or in contradiction to something) | :: úr samræmi, í ósamræmi, úr takti |
| Ajax {prop} (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) | :: Ajas |
| Akhenaten {prop} (Pharaoh in 14th century BCE, founder of Atenism) | :: Akhenaten |
| akimbo {adj} (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward) | :: með hendur á mjöðmum |
| Akureyri {prop} (city on the north coast of Iceland) | :: Akureyri {f} |
| alalia {n} (loss of the ability to speak) | :: málhelti {n} |
| Aland {prop} (archipelago) | :: Álandseyjar {f-p}, Áland {n} |
| alarm clock {n} (type of clock) | :: vekjaraklukka {f} |
| Alaska {prop} (US state) | :: Alaska {n} |
| alb {n} (a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers) | :: alba {f} |
| Albania {prop} (country in south-eastern Europe) | :: Albanía |
| Albanian {adj} (of or pertaining to Albania) | :: albanskur |
| Albanian {n} (person from Albania) | :: Albani {m} |
| Albanian {prop} (language) | :: albanska {f} |
| albatross {n} (seabird) | :: súlukóngur {m}, stormfugl {m} |
| Albert {prop} (male given name) | :: Aðalbjartur |
| Alberta {prop} (province) | :: Alberta |
| album {n} (book for photographs, stamps, or autographs) | :: albúm {n} |
| albumen {n} (white part of an egg) | :: eggjahvíta {f}, hvíta í eggi {f} |
| alchemist {n} (one who practices alchemy) | :: gullgerðarmaður {m} |
| alchemy {n} (ancient chemistry) | :: gullgerðarlist {f} |
| alcohol {n} (organic chemistry sense) | :: alkóhól {n} |
| alcohol {n} (intoxicating beverage) | :: áfengi {n} |
| alcohol-free {adj} (containing no alcohol) | :: óáfengur, áfengislaus |
| Alcoholics Anonymous {prop} (proper noun) | :: AA-Samtökin |
| Aldebaran {prop} (star) | :: Aldebaran |
| alder {n} (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus) | :: elri, ölur {m} |
| ale {n} (beer produced by warm fermentation) | :: öl {n} |
| Alejandro {prop} (cognates of Alejandro) SEE: Alexander | :: |
| Aleutian Islands {prop} (archipelago) | :: Aleuteyjar {f-p} |
| Alexander {prop} (male given name) | :: Alexander {?} |
| Alexander the Great {prop} (King of Macedonia) | :: Alexander mikli {m} |
| Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt) | :: Alexandría |
| alfresco {adv} (outdoors) | :: undir berum himni, úti |
| alga {n} (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) | :: þörungur {m} |
| algal bloom {n} (dense spread of algae) | :: þörungablómi {n} |
| algebra {n} (system for computation) | :: merkjamálsfræði |
| algebra {n} (universal algebra) SEE: universal algebra | :: |
| algebraic number {n} (element of a number field that is a root of a polynomial with integer coefficients) | :: algebruleg tala {f}, algebrutala {f} |
| algebraic structure {n} (sets with operations) | :: algebrumynstur {n}, algebrulegt mynstur {n} |
| Algeria {prop} (country) | :: Alsír {n} |
| Algerian {n} (person from Algeria) | :: Alsíringur {m} |
| Algerian {adj} (of Algeria or its people) | :: alsírskur {m} |
| Algiers {prop} (the capital of Algeria) | :: Algeirsborg |
| algorithm {n} (well-defined procedure) | :: reiknirit, algrím {n}, reiknisögn {f}, algóriþmi {m} |
| Ali Baba {prop} (a fictional character) | :: Alí Baba {m} |
| alibi {n} (criminal legal defense) | :: fjarvistarsönnun {f} |
| Alice {prop} (female given name) | :: Lísa {f} |
| alienation {n} (emotional isolation or dissociation) | :: firring {f} |
| alienist {n} (psychiatrist) SEE: psychiatrist | :: |
| a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree) | :: smá, svolítið, örlítið, eilítið |
| alive {adj} (having life) | :: lifandi, á lífi |
| alkaloid {n} (organic heterocyclic base) | :: beiskjuefni {n} |
| all {determiner} (every individual of the given class) | :: allur {m} |
| all {pron} (everything) SEE: everything | :: |
| allative case {n} (case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something) | :: tilgangsfall {n} |
| all cats are gray at night {proverb} (all cats are grey in the dark) SEE: all cats are grey in the dark | :: |
| all cats are grey in the dark {proverb} (proverb) | :: í myrkri eru allir kettir gráir |
| alleged {adj} (asserted) | :: meintur |
| allele {n} (variant of a gene) | :: samsæta {f}, genasamsæta {f}, tvenndargen {n} |
| allelomorph {n} (allele) SEE: allele | :: |
| allergen {n} (substance) | :: ofnæmisvaldur {m}, ofnæmisvaki {m} |
| allergy {n} (disorder of the immune system) | :: ofnæmi {n} |
| alleviate {v} (make less severe) | :: létta |
| alley {n} (narrow street) | :: sund {n}, húsasund {n}, öngstræti {n} |
| alleyway {n} (narrow street) SEE: alley | :: |
| alliance {n} (state of being allied) | :: bandalag {n} |
| alligator {n} (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator) | :: krókódíll |
| alligator pear {n} (avocado) SEE: avocado | :: |
| alliteration {n} (the repetition of consonants) | :: stuðlun {f}, stafrím {n} |
| all of a sudden {adv} (colloquial: suddenly, see also: suddenly) | :: allt í einu |
| all of the sudden {adv} (all of a sudden) SEE: all of a sudden | :: |
| allowance {n} (a child's allowance; pocket money) SEE: pocket money | :: |
| alloy {n} (metal combined of more elements) | :: málmblanda {f} |
| all right {adj} (in good health) | :: ágætur |
| all rights reserved {phrase} (copyright notice formula) | :: öll réttindi áskilin |
| all roads lead to Rome {proverb} (different paths can take to the same goal) | :: allir vegir liggja til Rómar |
| allspice {n} (spice) | :: allrahanda {n}, negulpipar {m} |
| all's well that ends well {proverb} (A happy ending makes up for everything that has gone before...) | :: allt er gott sem endar vel |
| all that glitters is not gold {proverb} (things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) | :: ekki er allt gull sem glóir |
| all there {adj} (negative form, "not all there": mentally incompetent) | :: ekki með öllum mjalla |
| all the sudden {adv} (all of a sudden) SEE: all of a sudden | :: |
| all too {adv} (way too) SEE: way too | :: |
| almighty {adj} (unlimited in might) | :: almáttugur |
| almond {n} (nut) | :: mandla {f}, sætmandla {f} |
| alms {n} (something given to the poor as charity) | :: ölmusa {f} |
| aloha {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| aloha {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| along {prep} (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to) | :: meðfram |
| along {prep} (in a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on) | :: eftir |
| along {adv} (in company, together) | :: með |
| along {adv} (onward, forward) | :: áfram |
| alpha {n} (name of the letter Α, α) | :: alfa {n} |
| alpha and omega {n} (the first and the last) | :: upphaf og endir |
| alphabet {n} (an ordered set of letters used in a language) | :: stafróf {n}, rittáknakerfi {n} |
| alphabetisation {n} (act of arranging in alphabetical order) | :: stafrófsröðun |
| Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus) | :: Alfa í Mannfáki {n} |
| alpha decay {n} (radioactive decay by emitting an alpha particle) | :: alfasundrun {f}, alfahrörnun {f} |
| alpha particle {n} (positively charged nucleus) | :: alfaögn {f}, alfa-ögn {f}, alfaeind {f} |
| alpha radiation {n} (radiation of alpha particles) | :: alfageislun {f} |
| alpha ray {n} (stream of alpha particles) | :: alfageislar {m-p} |
| alpha wave {n} (electrical signal produced by the brain) | :: alfa-bylgja {f} |
| alpine chough {n} (Pyrrhocorax graculus) | :: fjallkorpungur |
| alpine clubmoss {n} (Diphasiastrum alpinum) | :: litunarjafni {m} |
| Alps {prop} (a mountain range in Western Europe) | :: Alpafjöll {n-p}, Alparnir {m-p} |
| al-Qaeda {prop} (The global network of militant Islamic extremists.) | :: Al-Kaída |
| al-Quds {prop} (Jerusalem) SEE: Jerusalem | :: |
| already {adv} (prior to some time) | :: þegar |
| Alsace {prop} (region on the west bank of the upper Rhine) | :: Elsass {n} |
| Alsatian {prop} (language of Alsace) | :: alsatíska {f} |
| also {adv} (in addition; besides; as well; further; too) | :: líka, einnig |
| altar {n} (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) | :: altari {n} |
| altercation {n} (dispute) | :: bræta {f}, rifrildi {n}, deila {f}, orðakast {n}, orðahnippingar {f-p}, orðaskak {n}, orðasenna {f} |
| alter ego {n} (alternate personality or persona) | :: annað sjálf {n} |
| alternation {n} (ablaut) SEE: ablaut | :: |
| although {conj} (in spite of the fact that) | :: þó að, enda þótt |
| altostratus {n} (cloud type) | :: gráblika {f} |
| altruistic {adj} (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish) | :: ósérplæginn, óeigingjarn, fórnfús |
| aluminium {n} (silvery metal) | :: ál {?} |
| aluminum {n} (aluminium) SEE: aluminium | :: |
| alveolar {adj} (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth) | :: tannbergsmæltur |
| always {adv} (at all times) | :: alltaf |
| always {adv} | :: alltaf, ætíð |
| Alwin {prop} (male given name meaning "noble friend") | :: Aðalvinur |
| a.m. {adv} (before noon) | :: árdegis, fyrir hádegi, f.h., a.m. |
| A major {n} (major key) | :: A-dúr {m} |
| amazing {adj} (very good) SEE: good | :: |
| Amazon {prop} (river) | :: Amasónfljót {f} |
| amœba {n} (amoeba) SEE: amoeba | :: |
| ambassador {n} (minister) | :: sendiherra {m}, [dated] ambassadör |
| ambassador {n} (representative) | :: sendiherra {m} |
| amber {n} (fossil resin) | :: raf {n} |
| ambient {adj} (encompassing on all sides) | :: umlykjandi {m}, allt um kring, umhverfis- |
| ambiguous {adj} (open to multiple interpretations) | :: óskýr |
| ambivalence {n} (coexistence of opposing attitudes) | :: tvíveðrungur {m}, tvíbendni {f} |
| amble {v} (to stroll or walk slowly and leisurely) | :: labba |
| ambulance {n} (emergency vehicle) | :: sjúkrabíll {m}, sjúkrabifreið {f} [formal] |
| amebicide {n} (substance that kills amoebae) | :: angalýjudrepandi {n} |
| amen {adv} (so be it) | :: amen |
| amen {adv} | :: amen |
| amends {n} (compensation for a loss or injury) | :: sárabætur {f-p}, miskabætur {f-p} |
| amerce {v} (to impose a fine on) SEE: fine | :: |
| America {prop} (United States of America) SEE: United States of America | :: |
| America {prop} (Americas) SEE: Americas | :: |
| American {n} (person born in, or a citizen of, the U.S.) | :: Bandaríkjamaður {m}, [colloquial] Ameríkani {m} |
| American {adj} (of or pertaining to the Americas) | :: amerískur |
| American {adj} (of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture) | :: bandarískur |
| American bison {n} (mammal) | :: vísundur |
| American bittern {n} (Botaurus lentiginosus) | :: reyrþvari {m} |
| American Bulldog {n} (American Bulldog) | :: amerískur bolabítur {m} |
| American Civil War {prop} (civil war in the United States (1861-1865)) | :: Þrælastríðið {n}, Bandaríska borgarastríðið {n} |
| American football {n} (American football) | :: amerískur fótbolti {m} |
| American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) SEE: Indian | :: |
| American Revolutionary War {prop} | :: Bandaríska frelsistríðið {n}, Bandaríska byltingin {f} |
| Americas {prop} (North and South America) | :: Ameríka {f} |
| americium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 95) | :: ameríkín |
| Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) SEE: Indian | :: |
| Amharic {prop} (language) | :: amharíska {f} |
| amigo {n} (friend) SEE: friend | :: |
| aminobutyric {adj} (of or pertaining to any of several isomeric univalent radicals) | :: amínósmjör- |
| amiss {adj} (wrong) SEE: wrong | :: |
| a mite {adv} (to a small extent) SEE: a little | :: |
| ammeter {n} (device that measures an electric current) | :: straummælir {m} |
| ammonium bicarbonate {n} (ammonium bicarbonate) | :: hjartasalt {n} |
| ammonium hydroxide {n} (compound) | :: ammóníumhýdroxíð {n} |
| ammonium nitrate {n} (ammonium salt of nitric acid) | :: ammóníumnítrat |
| amniotic fluid {n} (fluid that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus) | :: legvatn {n} |
| amniotic sac {n} (sac in which foetus develops, see also: amnion) | :: líknarbelgur {m} |
| amoeba {n} (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) | :: amaba {f}, amba {f}, slímdýr {n} |
| among other things {adv} (inter alia) SEE: inter alia | :: |
| Amos {prop} (figure mentioned in the Old Testament) | :: Amos {m} |
| Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament) | :: Amos {m} |
| amount {n} (number of elements in a set) SEE: number | :: |
| ampere {n} (unit of electrical current) | :: amper {?} |
| ampersand {n} (the symbol &) | :: táknið &; og-lykkja; tengilykkja; hlíðskipulykkja |
| ampersat {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| amphetamine {n} (amphetamine) | :: amfetamín {n} |
| amphibian {n} (vertebrate) | :: froskdýr {n} |
| amplitude modulation {n} (method of sending information) | :: styrkmótun {f} |
| ampoule {n} (small glass vial hermetically sealed) | :: ampúla {f}, púla {f}, lyfjabiða {f}, lykja {f} |
| amputation {n} (surgical removal of a limb) | :: aflimun {f} |
| amygdala {n} (region of the brain) | :: möndlungur {m} |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis {n} (disease) | :: blönduð hreyfitaugahrörnun {f}, hliðarstrengjavista {f} |
| an {article} (indefinite article) | :: Not used in Icelandic |
| anabolic steroid {n} (class of steroid) | :: vefaukandi steri {m} |
| anaesthesia {n} (anesthesia) SEE: anesthesia | :: |
| anaesthetist {n} (anaesthetist) SEE: anesthesiologist | :: |
| anagram {n} (word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase) | :: raðhverfa {f}, orðarugl {n}, stafabrengl {n}, stafarugl {n} |
| anal cleft {n} (groove between buttocks) SEE: gluteal cleft | :: |
| analog {adj} (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity) | :: hliðrænt |
| analogue {n} (analog) SEE: analog | :: |
| anal sex {n} (sex involving the anus) | :: endaþarmsmök {n-p} |
| analysis {n} (decomposition into components in order to study) | :: greining {f} |
| analysis {n} (in mathematics) | :: stærðfræðigreining {f}, stærðfræðileg greining {f}, greining {f} |
| analyst {n} (person who analyses) | :: sérfræðingur {m} |
| analytic function {n} (mathematical function) | :: raunfágað fall {n} |
| analyze {v} (to subject to analysis) | :: greina |
| ananas {n} (pineapple) SEE: pineapple | :: |
| anaphora {n} (repetition of a phrase used for emphasis) | :: klifun {f}, runklifun {f}, anafóra {f} |
| anaphora {n} (linguistics: expression that refers to another expression) | :: vísiorð {n} |
| anaphoric {adj} (relating to an anaphora) | :: endurvísandi |
| anaphrodisiac {adj} (antaphrodisiac) SEE: antaphrodisiac | :: |
| anaphrodisiac {n} (antaphrodisiac) SEE: antaphrodisiac | :: |
| an apple a day keeps the doctor away {proverb} (apples are good for you) | :: epli á dag kemur heilsunni í lag |
| anarchism {n} (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) | :: stjórnleysisstefna {?} |
| anarchy {n} (absence of any form of political authority or government) | :: stjórnleysi {n} |
| anarchy {n} (political disorder and confusion) | :: stjórnleysi {n} |
| anatomy {n} (art of studying the different parts of any organized body) | :: líffærafræði {f} |
| anchor {n} (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom) | :: akkeri {n} |
| ancient {adj} (having lasted from a remote period) | :: forn |
| ancient {adj} (existent or occurring in time long past) | :: forn |
| ancient {adj} (history: relating to antiquity) | :: fornaldar- |
| Ancient Greece {prop} (ancient civilization of the Mediterranean) | :: Grikkland hið forna |
| Ancient Greek {prop} (the Greek language of classical antiquity) | :: forngríska {f} |
| Ancient Rome {prop} (civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD) | :: Róm til forna {f} |
| and {conj} (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) | :: og |
| and {conj} (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) | :: og |
| and how {phrase} (strong confirmation of preceding) | :: svo sannarlega |
| and/or {conj} (inclusive "or") | :: og/eða |
| Andorra {prop} (country) | :: Andorra {n} |
| Andorran {n} (person from Andorra) | :: Andorramaður {m} |
| Andorran {adj} (pertaining to Andorra) | :: andorrskur {m} |
| Andrew {prop} (male given name) | :: Andrés |
| androgen {n} (androgen) | :: karlhormón {n}, andrógen {n} |
| and so forth {phrase} (indicating a list continues similarly) | :: og svo framvegis, o. s. frv. / og þar fram eftir götunum, og þess háttar |
| and so on {phrase} (indicating a list continues) SEE: and so forth | :: |
| anecdotal {adj} (relating to or of the nature of an anecdote) | :: atvikssögulegur; anekdótískur |
| anecdote {n} (short account of an incident) | :: atvikssaga {f}, anekdóta {f} |
| anecdotic {adj} (anecdotal) SEE: anecdotal | :: |
| anecdotive {adj} (anecdotal) SEE: anecdotal | :: |
| anemia {n} (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport) | :: blóðleysi {n}, blóðskortur {m} |
| anemic {adj} (of or pertaining to anemia) | :: blóðlaus {m} |
| anemometer {n} (an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind) | :: vindmælir {m} |
| anesthesia {n} (loss of bodily sensation) | :: deyfing {f} |
| anesthesiologist {n} (physician specializing in anesthesiology) | :: svæfingarlæknir {m} |
| anesthetic {n} (a substance for the reduced perception of pain) | :: deyfilyf {n} |
| aneuploid {adj} (having number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number) | :: ójafnlitna {m} |
| aneuploidy {n} (the condition of being aneuploid) | :: ójafnlitnun {f} |
| aneurysm {n} (abnormal blood-filled swelling) | :: slagæðargúlpur {m}, gúlpur {m} |
| anew {adv} (again) | :: á nyju |
| angel {n} (messenger from a deity) | :: engill {m} |
| angel {n} (in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels) | :: engill {m} |
| angel {n} (selfless person) | :: engill {m} |
| angelica {n} (plants of genus Angelica) | :: hvönn {f} |
| angel of death {n} (personification of death in fiction and in art) | :: maðurinn með ljáinn {m}, dauðinn {m}, engill dauðans {m} |
| anger {n} (A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something) | :: reiði {f} |
| anger {v} (to cause such a feeling of antagonism) | :: gera reiðan, reita til reiði |
| anger {v} (to become angry) | :: reiðast |
| angle {n} (geometrical figure) | :: horn {n} |
| angle {n} (corner where two walls intersect) | :: horn {n} |
| angle {n} (viewpoint) | :: sjónarhorn {n} |
| angle grinder {n} (power tool) | :: slípirokkur {m} |
| Anglican {n} (member of an Anglican church) | :: biskupakirkjumaður {m} |
| Anglish {prop} (variety of English) | :: anska |
| Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) SEE: Old English | :: |
| ang moh {n} (white person) SEE: white | :: |
| Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Angóla {n} |
| angry {adj} (displaying anger) | :: reiður |
| angular {adj} (relating to or forming an angle; sharp-cornered) | :: hyrndur, skarphyrndur, horn |
| angular {adj} (figurative: sharp and stiff in character) | :: beinaber |
| angular velocity {n} (angle turned in a given time) | :: hornhraði {m} |
| anhimid {n} (screamer) SEE: screamer | :: |
| animal {adj} (of animals) | :: dýrslegur |
| animal {adj} (unhindered by social codes) | :: dýrslegur |
| animal {n} (organism) | :: dýr {n} |
| animal {n} (organism other than man) | :: dýr {n} |
| animal {n} (person who behaves wildly) | :: dýr {n}, óargadýr {n} |
| anime {n} (an animated work originated in Japan) | :: anime |
| anise {n} (fennel) SEE: fennel | :: |
| anisomorphism {n} (differences between two languages) | :: missvörun |
| anisotropic {adj} (exhibiting anisotropy) | :: misátta {m}, stefnuháður {m}, stefnuhneigður {m} |
| anisotropy {n} (the property of being directionally dependent) | :: stefnuhneigð {m}, misáttun {f} |
| ankle {n} (joint between foot and leg) | :: ökkli {m} |
| ankylosaurus {n} (large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous) | :: gaddeðla |
| Ann {prop} (female given name) | :: Anna |
| Anna {prop} (given name) SEE: Ann | :: |
| Anne {prop} (given name) SEE: Ann | :: |
| annihilate {v} (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate) | :: tortíma |
| anniversary {n} (day an exact number of years since an event) | :: afmæli {n}, [anniversary of death] dánarafmæli {n}, [anniversary of death] ártíð {f}, [anniversary of death] dánardægur {n} |
| anniversary {n} (wedding anniversary) | :: brúðkaupsafmæli {n} |
| anno Domini {n} (in the year of our Lord) SEE: Anno Domini | :: |
| Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) | :: á því herrans ári, á því Guðs ári |
| annoy {v} (to disturb or irritate) | :: trufla |
| annoying {v} (causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious) | :: truflandi |
| annual {adj} (of a plant) | :: einær |
| annually {adv} (once every year) | :: árlega |
| annual report {n} (company report of activities for the preceding year) | :: ársskýrsla {f} |
| annular {adj} (having the form of a ring) | :: hringlaga |
| annular eclipse {n} (type of solar eclipse) | :: hringmyrkvi {m} |
| anocracy {n} (political system which is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic) | :: herraræði {n} |
| anoda {determiner} (another) SEE: another | :: |
| anode {n} (the electrode through which current flows into a cell) | :: forskaut {f}, plússkaut {n}, jákvætt skaut {n}, jáskaut {n}, anóða {f} |
| anomalistic {adj} (irregular) SEE: irregular | :: |
| anomia {n} | :: nefnistol {n}, nafnstol {n} |
| anophelicide {n} (that which kills mosquitos) | :: moskítóeitur {n} |
| anorexia {n} (anorexia nervosa) SEE: anorexia nervosa | :: |
| anorexia nervosa {n} (disorder) | :: lystarstol, anorexía |
| another {determiner} (one more, in addition to a former number) | :: annar {m}, önnur {f}, annað {n} |
| another {determiner} (not the same; different) | :: annar {m}, önnur {f}, annað {n} |
| another {determiner} (any or some) | :: annar {m}, önnur {f}, annað {n} |
| answer {n} (response) | :: svar {n}, ans {n} |
| answer {n} (solution) | :: svar {n} |
| answer {v} (to make a reply or response to) | :: svara, ansa |
| answer {v} (to respond to a call) | :: svara |
| answering machine {n} (device that automatically records voice mail) | :: símsvari {m} |
| answerphone {n} (answering machine) SEE: answering machine | :: |
| answer to {v} (to be responsible to) | :: ábyrgur {m}, ábyrgur fyrir {m}, [when negated] óábyrgur {m} |
| ant {n} (insect) | :: maur {m} |
| antagonist {n} (opponent) | :: andstæðingur {m}, mótstöðumaður {m} |
| Antananarivo {prop} (city) | :: Antananarívó |
| antaphrodisiac {adj} (capable of reducing the sex drive) | :: lostakælandi {m}, sem dregur úr kynhvöt {m} |
| antaphrodisiac {n} (substance capable of reducing the sex drive) | :: lostakælir {m} |
| Antarctica {prop} (southernmost continent) | :: Suðurskautslandið {n}, Suðurheimskautslandið {n}, Antarktíka {f}, Suðurskautsálfa {f} |
| anteater {n} (mammal) | :: mauraæta {f} |
| antecedent {adj} (earlier in time or order) | :: undanfari {m} |
| antecedent {n} (any thing that precedes another thing) | :: undanfari {m} |
| antecedent {n} (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) | :: undanfari {m} |
| antecedent {n} (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) | :: forliður {f} |
| antenna {n} (feeler organ) | :: fálmari {m} |
| antenna {n} (device to receive or transmit radio signals) SEE: aerial | :: |
| anthem {n} (national anthem) | :: þjóðsöngur {m} |
| anther {n} (pollen-bearing part of the stamen) | :: frjóhnappur {m} |
| ant-hill {n} (anthill) SEE: anthill | :: |
| anthill {n} (home of ants and termites) | :: mauraþúfa {f} |
| anthology {n} (collection of literary works) | :: sýnisbók {f}, safnrit {n} |
| anthrax {n} (disease) | :: miltisbrandur {m} |
| anthropology {n} (the study of humanity) | :: mannfræði {f} |
| anthropomorphism {n} (the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to something not human) | :: manngervastefna {f} |
| antiandrogen {n} (any substance that inhibits the release or biological effects of an androgen) | :: andkarlhormón {n} |
| antibiotic {n} (substance that destroys or inhibits bacteria) | :: sýklalyf {n} |
| anticathode {n} (anode) SEE: anode | :: |
| antichrist {n} (someone that works against the teachings of Christ) | :: Antíkristur {m} |
| anticommutative {adj} (math) | :: andvíxlinn {m}, andvíxlanlegur {m} |
| anticommutator {n} (a function of two elements A and B, defined as AB + BA) | :: andvíxill {m} |
| antidepressant {n} (agent that prevents or counteracts depression) | :: þunglyndislyf {n} |
| antidepression {adj} (antidepressant) SEE: antidepressant | :: |
| antidepressive {adj} (antidepressant) SEE: antidepressant | :: |
| antidepressive {n} (antidepressant) SEE: antidepressant | :: |
| antiderivative {n} (function whose derivative is a given function) | :: stofnfall {n} |
| Antigua and Barbuda {prop} (country) | :: Antígva og Barbúda |
| antihistamine {n} (drug or substance) | :: ofnæmislyf {n}, andhistamín {n} |
| antihistaminic {n} (antihistamine) SEE: antihistamine | :: |
| antimatter {n} (matter composed of antiparticles) | :: andefni {n} |
| antimony {n} (chemical element) | :: antímon {?} |
| antineutron {n} (the antiparticle corresponding to a neutron) | :: andnifteind {f} |
| antinomy {n} (contradiction) | :: gagnkvæði {n} |
| Antioch {prop} (Antioch on the Orontes) | :: Antíokkía {f} |
| antiparticle {n} (a subatomic particle) | :: andeind {f} |
| antipathy {n} (contrariety or opposition in feeling) | :: andúð {f}, ógeð {n}, óbeit {f} |
| antiproton {n} (antiparticle of the proton) | :: andróteind {f} |
| antisepsis {n} (countering microbial infection) | :: smitvörn {f} |
| antisepticism {n} (antisepsis) SEE: antisepsis | :: |
| antisocial {adj} (unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people) | :: andfélagslegur |
| antisymmetric {adj} ((order theory; of a binary relation on a set)) | :: andsamhverfur {m} |
| antisymmetrical {adj} (antisymmetric) SEE: antisymmetric | :: |
| antonym {n} (word which has the opposite meaning) | :: andheiti {n}, andrætt orð {n} |
| antonymic {adj} (of or relating to an antonym or antonyms) | :: andheitis- |
| antonymy {n} (semantic relation between antonyms) | :: andræðni |
| anus {n} (lower opening of the digestive tract) | :: endaþarmsop, bakrauf |
| anvil {n} (block used in blacksmithing) | :: steðji {m}, ambolti {m} |
| anvil {n} (bone in inner ear) | :: steðji {m} |
| anxietude {n} (anxiety) SEE: anxiety | :: |
| anxiety {n} (concern) | :: kvíði {m}, órói {m}, áhyggja {f} |
| anxiety {n} (pathological condition) | :: angist {f}, kvíði {m} |
| anxiety disorder {n} (disorder characterised by excessive anxiety) | :: kvíðaraskanir |
| anxiousness {n} (anxiety) SEE: anxiety | :: |
| anyhow {adv} (in any case) SEE: in any case | :: |
| any more {adv} (not any more) SEE: no longer | :: |
| anytime {interj} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
| anytime {adv} (at any time) | :: hvenær sem er |
| Aomen {prop} (Macau) SEE: Macau | :: |
| Aosta {prop} (city in Italy) | :: Ágústa {f} |
| Aosta Valley {prop} (Valle d'Aosta) SEE: Valle d'Aosta | :: |
| apartment {n} (domicile occupying part of a building) | :: íbúð {f} |
| apartment building {n} (residential building with multiple flats) | :: fjölbýlishús {n}, íbúðablokk {f}, blokk {f} |
| apathetic {adj} (void of feeling) | :: áhugalaus |
| apatheticness {n} (apathy) SEE: apathy | :: |
| apathistical {adj} (apathetic) SEE: apathetic | :: |
| apathy {n} (lack of emotion or motivation) | :: áhugaleysi {n}, sinnuleysi {n}, tilfinningaleysi {n} |
| ape {n} (animal) | :: api {m} |
| ape {v} (to imitate) | :: apa eftir |
| aphasia {n} (pathological speech disorder) | :: málstol {n} |
| aphelion {n} (the point in the elliptical orbit of a planet where it is farthest from the Sun) | :: sólfirð {f} |
| aphid {n} (insect) | :: blaðlús {f} |
| aphis {n} (aphid) SEE: aphid | :: |
| aphorism {n} (short phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought) | :: kjarnyrði {n}, spakmæli {n-p}, orðskviður {f-p} |
| aphrodisiac {adj} (intensifying sexual desire) | :: lostavekjandi {m}, kynorkuaukandi {m}, kynorkuaukandi {m}, lostaörvandi {m} |
| aphrodisiac {n} (food or drug) | :: ástalyf {n}, frygðarlyf {n}, kynorkulyf {n}, frygðarauki {m} |
| aphroditic {adj} (venereal) SEE: venereal | :: |
| aphthous ulcer {n} (ulcer in the mouth caused by break in mucous membrane) | :: munnangursbólga {f} |
| aplenty {adj} (in an overlarge quantity) | :: í miklum mæli, í ofgnótt |
| aplenty {adv} (more than enough) | :: í miklum mæli, í ofgnótt |
| Apocalypse {prop} (the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet) | :: Opinberunar {m} |
| Apocalypse {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Opinberunarbókin {m} |
| apocope {n} (loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word) | :: brottfall {n} |
| apocryphal {adj} (of doubtful authenticity) | :: vafasamur að uppruna {m}, vafasamur {m}, af vafasömum uppruna, apókrýfur {m} |
| apologetic {adj} (having the character of apology) | :: afsakandi |
| apologetical {adj} (apologetic) SEE: apologetic | :: |
| apophony {n} (alternation of sounds within a word) SEE: ablaut | :: |
| apostate {n} (person who renounces a religion or faith) | :: trúníðingur {m} |
| apostatic {adj} (apostate) SEE: apostate | :: |
| apostatical {adj} (apostate) SEE: apostate | :: |
| apostolic {adj} (pertaining to apostles, or to the apostles) | :: postullegur |
| apostolic {adj} (according to the doctrines of the apostles) | :: postullegur |
| apostolical {adj} (apostolic) SEE: apostolic | :: |
| apostolic succession {n} (chain of consecrations of bishops) | :: postulleg vígsluröð {f} |
| apostrophe {n} (the character ’) | :: úrfellingarmerki {n} |
| apothecary {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| apothecary {n} (pharmacist) SEE: pharmacist | :: |
| app {n} (small computer application) | :: app {n} |
| apparatus {n} (firefighting: vehicle for emergency response) SEE: fire engine | :: |
| appeal {v} (to accuse) SEE: accuse | :: |
| appear {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look | :: |
| appear {v} (To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible) | :: birta, birtast |
| appellative {n} (common noun) SEE: common noun | :: |
| appendectomy {n} (surgical procedure) | :: botnlanganám {n}, botnlangaskurður {m} |
| appendicectomy {n} (appendectomy) SEE: appendectomy | :: |
| appendicitis {n} (inflamation of the vermiform appendix) | :: botnlangabólga {f} |
| appendix {n} (text added to the end of a book or an article) | :: bókarauki {m}, viðauki {m} |
| appendix {n} (vermiform appendix) | :: botnlangi {m}, botnlangatota {f} |
| appetite {n} (desire of or relish for food) | :: matarlyst |
| appetite {n} | :: lyst, matarlyst, löngun |
| apple {n} (fruit) | :: epli {n} |
| apple {n} (tree) SEE: apple tree | :: |
| apple juice {n} (the juice of apples, often used as a drink) | :: eplasafi {m} |
| apple of discord {n} (object which sows anger and dissension) | :: þrætuepli |
| apple pie {n} (pie with apple filling) | :: eplabaka {f} |
| apple sauce {n} (a food) | :: eplamauk {n}, eplamús {f} |
| applesauce {n} (apple sauce) SEE: apple sauce | :: |
| apple tree {n} (tree that bears apples) | :: eplatré {n} |
| applewood {n} (apple) SEE: apple | :: |
| application {n} (a computer program) | :: forrit {n}, tölvuforrit {n} |
| application {n} (a verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar) | :: umsókn {f} |
| applied mathematics {n} (area of mathematics) | :: heimfærð stærðfræði {f}, nytjastærðfræði {f} |
| apply {v} (employ, apply) SEE: use | :: |
| apply oneself {v} (to put forth a concerted effort) | :: leggja sig fram (leggja sig fram) |
| apportion {v} (to apportion) SEE: distribute | :: |
| apprentice {n} (trainee, especially in a skilled trade) | :: lærlingur {m} |
| approach {v} (to come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer) | :: nálgast, færast nær, færa sig nær, fara nær, koma nær |
| approach {v} (To come near to in place, time, or character) | :: nálgast, færast nær, færa sig nær |
| approach {n} (a way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access) | :: aðgönguleið {f} |
| approach {n} (a manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made) | :: nálgun {f} |
| approach {n} (the way a plane comes in to land at an airport) | :: aðflug {n} |
| appropinquation {n} (approach) SEE: approach | :: |
| approximant {n} (mathematics: approximation) SEE: approximation | :: |
| approximant {n} (consonant made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract) | :: nálgunarhljóð {n}, nándarhljóð {n} |
| approximation {n} (act of approximating) | :: nálgun {f} |
| approximation {n} (imprecise solution) | :: nálgun {f} |
| apricot {n} (fruit) | :: apríkósa {f} |
| April {prop} (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: apríl {m}, aprílmánuður {m} |
| apron {n} (clothing) | :: svunta {f} |
| apse {n} (obsolete or dialectal: aspen tree) SEE: aspen | :: |
| apse {n} (case in which the relics were kept) SEE: reliquary | :: |
| Apulia {prop} (region of Italy) | :: Apúlía {f} |
| apurpose {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| aquaponics {n} (system that combines aquaculture with hydroponics) | :: samrækt |
| Aquarian {n} (Aquarius) SEE: Aquarius | :: |
| aquarium {n} (tank for keeping fish) | :: fiskabúr {n} |
| Aquarius {prop} (constellation) | :: Vatnsberinn {n} |
| Aquarius {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Vatnsberinn {n} |
| aquavit {n} (Scandinavian liquor) | :: ákavíti {n} |
| Arabia {prop} (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf;) | :: Arabía {f} |
| Arabian camel {n} (dromedary) SEE: dromedary | :: |
| Arabian Sea {prop} (part of the Indian Ocean) | :: Arabíuhaf {n} |
| Arabic {prop} (language) | :: arabíska |
| Arab Republic of Egypt {prop} (Official name of Egypt) | :: Arabíska lýðveldið Egyptaland |
| Arab Spring {prop} (movement) | :: Arabíska vorið {n} |
| arachnophobia {n} (an abnormal or irrational fear of spiders) | :: köngullóafælni {f} |
| arbitrariness {n} (the state of being arbitrary) | :: geðþóttaháttur {m} |
| arbitrariousness {n} (arbitrariness) SEE: arbitrariness | :: |
| arbitrary {adj} (based on individual discretion or judgment) | :: geðþóttalegur |
| arboraceous {adj} (arboreal) SEE: arboreal | :: |
| arborary {adj} (arboreal) SEE: arboreal | :: |
| arboreal {adj} (living in or among trees) | :: trjábýll {m} |
| arboretum {n} (place of many varieties of tree) | :: trjásafn {n} |
| arborical {adj} (arboreal) SEE: arboreal | :: |
| arboricole {adj} (arboreal) SEE: arboreal | :: |
| arboricolous {adj} (arboreal) SEE: arboreal | :: |
| arborway {n} (avenue) SEE: avenue | :: |
| arcane {adj} (understood by only a few; obscure) | :: hulinn {m}, dulinn {m} |
| arch {n} (architectural element) | :: bogi {m} |
| archaeastronomy {n} (The archeological study of astronomy) | :: fornleifastjörnufræði {f}, forsögustjörnufræði {f} |
| archaebacterium {n} (archaeon) SEE: archaeon | :: |
| archaeology {n} (scientific study of past remains) | :: fornleifafræði {f} |
| archaeon {n} (microorganism) | :: fornbaktería {f} |
| archaic {adj} (old-fashioned or antiquated) | :: gamaldags |
| archangel {n} (angel who leads other angels) | :: erkiengill {m} |
| archbishop {n} (senior bishop) | :: erkibiskup {m} |
| archduke {n} (rank) | :: erkihertogi {m} |
| archebiosis {n} (abiogenesis) SEE: abiogenesis | :: |
| archegonium {n} (multicellular reproductive structure in certain plants) | :: egghirsla {f} |
| archenemy {n} (a principal enemy) | :: erkióvinur {m}, erkifjandi {m} |
| archeology {n} (archaeology) SEE: archaeology | :: |
| archeopteryx {n} (ancient bird) | :: öglir {m} |
| archer {n} (one who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow) | :: bogmaður {m} |
| archfiend {n} (Satan) SEE: Satan | :: |
| archipelago {n} (group of islands) | :: eyjaklasi |
| architect {n} (designer of buildings) | :: arkitekt {m} |
| architecture {n} (art and science of designing buildings and other structures) | :: byggingarlist, húsagerðarlist {f} |
| archiver {n} (archivist) SEE: archivist | :: |
| archivist {n} (one who creates, maintains or controls archives) | :: skjalavörður {m} |
| Arctic {adj} (Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet) | :: arktískur {m}, hánorrænn {m}, norðurheimskauts-, norðurskauts-, norðurpóls- |
| Arctic {prop} (a region of the Earth) | :: Norðurslóðir {f-p}, Norðurskautssvæðið {n}, Norðurheimskautssvæðið {n} |
| arctic fox {n} (Vulpes lagopus) | :: heimskautarefur {m} |
| arctic hare {n} (Lepus arcticus) | :: pólhéri |
| Arctic Ocean {prop} (the smallest of the five oceans of the Earth, on and around the North Pole) | :: Norður-Íshaf {n} |
| Arctic skua {n} (Stercorarius parasiticus) | :: kjói {m} |
| are {v} (be) SEE: be | :: |
| area {n} (maths: measure of extent of a surface) | :: flatarmál {n} |
| area {n} (soccer: penalty area) SEE: penalty area | :: |
| arenarious {adj} (sandy) SEE: sandy | :: |
| arenose {adj} (sandy) SEE: sandy | :: |
| areola {n} (circle around the nipple) | :: vörtubaugur {m} |
| Ares {prop} (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera) | :: Ares |
| argent {n} (silver or metal tincture) | :: silfur |
| Argentina {prop} (Argentine Republic) | :: Argentína {?} |
| Argentine {prop} (Argentina) SEE: Argentina | :: |
| argon {n} (a chemical element) | :: argon |
| argue {v} | :: rífast |
| argyle {n} (pattern) | :: skoskt tíglamynstur {n} |
| aristocracy {n} (the nobility or the hereditary ruling class) | :: aðalsveldi {n}, úrvalsveldi {n} |
| aristocracy {n} (government by such a class) | :: aðalsveldi {n}, úrvalsveldi {n} |
| Aristotle {prop} (ancient Greek philosopher) | :: Aristóteles {m} |
| arithmetic mean {n} (measure of central tendency) | :: meðaltal {n}, hreint meðaltal {n}, venjulegt meðaltal {n} |
| arity {n} (number of arguments) | :: stæðafjöldi {m} |
| Arizona {prop} (a state of the United States of America) | :: Arisóna |
| arm {n} (baseball: pitcher) SEE: pitcher | :: |
| arm {n} (upper appendage from shoulder to wrist) | :: handleggur, armur {m} |
| armadillo {n} (burrowing mammal covered with bony, jointed, protective plates) | :: beltisdýr {n} |
| Armageddon {prop} (site) | :: Harmagedón {n} |
| armed police {n} (police) SEE: police | :: |
| Armenia {prop} (ancient kingdom and country) | :: Armenía {?} |
| Armenian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, Armenians, the language or alphabet) | :: armenskur |
| Armenian {n} (person) | :: Armeníumaður {m}, Armeníukona {f}, Armeníumenn {p}, Armeni {m}, Armenar {m-p} |
| Armenian {prop} (language) | :: armenska |
| armhole {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit | :: |
| armistice {n} (formal agreement to end combat) | :: vopnahlé {n} |
| armor {n} (tank) SEE: tank | :: |
| armor {n} (protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces) | :: brynja {m} |
| armour {n} (tank) SEE: tank | :: |
| armpit {n} (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder) | :: handarkriki {m} |
| arm up {v} (arm) SEE: arm | :: |
| arm wrestling {n} (a sport) | :: sjómaður {m} |
| army {n} (military force concerned mainly with ground operations) | :: her {m} |
| army {n} (government agency in charge of a state's army) | :: her {m} |
| army {n} | :: hópur {m}, her {m} |
| arrangement {n} (act of arranging) | :: röðun {f}, skipan {f}, uppsetning {f}, uppröðun {f}, uppstilling {f} |
| arrangement {n} (manner of being arranged) | :: skipan {f}, uppsetning {f}, uppröðun {f}, uppstilling {f} |
| arrangement {n} (plural: preparations for some undertaking) | :: ráðstafanir {f-p} |
| arrangement {n} (agreement) | :: samkomulag {n} |
| arrangement {n} (music: adaptation of a piece of music) | :: útsetning {f} |
| array {n} (large collection) | :: fylki {n} |
| array {n} (any of various data structures) | :: fylki {n} |
| array {v} (to clothe, ornament) | :: klæða |
| arrest {v} (to stay, remain) SEE: stay | :: |
| arrival {n} (act of arriving or something that has arrived) | :: koma {f} |
| arrive {v} (to reach) | :: koma |
| arriviste {n} (upstart) SEE: upstart | :: |
| arrogance {n} (act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner) | :: gikksháttur |
| arrogant {adj} (having excessive pride) | :: hrokafullur |
| arrondissement {n} (an administrative division) | :: hverfi {n}, sýsluhverfi {n} |
| arrow {n} (projectile) | :: píla {f} |
| arse {n} (arse) SEE: ass | :: |
| arsenic {n} (chemical element) | :: arsen {n} |
| arsonphobia {n} (pyrophobia) SEE: pyrophobia | :: |
| art {n} (human effort) | :: list {f} |
| art {n} (conscious production or arrangement) | :: list {f}, kúnst {f} |
| art {n} (artwork) | :: list {f} |
| art {n} | :: list {f} |
| arteriosclerosis {n} (hardening, narrowing or loss of elasticity in arteries or blood vessel) | :: æðakölkun {f} |
| artery {n} (blood vessel from the heart) | :: slagæð {f} |
| art form {n} (form of art) | :: listgrein {f} |
| arthritis {n} (inflammation of a joint) | :: gigt {f} |
| arthropod {n} (animal of Arthropoda) | :: liðdýr {n} |
| artichoke {n} (vegetable) | :: ætiþistill {m} |
| article {n} (story, report, or opinion piece) | :: grein {f} |
| article {n} (part of speech that specifies a noun) | :: greinir {m}, gr. {m} |
| article {n} (object) SEE: object | :: |
| artificer {n} (artisan) SEE: artisan | :: |
| artificial intelligence {n} (intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity) | :: gervigreind {f} |
| artificial intelligence {n} (branch of computer science) | :: gervigreind {f}, gervigreindarfræði {f} |
| artificial turf {n} (artificial grass surface) | :: gervigras {n} |
| artiodactyl {n} (any ungulate mammal with an even number of toes) | :: klaufdýr {n} |
| artisan {n} (skilled manual worker) | :: handverksmaður {m} |
| artist {n} (person who creates art) | :: listamaður {m}, listakona {f} |
| artmaker {n} (artist) SEE: artist | :: |
| arugula {n} (herb) | :: klettasalat {n} |
| Arvanitic {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in Greece) SEE: Arvanitika | :: |
| Arvanitika {prop} (form of Albanian) | :: arvaníska {f} |
| Arvanitika Albanian {prop} (form of Albanian spoken in Greece) SEE: Arvanitika | :: |
| as {conj} (in the same way that) | :: eins og, svo sem, sem |
| as {conj} (at the same instant that) | :: er, þá, þegar |
| as {conj} (relative conjunction) SEE: that | :: |
| as {conj} (expressing concession) SEE: though | :: |
| as {conj} (than) SEE: than | :: |
| as {adv} (for example) SEE: for example | :: |
| asafoetida {n} (resinous gum from wild fennel) | :: djöflatað {?} |
| as a matter of fact {prep} (actually) | :: reyndar, frómt frá sagt, í raun og veru |
| ascaricide {n} (any pesticide intended to kill roundworms) | :: iðraþráðormalyf {n} |
| Ascension {prop} (holiday celebrating Ascension of Jesus) SEE: Ascension Day | :: |
| Ascension Day {prop} (the fortieth day of Easter) | :: uppstigningardagur {m}, [rare, archaic] hvíti þórsdagur {m} |
| ascertain {v} (find out; discover or establish) | :: ganga úr skugga um, fá fullvissu um, komast eftir, komast að |
| ascetic {n} (devotee to the practice of self-denial) | :: meinlætamaður {m} |
| ascorbic acid {n} (the white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6) | :: askorbínsýra {f} |
| ASEAN {prop} (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) | :: ASEAN, Samband Suðaustur-Asíuríkja |
| asepsis {n} (state of being free from sepsis) | :: smitgát {f} |
| asepticize {v} (sterilize) SEE: sterilize | :: |
| asexual {adj} (without sexual action) | :: kynlaus {m} |
| asexual {adj} (having no distinct sex) | :: kynlaus {m} |
| asexuality {n} (state of not experiencing sexual attraction) | :: ókynhneigð |
| asexual reproduction {n} (form of reproduction that involves neither meiosis nor fusion of gametes) | :: kynlaus æxlun {f} |
| as far as the eye can see {prep} | :: svo langt sem augað eygir |
| Asgard {prop} (the abode of gods in Norse mythology) | :: Ásgarður {m} |
| ash {n} (solid remains of a fire) | :: aska {f} |
| ash {n} (ae ligature) | :: æ {n} |
| ash {n} (tree) SEE: ash tree | :: |
| ashen {adj} (made of ash-wood) | :: úr eski |
| Ashoka {prop} (emperor) | :: Ashoka |
| ashtray {n} (receptacle for ashes) | :: öskubakki {m} |
| ash tree {n} (Fraxinus tree) | :: askur {m}, eski {n} |
| Asia {prop} (the continent of Asia) | :: Asía |
| Asian {adj} (of, relating to or from Asia) | :: asískur |
| Asian elephant {n} (an elephant, Elephas maximus, found in Asia) | :: asíufíll {m} |
| ask {v} (request an answer) | :: spyrja |
| ask {v} (make a request) | :: spyrja, biðja |
| asocial {adj} (antisocial) SEE: antisocial | :: |
| Asoka {prop} (Ashoka) SEE: Ashoka | :: |
| asp {n} (aspen) SEE: aspen | :: |
| asparagus {n} (asparagus plant, Asparagus officinalis) | :: spergill {m} |
| asparagus {n} (asparagus shoots (food)) | :: aspas {m}, spergill {m} |
| aspen {n} (tree of genus Populus sect. Populus) | :: ösp {f}, espi {n}, espitré {n} |
| Asperger's syndrome {n} (autism related developmental disorder) | :: Asperger helkenni |
| aspergillum {n} (holy water sprinkler) | :: kvöstur {m}, stökkull {m} |
| as per the usual {adv} (as usual) SEE: as usual | :: |
| as per usual {adv} (as usual) SEE: as usual | :: |
| asphalt {n} (asphalt concrete) | :: malbik {n}, asfalt {n} |
| aspirate {adj} (aspirated) SEE: aspirated | :: |
| aspirated {adj} (pronounced with an audible breath) | :: fráblásinn |
| aspiration {n} (burst of air that follows the release of some consonants) | :: áblásning {f} |
| aspiration {n} | :: útsog {n} |
| ass {n} (animal, see also: donkey) | :: asni {m} |
| ass {n} (stupid person) | :: asni {m}, hálviti {m}, fífl {n} |
| ass {n} (buttocks) | :: rass |
| assailant {n} (an attacker; someone who attacks another violently, or criminally) | :: árásarmaður {m} |
| assassin {v} (assassinate) SEE: assassinate | :: |
| assassin {n} (one who, motivated by political reasons, intentionally kills a particular person) | :: launmorðingi {m} |
| assassinate {v} (to murder by sudden or obscure attack) | :: ráða af lífi, ráða af dögum |
| assassinate {n} (assassin) SEE: assassin | :: |
| assault {n} (violent onset or attack with physical means) | :: áhlaup {n} |
| assault rifle {n} (a rifle) | :: hríðskotariffill, árásarriffill {m} |
| assemble {v} (to put together) | :: samansetja |
| assemble {v} (to gather as a group) | :: flykkjast |
| assemble {v} (computing: to translate from assembly language to machine code) | :: smala |
| assembler {n} (program that converts assembly language to machine code) | :: smali |
| assembler {n} (assembly language) SEE: assembly language | :: |
| assembly language {n} (programming language) | :: smalamál {n} |
| assfucker {n} (jerk) SEE: jerk | :: |
| asshole {n} (anus) | :: rassgat {n} |
| asshole {n} (mean or rude person) | :: asni {m}, fífl {n}, hálfviti {m} |
| assist {n} (statistical recognition of making a pass) | :: stoðsending {f} |
| assistance {n} (aid; help; the act or result of assisting) | :: aðstoð {f}, hjálp {f} |
| assistant {n} (an auxiliary software tool) SEE: wizard | :: |
| assistant {adj} (having a subordinate or auxiliary position) | :: aðstoðar- |
| assistant {n} (person who assists) | :: aðstoðarmaður {m} |
| associative {adj} (algebraic property of an operator) | :: tenginn {m}, tengi- |
| associativity {n} (condition of being associative) | :: tengni {f} |
| as soon as {conj} (immediately after) | :: strax og |
| as soon as possible {adv} (as soon as is possible) | :: sem fyrst, eins fljótt og auðið er |
| as such {prep} (per se) SEE: per se | :: |
| astatine {n} (the chemical element) | :: astat {n} |
| asterisk {n} (symbol used to highlight words or sentences) | :: stjörnumerki {n} |
| asteroid {n} (astronomy) | :: smástirni |
| asteroseismology {n} (the study of oscillations in stars) | :: stjarnskjálftafræði {f} |
| astonishing {adj} (causing astonishment) | :: undraverður {m} |
| astonishment {n} (amazement, great surprise) | :: undrun {f} |
| astride {adv} (with one’s legs on either side) | :: klofvega |
| astrology {n} (star divination) | :: stjörnuspeki {f}, stjörnuspáfræði {f} |
| astronaut {n} (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose) | :: geimfari {m} |
| astronomic {adj} (pertaining to astronomy) SEE: astronomical | :: |
| astronomic {adj} (incredibly large) SEE: astronomical | :: |
| astronomical {adj} (of or relating to astronomy) | :: stjarnfræðilegur |
| astronomical unit {n} (measure of distance) | :: stjarnfræðieining {f} |
| astronomy {n} (study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere) | :: stjörnufræði {f} |
| astrophobia {n} (fear of stars and celestial space) | :: stjörnufælni {f} |
| astrophysicist {n} (one who studies astrophysics) | :: stjarneðlisfræðingur {m} |
| astrophysics {n} (interdisciplinary branch of astronomy and physics) | :: stjarneðlisfræði {f} |
| AstroTurf {n} (synthetic material) SEE: artificial turf | :: |
| astute {adj} (Quick at seeing how to gain advantage) | :: slyngur, kænn, séður |
| as usual {adv} (as is usually the case) | :: að venju, eins og vant er |
| as well {adv} (in addition, also) | :: líka |
| asylum seeker {n} (person who has applied for asylum) | :: hælisleitandi {m} |
| asymmetric {adj} (not symmetric) | :: ósamhverfur {m}, ósamloka {m} |
| asymmetrical {adj} (not symmetrical) | :: missamhverfur {m}, mishverfur {m} |
| asymmetric cryptography {n} (type of cryptography) | :: ósamhverf dulritun {f} |
| asymptote {n} (a straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely) | :: aðfella {f}, ósnertill {m} |
| asynchronous {adj} (not synchronous) | :: ósamstilltur |
| asynchronous {adj} ((computing) allowing the client to continue during processing of a request or a message) | :: ósamstilltur |
| asynchronous transfer mode {n} (broadband voice and data technology with quality of service transmission for sending and receiving data) | :: ósamstilltur flutningshamur {m} |
| asystole {n} (absence of systole) | :: sláttarstöðvun {f}, samdráttarleysi í hjarta {n}, rafleysa {f} |
| at {prep} (in or very near a particular place) | :: í, á |
| at {prep} (indicating time) | :: á, í |
| at {prep} (in the direction of) | :: að, til |
| at {prep} (denoting a price) | :: á, í |
| at {prep} (occupied in (activity)) | :: við, í, á |
| at {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| a tad {adv} (a little) SEE: a little | :: |
| at all {prep} (at all) | :: yfirleitt, yfirhöfuð [informal] |
| at a loss {prep} (below the cost or price of purchase) | :: með tapi, [running at a loss] hallarekstur {m}, [operation at a loss] taprekstur {m} |
| at a loss {prep} (not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability) | :: ráðþrota {m}, ráðvilltur {m}, ráðalaus {m}, [at a loss for words] vefjast tunga um tönn, [be at a loss] fallast hendur, [completely at a loss] eins og álfur út úr hól, [be at a loss] koma af fjöllum, [be at a loss for words] verða orðfall, [be at a loss for an answer] verða svarafátt, [he was at a loss] það komu vöflur á hann |
| at any rate {prep} (in any case) SEE: in any case | :: |
| atavism {n} (reappearance of an ancestral characteristic) | :: áalíking {f} |
| at death's door {prep} (about to die) | :: dauðvona {m}, liggja fyrir dauðanum, vera langt leiddur, vera í andarslitrunum, berja nestið |
| at first glance {prep} (after only a superficial examination or review) | :: við fyrstu sýn |
| at first sight {prep} (at first glance) SEE: at first glance | :: |
| atheism {n} (rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist)) | :: trúleysi {n}, guðleysi {n} |
| atheist {n} (a person who believes that no deities exist) | :: trúleysingi {m}, guðleysingi {m}, heiðingi {m} |
| Athens {prop} (capital city of Greece) | :: Aþena {f} |
| atherosclerosis {n} (clogging or hardening of blood vessels caused by plaques) | :: fituhrörnun slagæða {f} |
| athlete {n} (participant in one of several sporting activities) | :: íþrottmaður {m} |
| at home {prep} (In one's place of residence) | :: heima, heima við, [not at home] að heiman, [not at home] fjarverandi {m}, [not at home] fjarstaddur {m} |
| at home {prep} (Comfortable) | :: afslappaður, eins og heima hjá sér |
| at home {prep} (With parents) | :: heima, heima við |
| Atlantic herring {n} (Clupea harengus) | :: Atlantshafs síld {f}, síld {f} |
| Atlantic Ocean {prop} (the ocean lying between the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east) | :: Atlantshaf {n} |
| atlas {n} (bound collection of maps) | :: kortabók {f}, atlas {m} |
| at least {prep} (at a lower limit) | :: að minnsta kosti |
| at least {prep} (anyway) | :: að minnsta kosti |
| at loggerheads {prep} (unable to agree; opposing) | :: elda grátt silfur |
| ATM {n} ((banking) Automated Teller Machine) | :: hraðbanki {m} |
| atmosphere {n} (gases surrounding the Earth) | :: andrúmsloft {n}, lofthjúpur {n} |
| at no time {prep} (never) SEE: never | :: |
| atom {n} (chemistry, physics: smallest possible amount of matter retaining its chemical properties) | :: frumeind {f}, atóm {n} |
| atom {n} (mathematics: member of a Boolean algebra) | :: atóm {n} |
| atomic bomb {n} (nuclear weapon) | :: atómsprengja {f}, kjarnorkusprengja {f} |
| atomic weapon {n} (nuclear weapon) SEE: nuclear weapon | :: |
| atrophy {n} (reduced functionality) | :: rýrnun {m} |
| at sea {prep} (at the ocean or sea) | :: á sjó, úti |
| at sign {n} (name of the symbol @) | :: at merkið, hjá |
| at-sign {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| at sixes and sevens {prep} (in a state of dispute or disagreement) | :: elda grátt silfur |
| at symbol {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| attempt {v} (to try) | :: reyna |
| attention {n} | :: athygli {f} |
| attestation {n} (linguistics: appearance in records) | :: heimildardæmi {n} |
| at the moment {prep} (right now) | :: sem stendur, núna |
| at the top of one's lungs {prep} (very loudly) | :: fullum hálsi |
| at the top of one's voice {prep} (very loudly) | :: fullum hálsi |
| attic {n} (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof) | :: háaloft {n}, þakhæð {f}, loft {n}, ris {n}, rishæð {f}, [informal] hanabjálki {m} |
| attorney {n} (lawyer) | :: lögfræðingur {m} |
| attorney {n} (agent/representative) | :: fulltrúi {m}, umboðsmaður {m} |
| aubergine {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant | :: |
| au contraire {adv} (on the contrary, see also: on the contrary) | :: þvert á móti, á hinn bóginn, hins vegar |
| auction {n} (public sales event) | :: uppboð {n} |
| audacity {n} (insolent boldness) | :: ofdirfska {f}, ósvífni {f}, ófyrirleitni {f}, bíræfni {f} |
| audacity {n} (fearless daring) | :: dirfska {f}, fífldirfska {f} |
| audiobook {n} (audiobook) | :: hljóðbók {f} |
| auditor {n} (one who audits bookkeeping accounts) | :: endurskoðandi {m} |
| Audouin's gull {n} (Ichthyaetus audouinii) | :: kóralmáfur {m} |
| August {prop} (eighth month of the Gregorian calendar) | :: ágúst {m}, ágústmánuður {m} |
| aulete {n} (flautist) SEE: flautist | :: |
| aunt {n} (a parent’s sister or sister-in-law) | :: föðursystir {f} (paternal), móðursystir {f} (maternal) |
| aura {n} (An invisible force surrounding a living creature.) | :: ára {f}, geislahjúpur {m} |
| aural {adj} (of or pertaining to the ear) | :: eyrna-, heyrnar- |
| aurist {n} (one skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear) | :: eyrnalæknir {m} |
| aurochs {n} (European bison) SEE: European bison | :: |
| aurora {n} (atmospheric phenomenon) | :: segulljós {n-p} |
| aurora australis {n} (southern lights) SEE: southern lights | :: |
| aurora borealis {n} (aurora of the northern hemisphere) SEE: northern lights | :: |
| austerity {n} (severity of manners or life) | :: strangleiki {m}, harka {f} |
| Australasia {prop} (Oceania) SEE: Oceania | :: |
| Australia {prop} (Commonwealth of Australia) | :: Ástralía {f} |
| Australia {prop} (continent of Australia) | :: Ástralía {f} |
| Australian {n} (a person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent) | :: Ástrali {m}, Ástralíubúi {m} |
| Australian {adj} (of or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or languages) | :: ástralskur |
| Austria {prop} (country in Central Europe) | :: Austurríki {n} |
| Austria-Hungary {prop} (former country in Central Europe) | :: Austurríki-Ungverjaland |
| Austrian {adj} (related to Austria) | :: austurrískur |
| Austrian {n} (Austrian person) | :: Austurríkismaður {m}, Austurríkismenn {m-p} |
| authentic cadence {n} (cadence where dominant resolves to tonic) | :: aðalendir {m} |
| author {n} (writer) SEE: writer | :: |
| author {n} (originator or creator of a work) | :: höfundur {m}, rithöfundur {m} |
| autism {n} (neurological disorder) | :: einhverfa {f}, sjálfhverfa {f} |
| autistic {adj} (having or pertaining to autism) | :: sjálfhverfur |
| autocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to autocracy or an autocrat) | :: einræðis- |
| autocratic {adj} (of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat) | :: ráðríkur, einráður |
| autofellatio {n} (Oral stimulation of one's own penis) | :: sjálftott {n}, sjálftottun {f} |
| autograph {n} (signature) | :: eiginhandaráritun {f} |
| autograph {n} (hand-written manuscript) | :: eiginhandarrit {n} |
| autograph {v} (to sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book) | :: árita |
| automated teller machine {n} (banking) | :: hraðbanki {m} |
| automatic {adj} (capable of operating without external control) | :: sjálfvirkur {m} |
| automatic {adj} (acting without conscious thought) | :: sjálfvirkur {m} |
| automatic {adj} (describing a firearm which fires continuously) | :: sjálfvirkur {m} |
| automatic {n} (A car with automatic transmission) | :: sjálfskiptur bíll {m} |
| automatic teller machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| automaton {n} (machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions) | :: sjálfvirki {m}, vélmenni {n} |
| automobile {n} (passenger vehicle) | :: bifreið {f} |
| automorphism {n} (isomorphism of a mathematical object or system of objects onto itself) | :: sjálfmótun {f} |
| autonomy {n} (self-government) | :: sjálfræði {n}, sjálfsstjórn {f} |
| autonomy {n} (capacity for individual decision) | :: sjálfræði {n}, sjálfsstjórn {f} |
| auto racing {n} (sport) | :: bílakappakstur {m} |
| autoteller {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine | :: |
| auto transport truck {n} (truck that carries other motor vehicles) | :: bílaflutningabíll {m} |
| autumn {n} (season) | :: haust {n} |
| autumn {adj} (autumnal) SEE: autumnal | :: |
| autumnal {adj} (of or relating to autumn) | :: haust-, haustlegur {m} |
| autumnal equinox {n} (moment) | :: haustjafndægur {n-p} |
| autumnal equinox {n} (point) | :: haustpunktur {m} |
| autumn equinox {n} (autumnal equinox) SEE: autumnal equinox | :: |
| auxiliary {n} (auxiliary verb) SEE: auxiliary verb | :: |
| auxiliary verb {n} (a helping verb) | :: hjálparsögn {f} |
| available {adj} (capable of being used) | :: laus |
| avalanche {n} (large sliding mass of snow and ice) | :: snjóflóð {n} |
| Avar {prop} (language) | :: avarska |
| avenge {v} (to take vengeance for) | :: hefna |
| avenue {n} (broad street) | :: troð {?}, breiðstræti {n} |
| Avernus {prop} (underworld) SEE: underworld | :: |
| avert {v} (to turn aside) | :: snúa frá, snúa undan, beina frá, snúa sér undan, líta undan |
| avert {v} (to ward off) | :: afstýra, koma í veg fyrir |
| avian flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza | :: |
| avian influenza {n} (strain of influenza) | :: fuglaflensa {f} |
| avocado {n} (fruit) | :: lárpera {f}, avókadó {n} |
| Avogadro constant {n} (number of atoms present in 0.012 kilograms of isotopically pure carbon-12) SEE: Avogadro's number | :: |
| Avogadro's number {n} (number of atoms present in 0.012 kilograms of isotopically pure carbon-12) | :: Avogadrosartala {f} |
| Avraham {prop} (given name) SEE: Abraham | :: |
| await {v} (transitive: to wait for) | :: bíða |
| awakening {n} (the act of awaking) | :: uppvakning {f} |
| away {adj} (not here; gone) | :: fjarverandi |
| away {adj} (unavailable) | :: ekki við, fjarverandi |
| away {adj} (traveling; on vacation) | :: fjarverandi, í fríi (on holiday) |
| awfully {adv} (very) SEE: very | :: |
| awkward {adj} (lacking dexterity in the use of the hands) | :: klunnalegur |
| awkward {adj} (not easily managed or effected; embarrassing) | :: vandræðalegur, pínlegur |
| awl {n} (pointed instrument) | :: alur {m} |
| a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle {phrase} (a woman is capable of living a complete and independent life) | :: kona án manns er eins og fiskur án reiðhjóls |
| axe {n} (tool) | :: öxi {f}, exi {f} |
| axilla {n} (armpit) | :: handarkriki {m}, holhönd {f} |
| axiom {n} (philosophy: supposed self‐evident or necessary truth) | :: frumsannindi {n-p}, grundvallarregla {f}, óræk vissa |
| axiom {n} (mathematics: fundamental assumption) | :: frumsenda {f}, frumsetning {f} |
| axis {n} (geometry: imaginary line) | :: ás {m}, möndull |
| axis {n} (basis of space or part of graph) | :: ás {m} |
| axle {n} (the pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel) | :: öxull {m} |
| Aymara {prop} (language of South America) | :: aímaríska |
| Azerbaijan {prop} (country) | :: Aserbaídsjan |
| Azerbaijani {n} (Azerbaijani person) | :: Aseri {m}, Aserar {m-p} |
| Azerbaijani {prop} (language of Azerbaijan) | :: Aserbadsjaníska |
| Azeri {n} (Azerbaijani) SEE: Azerbaijani | :: |
| Azeri {prop} (Azerbaijani) SEE: Azerbaijani | :: |
| azure {n} (colour of the sky) | :: fagurblár {m}, himinblár {?}, heiðblár {?} |
| Åland {prop} (Åland) SEE: Aland | :: |
| Ålesund {prop} (Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal) | :: Álasund {n} |
| Æsir {prop} (the principal Norse gods) | :: æsir {p} |