Norwegian–English dictionary

preke

(intransitive) To give a sermon.

prekestol

(Christianity, countable) A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.

prekognisjon

(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]

preposisjon

(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.

presang

(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.

presentasjon

The act or process of introducing.

presentere

(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).

president

The head of state of a republic.

presidentembete

The office or role of president.

presidentperiode

The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

presipitasjon

(meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the upper atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground.

presis

(broadly) Both exact and accurate.

presist

(manner) In a precise manner; exactly.

presse

A device that squeezes (compresses).

prest

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple.

prestekrage

A widespread flowering plant native to Europe and temperate regions of Asia, Leucanthemum vulgare.

prikk

A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

primærfaktor

(topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.

prins

A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]

prinsesse

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

prinsipp

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.

priorat

A monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress.

prippen

Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.

pris

The amount of money levied for a service.

priselastisk

(economics) Sensitive to changes in price.

professor

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

profittere

(transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).

profylakse

(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.

programmering

(computing) The act of writing a computer program.

programpost

An occurrence; something that happens.

programvare

(computing) Encoded computer instructions, usually modifiable (unless stored in some form of unalterable memory such as ROM).

proklamere

To announce or declare.

prokrastinering

The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.

promemoria

A short note serving as a reminder.

promenere

To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.

Prometeus

(Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.

prominens

The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.

prompelyd

(colloquial) A noise intended to imitate a fart, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin (often a form of tickling) used humorously or to express derision.

prompt

In a prompt manner.

prompte

In a prompt manner.

prone

Having a downward inclination or slope.

pronomen

(grammar) A type of word that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, but which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective.

propaganda

(religion, historical) The propagation of the faith by the Catholic Church by means of missionary work etc.

propan

(organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]

propp

The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.

proppfull

Overcrowded; congested.

prosa

Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.

prosent

The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another. [from 15th c.]

prosess

A series of events leading to a result or product.

prosjekt

A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.

prosjektil

An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.

prostituere

(transitive, reflexive) To offer (oneself or someone else) for sexual activity in exchange for money. [from 16th c.]

prostituert

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

prostrere

To cause to lie down, to flatten.

prostrert

Lying flat, face-down.

protactinium

A chemical element (symbol Pa) with atomic number 91. A dense, silvery-gray actinide metal.

proton

(particle) A positively charged subatomic particle forming part of the nucleus of an atom and determining the atomic number of an element, composed of two up quarks and a down quark. [from 1920]

provins

A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]

provosere

(transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

proxy

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

proxytjener

(software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.

prøve

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

prøvelse

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

prøyssisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Prussia.

prylestokk

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

psykiatri

(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

psykiker

(gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the second type; a person focused on intellectual reality (the other two being hylic and pneumatic).

psykopat

A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.

psykose

(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

psykosomatisk

(medicine, psychology) Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes.

ptro

Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.

pub

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

puddel

A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.

pugge

(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.

pukk

(geology) A particle from 4 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

pule

(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

puls

A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them.

pulsar

(astronomy) A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.

pulsåre

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

pulverisere

(transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.

pumpe

A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.

pung

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

pungrotte

Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

punisk

Of or pertaining to Carthage.

punktere

(transitive) To puncture; to break through.

punsle

(transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

pupill

(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

pur

Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.

purgatoriet

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification.

puristisk

Of or pertaining to purism.

purre

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

purreløk

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

puss

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

puste

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

pute

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

putte

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

pygme

(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.

Pyreneene

The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.

Pyse

(sometimes, derogatory, colloquial) A timid, unassertive or cowardly person.

pysete

Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

Pythagoras

Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.

Qatar

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.

rabarbra

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).

rabatt

A reduction in price.

rabbiner

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

rabies

(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

råd

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

radar

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

råde

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

radioaktiv

Exhibiting radioactivity.

radium

The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

radius

(geometry) The length of this line segment.

radmager

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

radon

The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

rådyr

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

raffineri

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

raffinert

Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:

rake

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

Rakel

(biblical character) Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

rakitis

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

rakitt

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

råkjøre

To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

ramme

A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.

rammeverk

(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.

ramponere

(US) To make into a mess.

ran

The act or practice of robbing.

Randolf

A en given name.

Randulf

A en given name.

rane til seg

(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right. [from 1530s]

rang

A crosspiece forming a step of a ladder; a round.

rangle

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

ransel

A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

rapp

The cry of a goose or similar bird.

rapphøne

(ornithology) Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

rappmunnet

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

rapport

A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).

rapptunget

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

rar

Strange or unusual, often in an unpleasant way. [from early 19th c.]

ras

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

rase

To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds).

rasende

Fierce and ferocious.

raseri

Fitful noise and violence.

rasisme

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

rasjonalitet

The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

rasjonering

Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.

rask

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.]

råskinn

Untanned hide.

raskt

Quickly, with great speed; within a short time [from 13th c.].

rasle

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

rasp

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump