Norwegian–English dictionary

etanol

(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.

etappe

A stage of a journey, race etc.

Etiopia

A country in East Africa.

etnologi

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes different human cultures and the relationships between them.

etsning

(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

etter

Behind; later in time; following.

etter at

Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.

etterfølgende

Just before, after, or facing.

etterfølger

A person who inherits a title or office.

etterkommer

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.

etterlate

(transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.

ettermiddag

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

etterpåklokskap

Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.

ettersmak

The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.

ettersom

Because.

ettersyn

Intense study of someone or something.

ettertenksom

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

etthjulssykkel

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.

ettspråklig

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

etymologi

(countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word as presented in a dictionary or the like.

eufori

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.

Eugenia

A en given name. Variant: Eugenie.

eugenikk

(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.

euro

(currencies) The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

Europa

(astronomy) A moon in Jupiter.

europeisk

Related to the European Union.

eutanasi

The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering.

Eva

(Abrahamism, biblical character) The first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife.

Evangeliet etter Markus

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Mark, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the second of the four gospels.

Evangeliet etter Matteus

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

Eve

A en given name.

eventyrland

The land or abode of fairies.

eventyrlysten

(of a, person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.

evig

Lasting forever; unending.

evinnelig

Lasting forever; unending.

evne

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

explosjon

An explosive charge for blasting.

f.eks.

An initialism used to introduce an illustrative example or short list of examples: for the sake of an example; for example.

få

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

få en bulk

(intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.

få grisunger

To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

få øye på

(transitive) To spot; to catch sight of; to espy.

få panikk

To cause (someone) to feel panic; also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.

få solgt

(ergative) To be sold.

få tak i

(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

få tilgang

(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.

fabel

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

fabelaktig

(slang) Very good; outstanding, wonderful.

fabrikk

A building or other place where manufacturing takes place. [from 17th c.]

fader

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

faglitteratur

Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

fagott

A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

fakir

(Hinduism, more, _, loosely) An ascetic mendicant, especially one who performs feats of endurance or apparent magic.

fakke

(slang) To catch.

fakkel

A torch or other burning stick with a flame at one end.

faktisk

Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]

faktorisere

(transitive) To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).

faktura

A bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

fakultet

(mathematics, combinatorics) The result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 120.

falk

Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey.

fall

(chiefly, North America, archaic in Britain) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the trees; autumn; the season of the year between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. [from 16th c.]

falle i grus

(intransitive, often, figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

fallos

(psychoanalysis) The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.

fallskjerm

(aviation) A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.

falsk

False, not authentic, not genuine.

falsk forklaring

(legal) The deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath.

falskhet

(countable) A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

fane

Any prominent flag or banner.

fang

The upper legs of a seated person.

fange

(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape). [from 13thc.]

fangehull

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

fangekjeller

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

fangstgrav

(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.

fangstgrop

(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.

fantasere

(intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

fantasi

(music, also, figurative) A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces. [from early 18th c.]

fantastisk

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

far

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

farao

(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty

fare

Exposure to likely harm; peril.

farge

To affect without completely changing.

fargeekte

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]

fargerik

(dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.

fargestoff

In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.

farmor

A mother of someone's parent.

farse

An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

farve

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

farvel

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

fasan

(countable) A bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food.

fascinasjon

(archaic) The act of bewitching, or enchanting

fascinere

(transitive) To delight and fill with wonder.

fascinert

The state or condition of being fascinated.

fascisme

Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]

fast

(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]

faste

(transitive, sciences) To cause (a person or animal) to abstain, especially from eating.

fastland

The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.

fastlegge

(transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

fastlønnsansatt

(of an employee or his position) Not entitled to overtime pay when working overtime.

fastslå

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

fat

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

fatal

(rare, archaic) Foreboding death or great disaster.

fattbar

Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

fatte

(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]

fattig

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

fattigdom

The quality or state of being poor; lack of money

faun

(Roman mythology) A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.

fæl

Extremely or shockingly ugly.

færre

a smaller number.

fe

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

feber

(symptom) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

februar

The short month following January and preceding March in the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, used in all three calendars for intercalation or addition of leap days.

fedd

(horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

fedrearv

A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.

fedreland

The country of one's ancestors.

feide

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

feig

Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

feiging

(countable, slang, sometimes, derogatory) A coward.

feil

An error.

feilaktig

Containing an error; inaccurate.

feile

(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

feilspor

(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.

feiltolke

(transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.

feilvare

(usually, in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.

feiring

The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.

fell

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

felle tårer

(transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.

felles

Mutual; shared by more than one.

fellesnavn

A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

fem

The digit/figure 5.

femi

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

feminisme

A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

feminist

An advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life.

femte

The ordinal form of the number five.

Femte Mosebok

The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

femten

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

femtende

The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

femti

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

fenghette

(manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.

fengsel

A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

fengselsdirektør

A chief administrative officer of a prison.

fengsle

(transitive) To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.

fenomen

A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

fenomenal

Extraordinarily amazing.

ferdig

(comparable) Processed or perfected.

ferdigheit

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.

ferdighet

A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.

ferdigplen

(countable) A piece of such a layer cut from the soil. May be used as sod to make a lawn, dried for peat, stacked to form earthen structures, etc.

Ferdinand

A en given name, best known for a 13th century king of Spain, but seldom popular in English.

ferie

An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.

ferje

(watercraft) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.