Norwegian–English dictionary

raspe

(transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.

rastafletter

(chiefly, in plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.

raud

(countable, and, uncountable) The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.

raut

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

raute

(intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

rav

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. [from 15th c.]

ravgul

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

ravgult

A yellow-orange colour.

ravn

(countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).

ravnsort

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

ravnsvart

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

Raymond

A en given name.

reagens

(chemistry) A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

reaksjon

An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.

reaksjonær

(politics) Extremely conservative; opposing revolution (such as the French Revolution); favoring a return to a golden age of the past.

reaktor

(chemistry, engineering) A structure used to contain chemical or other reactions.

realistisk

Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

Rebekka

A en given name, in regular use since the Reformation.

red

(nautical) The line from a vessel to its anchor.

redaktør

A person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish.

redd

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

reddik

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

rede

Inclined; apt to happen.

redning

An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

redskap

A device used to produce music.

reduksjon

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

redundans

The state of being redundant

redundant

(of words, writing, etc) Repetitive or needlessly wordy.

reell

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

reelt sett

(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

refleksiv

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

refs

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

refse

To reprove in a formal or official way.

regel

A regulation, law, guideline.

regenerere

(intransitive) To become reconstructed.

regjering

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

regnbue

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

regnbuehinne

(anatomy) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, which adjusts to control the amount of light reaching the retina, and which forms the colored portion of the eye (See w:Iris (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

regne

To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.

regnfull

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

regnskapskontroll

An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

regnvann

Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

regruppere (seg)

(transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

regulering

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

rein

Free of foreign material or pollutants.

reinsdyr

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

reise

(transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.

reise opp

(intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.

reise seg

(intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.

reisefeber

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

reisende

(dated) A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.

reisning

(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

rejuvenering

The process of rendering young again.

reke

(uncountable) The flesh of such crustaceans.

rekke

A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.

rekkverk

A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.

reklame

An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

rekonstruere

(transitive) To write again (without changes).

rekreasjon

Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.

rektangel

(geometry) Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles.

rektangulær

Having a shape like a rectangle.

rekved

A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.

rekvisita

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

rekyl

(firearms) The energy transmitted back to the shooter from a firearm which has fired. Recoil is a function of the weight of the weapon, the weight of the projectile, and the speed at which it leaves the muzzle.

rekylere

To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. [from 16th c.]

relevant

Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.

religion

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

religiøs

Committed to the practice or adherence of religion.

ren

Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.

Renate

A en given name.

renne

A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

renneløkke

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

rennesnare

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

renning

(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.

renonsere

(transitive) To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.

rens

The action of rinsing.

rense

(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.

rent

(transitive) To remove dirt from a place or object.

rente

(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]

renvaske

(transitive, law) To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.

reparasjon

An understanding, grasp of something.

reparere

To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

reparering

The act of repairing something.

replikator

(scifi) A technological device that replicates physical objects.

reporter

A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.

representere

(transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).

reprimande

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

reptil

(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc. [from 19th c.]

republik

One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

republikk

One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

resepsjonist

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

resept

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

reservat

An area set aside for protection.

reservefond

(finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

reservere

(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

reservert

Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.

reservoar

A place where anything is kept in store.

reskontro

(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.

resonnere

(intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.

respekt

One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference. [from 16th c.]

ressurs

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

restaurant

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

restrukturering

A reorganization; an alteration of structure.

resultat

That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.

retning

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

retningslinje

A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.

retningsviser

(historical) A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles.

rett

(culinary) A stage of a meal.

rett og slett

(manner) In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.

rett ut mot

(transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).

rettferdig

Just, equitable.

rettsstridig

(law) Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal)

retusjere

(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.

rev

A chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water.

reve

(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

revelje

(military) The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.

revisjon

An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

revne

An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

revolusjon

(countable, politics) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

revolusjonær

Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution

revolver

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

rhenium

A metallic chemical element (symbol Re) with an atomic number of 75: a heavy, silvery-gray transition metal.

Rhinen

A major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.

Rhodesia

(historical) A historical region of Southern Africa, the area now occupied by Zimbabwe and Zambia. [used from 1895 to 1964]

ribbe

(transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).

ribbein

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

ribben

A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

Richard

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

Ridder Blåskjegg

The nobleman who is the title character of the story.

riddergods

A landed estate.

rift

A chasm or fissure.

Riga

The capital city of Latvia.

rigid

Stiff, rather than flexible.

rik

Wealthy or well off.

Rikard

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

rikosjett

An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

rikskringkasting

(business) The business or profession of radio and television.

riktig

Free from error; true; accurate.

rime

(intransitive, figurative, followed by with) To somewhat resemble or correspond with.

ringe

(intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

ringeakt

A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.

ringeakte

(transitive) To show a lack of respect to someone or something.

ringetone

The sound made by a telephone when ringing.

rips

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

ripsbær

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

ripsbærbusk

The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.

ris

(uncountable) A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

risikere

(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.

rismark

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

riste

(transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.