Norwegian–English dictionary

pen

(informal) Good-looking, attractive.

pendler

(US, UK, Canada) To and from work and home.

pengepung

(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

penger

A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).

pensjon

(finance) An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government but also by various private pension schemes. [from 16th c.]

pensjonat

A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.

Pentagon

The headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.

pepper

(uncountable) A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.

pepperoni

A spicy salami-style Italian-American sausage made from cured pork and beef seasoned with pepper.

pepre

(transitive) To add pepper to.

perfekt

Fitting its definition precisely.

perforere

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

Perikles

(historical) An Ancient Greek politician.

perle

(literally) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Round lustrous pearls are used in jewellery.

permanent

In a permanent manner; lastingly.

Persephone

(Greek god) A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.

persille

(countable, uncountable) A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.

persimon

The tree this fruit grows on, generally one of two species of ebony: Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North American).

personale

(engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.

personasje

A person, especially one who is famous or important.

personifisere

To be an epitome of.

personlighet

(of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.

Peru

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Peru. Capital and largest city: Lima.

pese

(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

pessimistisk

Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.

pesticid

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

Pet

(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

Peter

(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

Peters

(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, 1 Peter and 2 Peter attributed to St. Peter.

Petersen

A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Phoenix

A white variety of grape of German origin used for winemaking.

pianist

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

piano

(music) Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music. [from 17th c.]

pidestall

(architecture) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.

piggsvin

A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.

pik

(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.

pike

A maid or household servant.

pikekyss

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

piktogram

A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

pilegrim

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.

pimpstein

A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.

pine

(uncountable) The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress

pingvin

Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual upright stance, walking on short legs, and (generally) their stark black and white plumage. [from 16th c.]

pinlig

Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

pinnsvin

A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.

Pinocchio

The fictional boy made from wood whose nose gets longer with each lie he tells, protagonist of the story The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883) by Carlo Collodi.

pip

A brief high-pitched sound, as from some electronic device.

pipekrage

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

pipekrave

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

piraja

(ichthyology) Any of certain freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, native to South America; they are characterised by razor-sharp teeth and a reputation of being ferocious predators (despite most species being omnivorous).

piratkopiere

(transitive, intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

piratkopiert

Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

pirke

To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. [from late 14th c.]

pirrelig

Childishly irritable.

pisk

A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a sharp "crack" sound for directing or herding animals.

piskeslag

(countable) The lash of a whip.

pistasj

The nutlike fruit of this tree.

pistol

(broad) A handgun [1570s]

pjatt

(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]

placebo

(medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. [from 18th c.]

plage

(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

plagg

A single item of clothing.

plagiat

(uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

plagsom

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

plakatklistring

To affix a placard to.

plan

Of a surface: flat or level.

plane

(nautical, of a boat) To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.

plankton

(uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water.

plante

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

plapre

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

plaske

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

plassere

(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

plassere seg

(ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).

plassholder

Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.

plast

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

platå

Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

platina

A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.

Platon

The Greek philosopher, 427–347 BC, follower of Socrates.

plattform

A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

plettere

To cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material, usually a metal.

Plinius

An ancient Roman praenomen.

plog

(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.

plomme

An edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica (European plum), often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]

pløsete

Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.

plugg

(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.

plukke

To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.

pluss

And; sum of the previous one and the following one.

plutonium

The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

plutselig

(set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.

plyndre

(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.

plystre

(ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.

pneumatiker

(gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).

pode

(transitive) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.

podekvist

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

poeng

(informal) Something worth taking into consideration.

poesi

Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.

polakk

A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

polarlys

An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.

Polen

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.

politi

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

politikk

(countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.

politisk

Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.

pollen

A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.

polonium

A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

polsk

Of, from or native to Poland, or relating to the Polish language.

poltergeist

(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

polyamori

Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.

polygami

(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).

pompøs

(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

ponni

A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.

popkorn

(chiefly, uncountable) A snack food made from corn or maize kernels popped by dry heating.

poppel

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus.

populær

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

porno

(uncountable, informal) Pornography. [from mid-20th c.]

pornofilm

(countable, informal, chiefly, in the plural) A pornographic work.

pornograf

One who is involved in the creation or dissemination of pornography. [from mid-19th c.]

pornografi

The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]

port

A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

portabel

(computing) Of software: able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

porte

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

porting

(computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform; the act of this adapting.

portrett

(countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.

Portugal

A country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula. Official name: Portuguese Republic. Capital and largest city: Lisbon.

portugisisk

Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.

portvakt

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

portvin

A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.

pose

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

posere

(intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.

posisjonere

To put into place.

positiv særbehandling

(uncountable) A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.

posør

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

pot

(uncountable, informal, originally, slang) Cannabis.

pote

The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

potensiell energi

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

potentat

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.

potet

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

potte

A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.

Poulsen

A surname originating as a patronymic.

pølse

A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing; a length of this food.

pønske ut

(figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.

PR-jippo

A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect.

Praha

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

praktikant

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

praktisk

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

pram

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

prat

(countable, uncountable) Informal conversation.

prærieulv

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

predikant

Someone who preaches a worldview, philosophy, or religion, especially someone who preaches the gospel and especially a clergyman or clergywoman. In a religious context, usually used only to refer to Protestant Christian clergy.

predikere

To estimate how something will be in the future.

prefiks

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.