| Qatar {prop} (a country in the Middle East)
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:: Qatar
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| Qatari {n} (person from Qatar or of Qatari descent)
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:: [Bokmål] qatarer {m}; [Nynorsk] qatarar {m}
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| Qatari {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Qatar or the Qatari people)
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:: [Bokmål] qatarsk; [Nynorsk] qatarsk
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| Q-tip {n} (type of cotton swab) SEE: cotton swab
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| quack {n} (sound made by a duck)
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:: kvakk {?}
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| quack {v} (to make a noise like a duck)
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:: kvekke
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| quack {n} (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine)
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:: [Bokmål] kvakksalver {m}; [Nynorsk] kvakksalvar {m}
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| quackery {n} (practice)
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:: [Bokmål] kvakksalveri {n}; [Nynorsk] kvakksalveri {n}
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| quackgrass {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass
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| quacksalver {n} (one falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills)
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:: [Bokmål] kvakksalver {m}; [Nynorsk] kvakksalvar {m}
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| quad {adj} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral
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| quad {adj} (quadruplet) SEE: quadruplet
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| quadragenarian {n} (one who is quadragenarian)
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:: i førtiåra, i førtiårene
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| quadrangle {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral
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| quadrant {n} (section)
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:: kvadrant {m}
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| quadrant {n} (region of the Cartesian plane)
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:: kvadrant {m}
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| quadrilateral {n} (polygon having four sides)
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:: [Bokmål] firkant {m}; [Nynorsk] firkant {m}
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| quadruple {adj} (being four times as long, as big or as many of something)
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:: firedobbelt, kvadruppelt
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| quadruple {v} (to multiply by four)
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:: firedoble, kvadruple
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| quadruplet {n} (infant born as one of four)
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:: [Bokmål] firling {m}; [Nynorsk] firling {m}
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| quaffle {n} (ball used in Quidditch)
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:: sluff {m}
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| quagmire {n} (swampy ground)
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:: myr {f}, sump {n}, sump {n}
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| quagmire {n} (perilous, mixed up and troubled situation)
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:: hengemyr {f}, kvikksand {f}
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| quail {n} (any of several small game birds)
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:: vaktel {m}
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| quake {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake
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| quakebuttock {n} (coward) SEE: coward
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| Quaker {n} (believer of the Quaker faith)
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:: [Bokmål] kveker {m}; [Nynorsk] kvekar {m}
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| qualitative {adj} (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity)
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:: [Bokmål] kvalitativ; [Nynorsk] kvalitativ
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| qualitative {adj} ((chemistry) of a form of analysis that yields the identity of a compound)
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:: [Bokmål] kvalitativ; [Nynorsk] kvalitativ
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| quality {n} (level of excellence)
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:: kvalitet
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| quality of life {n} (general well-being of individuals and societies)
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:: [Bokmål] livskvalitet {m}; [Nynorsk] livskvalitet {m}
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| quality time {n} (time dedicated to one's children)
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:: [Bokmål] kvalitetstid {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] kvalitetstid {f}
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| quantitative {adj}
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:: kvantitativ
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| quantitative easing {n} (monetary policy where the central bank creates money electronically)
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:: [Bokmål] kvantitativ lettelse {m}
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| quantity {n} (fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement)
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:: [Bokmål] kvantitet {m}
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| quantity {n} (indefinite amount of something)
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:: [Bokmål] mengde {m}; [Nynorsk] mengd {f}
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| quantity {n} (specific measured amount)
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:: [Bokmål] mengde {m}, antall {n}; [Nynorsk] mengd {f}, tal {n}
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| quantity {n} (considerable measure or amount)
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:: [Bokmål] mengde {m}, antall {n}; [Nynorsk] mengd {f}, tal {n}
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| quantum leap {n} (electron's state of change)
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:: kvantesprang {n}
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| quantum leap {n} (abrupt change)
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:: kvantesprang {n}
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| quantum mechanics {n} (branch of physics)
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:: [Bokmål] kvantemekanikk {m}; [Nynorsk] kvantemekanikk {m}
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| quantum theory {n} (quantum mechanics) SEE: quantum mechanics
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| quarantine {n} (sanitary measure isolating infected people)
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:: karantene
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| quark {n} (soft creamy cheese)
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:: kvarg {m}
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| quarrel {n} (verbal dispute or heated argument)
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:: krangel {m}
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| quarrel {v} (to contend, argue strongly, squabble)
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:: krangle
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| quarrel {v} (disagree) SEE: disagree
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| quarter {n} (one of four equal parts)
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:: [Bokmål] firedel {m}, fjerdedel {m}; [Nynorsk] firedel {m}, fjerdedel {m}
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| quarter {n} (period of three months)
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:: [Bokmål] kvartal {n}; [Nynorsk] kvartal {n}
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| quarter {n} (section of a town)
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:: bydel, kvarter
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| quarter bottle {n} (piccolo) SEE: piccolo
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| quarter-hour {n} (quarter-hour) SEE: quarter of an hour
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| quarter of an hour {n} (fifteen minutes)
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:: [Bokmål] kvarter {n}; [Nynorsk] kvarter {n}
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| quartet {n} (music composition in four parts)
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:: [Bokmål] kvartett {m}; [Nynorsk] kvartett {m}
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| quartet {n} (four musicians who perform a piece of music together)
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:: [Bokmål] kvartett {m}; [Nynorsk] kvartett {m}
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| quartzite {n} (metamorphic rock)
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:: [Bokmål] kvartsitt {m}; [Nynorsk] kvartsitt {m}
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| quasar {n} (An extragalactic object)
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:: kvasar {m}
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| quasi {adj} (showing likeness)
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:: kvasi-
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| quay {n} (structure for loading and unloading vessels)
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:: [Bokmål] kai {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] kai {f} {m}
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| quayside {n} (an area alongside a quay)
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:: [Bokmål] kaikant {m}; [Nynorsk] kaikant {m}
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| Quechua {prop} (language)
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:: quechua
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| queen {n} (female monarch)
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:: dronning {f}
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| queen {n} (wife of a king)
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:: dronning
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| queen {n} (chess piece)
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:: dronning {f}
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| queen {n} (playing card)
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:: dame {c}, dama {f}
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| queen {n} (reproductive female animal in a hive)
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:: dronning {f}
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| Queen Anne's lace {n} (Anthriscus sylvestris) SEE: cow parsley
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| queen bee {n} (reproductive female bee)
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:: [Bokmål] bidronning {m} {f}; [Nynorsk] bidronning {f}, biedronning {f}
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| Queen Maud Land {prop} (Norwegian Antarctic territory)
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:: [Bokmål] Dronning Maud Land; [Nynorsk] Dronning Maud Land
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| queen mother {n} (widowed queen consort whose son or daughter from that marriage is the reigning monarch)
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:: [Bokmål] dronningmor {f}
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| queer {adj} (slang: homosexual)
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:: skeiv, homse {m}, [highly offensive] soper {m}
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| queer {adj} (pertaining to non-normative sexuality)
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:: skeiv
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| queer {n} (slang: homosexual) SEE: fag
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| quell {n} (transitive: to take the life of; to kill) SEE: kill
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| quench {v} (to satisfy thirst)
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:: slukke
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| quench {v} (to extinguish or put out)
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:: slukke
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| quench {v} (to cool rapidly by immersion)
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:: bråkjøle
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| Quenya {prop} (constructed language)
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:: quenya
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| quern {n} (mill)
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:: håndkvern {m}
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| query {n} (question or inquiry)
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:: [Bokmål] spørsmål {n}
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| quest {n} (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
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:: [Bokmål] søken
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| question {n} (talk; conversation; speech) SEE: talk
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| question {n} (sentence, phrase or word)
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:: [Bokmål] spørsmål {n}; [Nynorsk] spørsmål {n}
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| question {v} (raise doubts about)
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:: [Bokmål] sette spørsmålstegn ved, stille spørsmål ved; [Nynorsk] setje spørsmålsteikn ved, stille spørsmål ved
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| questionary {n} (questionnaire) SEE: questionnaire
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| question mark {n} (punctuation mark)
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:: [Bokmål] spørsmålstegn {n}
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| questionnaire {n} (form containing a list of questions)
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:: [Bokmål] spørreskjema {n}; [Nynorsk] spørjeskjema {n}
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| question of law {n} (question of law)
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:: [Bokmål] rettsspørsmål {n}; [Nynorsk] rettsspørsmål {n}
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| queue {n} (line of people)
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:: [Bokmål] kø {m}; [Nynorsk] kø {m}
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| queue {n} (waiting list)
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:: [Bokmål] kø {m}
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| quick {adj} (moving with speed)
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:: rask, kvikk
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| quick {adj} (occurring in a short time)
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:: rask, kvikk
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| quick {adj} (lively, witty)
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:: kvikk
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| quick {adj} (mentally agile, perceptive)
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:: kvikk
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| quick {adj} (alive)
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:: frisk og rask [literally "healthy and quick"]
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| quick-drying {adj} (able to dry quickly)
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:: [Bokmål] hurtigtørkende
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| quickly {adv} (rapidly, fast)
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:: fort
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| quicksand {n} (type of sand)
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:: [Bokmål] kvikksand {m}; [Nynorsk] kvikksand {m}, kviksand {m}
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| quicksilver {n} (mercury)
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:: [Bokmål] kvikksølv {n}; [Nynorsk] kvikksølv {n}, kvikksylv {n}
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| Quidditch {n} (fictitious ball game)
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:: rumpeldunk {m}
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| quiet {adj} (with little sound)
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:: [Bokmål] stille; [Nynorsk] stille
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| quiet {adj} (having little motion)
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:: rolig
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| quiet {adj} (not busy)
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:: rolig
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| quiet {adj} (not talking)
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:: [Bokmål] stille; [Nynorsk] stille
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| quiet {v}
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:: tystne, stilne
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| quiet as a mouse {adj} (very quiet)
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:: stille som en mus
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| quill {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum
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| quill {n} (pen made of feather)
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:: [Bokmål] fjærpenn {m}
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| quince {n} (fruit)
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:: [Bokmål] kvede
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| quincunx {n} (coin) SEE: coin
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| quinine {n} (alkaloid used to treat malaria)
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:: [Bokmål] kinin {m} {n}; [Nynorsk] kinin {m} {n}
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| quinquangle {n} (pentagon) SEE: pentagon
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| quintessential {adj} (of the nature of a quintessence)
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:: ultimat {m} {f}
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| quintet {n} ((music) a composition in five parts)
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:: [Bokmål] kvintett {m}; [Nynorsk] kvintett {m}
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| quintet {n} ((music) a group of five musicians)
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:: [Bokmål] kvintett {m}; [Nynorsk] kvintett {m}
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| quintet {n} (any group of five)
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:: [Bokmål] kvintett {m}; [Nynorsk] kvintett {m}
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| quintuplet {n} (one of a group of five babies born from the same mother during the same birth)
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:: [Bokmål] femling {m}; [Nynorsk] femling {m}
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| quirk {n} (idiosyncrasy)
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:: [Bokmål] innfall
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| quisling {n} (traitor)
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:: [Bokmål] quisling {m}, landsforræder {m}, landssviker {m}; [Nynorsk] quisling {m}, landsforrædar {m}, landssvikar {m}
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| quit {adj} (to give up, stop doing something)
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:: slutte
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| quitch {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass
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| quite {adv} (to the greatest extent; completely)
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:: temmelig
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| quite {adv} (in a fully justified sense; truly)
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:: helt
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| quite {adv} (to a moderate extent)
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:: ganske
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| quite a few {determiner} (indefinite and somewhat large number)
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:: [Bokmål] en del
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| quiver {n} (arrow container)
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:: [Bokmål] kogger
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| quiz {n} (competition in the answering of questions)
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:: [Bokmål] gjettekonkurranse, spørrelek, kviss; [Nynorsk] spørjeleik {m}, kviss {m}
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| quondam {adj} (former)
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:: [Bokmål] forhenværende, tidligere
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| quota {n} (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)
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:: [Bokmål] kvote {m}; [Nynorsk] kvote {m}
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| quota {n} (prescribed number or percentage)
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:: [Bokmål] kvote {m}; [Nynorsk] kvote {m}
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| quotation {n} (fragment of a human expression)
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:: [Bokmål] sitat {n}; [Nynorsk] sitat {n}
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| quotation mark {n} (quotation marks) SEE: quotation marks
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| quotation marks {n} (Note: These languages use “◌”-style marks or other styles as indicated. Some are singular and some plural.)
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:: anførselstegn, gåseauge [«◌»] or [„◌”]
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| quote {n} (a statement attributed to someone)
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:: [Bokmål] sitat {n}; [Nynorsk] sitat {n}
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| quote {n} (a quotation mark)
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:: [Bokmål] anførselstegn {n}, hermetegn {n}; [Nynorsk] hermeteikn {n}
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| quote {v} (to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else)
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:: sitere
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| quotient {n} (number resulting from division)
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:: [Bokmål] kvotient {m}; [Nynorsk] kvotient {m}
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