Swedish–English dictionary

museiguide

(chiefly, US) A tour guide at a museum, art gallery, historical site, etc.

museum

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

musfälla

(countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.

musik

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

musikal

A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

musikalfilm

A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

musikalisk

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

musikalitet

The condition of being musical.

musikant

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

musikbegåvad

Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.

musiker

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

musikredaktör

(radio, television) One who decides which programs will be shown on a television station, or which songs will be played on a radio station.

Muskat

The capital city of Oman.

muskel

(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.

muskelknutte

(informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.

muskelkraft

Physical strength; muscularity.

muskelmage

A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.

muskelstyrka

Physical strength; muscularity.

musköt

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

muskotblomma

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

muskotnöt

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

muskotträd

An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.

muskovit

(mineral) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.

muskulär

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

muskulös

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

muslim

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

muslimsk

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

musselskal

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

mussla

Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.

must

(US, Canada) A non-alcoholic still beverage consisting of the juice of early-harvest apples, usually unfiltered and still containing pulp; apple cider; sweet cider (without pulp such a beverage is called apple juice).

mustang

A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.

mustasch

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

mustig

Highly stimulating to the senses.

muta

The act of offering or paying such a payment: an act of bribery.

mutagen

Any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation.

mutant

(genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

mutbar

Susceptible to bribery.

mutbrott

(legal) The activity of offering, giving, or accepting such bribes.

muterad

(genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

mutning

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

mutta

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

mutter

A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

muttra

To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.

mutualism

(ecology) Any interaction between two species that benefits both; typically involves the exchange of substances or services.

muumuu

A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).

my

The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

Myanmar

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Also known as Burma (which was formerly the official name).

mycken

A large amount of. [from 13th c.]

mycket

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

mycket lite

Very small.

mygg

Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.

mygga

(sound engineering, generally) Any small, hands-free microphone which is worn attached to the body or clothes.

mylla

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

myller

A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.

myndig

Having a commanding style.

myndighet

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.

mynning

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

mynt

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

mynta

(by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

myntet

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

myntverk

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

myokardium

(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

myopi

The property of being nearsighted, myopia.

myosin

(biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles.

myr

(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)

myra

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

Myran

The 27th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

myriad

(formal) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]

myrkott

Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.

myrkrig

(uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.

myrlejon

Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.

Myrorna

The 27th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

myrornas krig

(figurative) The moving pattern of random dots seen on a radar or television screen, etc., when no transmission signal is being received or when there is interference.

myrpiggsvin

Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

myrpungdjur

A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.

myrra

A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.

myrslok

Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).

myrstack

A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

myrten

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

mys

The state or fact of being gemütlich; middle-class niceness or cosiness, hospitality.

mysbyxor

(US) Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc.

mysig

(informal) Comfortable.

mysk

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

myskmadra

An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

mysoverall

One-piece adult loungewear jumpsuit.

mystär

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

mysteriös

Of unknown origin.

mysterium

Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown.

mystifiera

(transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

mystiker

Someone who practices mysticism.

mystisk

Understood by only a few.

myteri

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.

myterist

Someone who participates in mutiny.

mytisk

Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.

mytologisk

Of, or relating to myths or mythology.

mytomspunnen

Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.

N.N.

(informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.

na

When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".

näbb

A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.

näbbas

to stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

näbbdjur

A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).

näbbmus

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

nabo

A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.

nachos

A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.

näck

Bare, not covered by clothing.

nackdel

A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

nacke

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

nackskinnet

The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.

nåd

(uncountable, theology) Free and undeserved favour, especially of God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.

nådig

Showing mercy.

nadir

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

Nadja

A en given name used since the twentieth century.

nafs

(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]

nagel

The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.

nagelbädd

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

nagelfara

(transitive) To examine something with great care or detail, as to look for hidden or obscure flaws.

nagga

(transitive) To break small pieces from.

nagla

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. [from early 15th c.]

någon

Any person; anybody.

någon gång

(humorous) Some unspecified time in the future.

någon ovetande

(followed by to) Without the knowledge of.

någonsin

At any time.

någonstans

In or at any location.

någonting

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

något

Someone or something of importance.

några

A small number of (a set of countable items); more than one but not very many; especially, more than two but not very many (explained in usage note at several).

Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya.

naiv

Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.

nåja

Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

najs

Used to signify approval.

naken

(heraldry, of a, tree, bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.

nakenbad

A beach where full nudity in public is permitted.

nakenfis

(chiefly, British, slang) Completely nude.

nakenhet

(uncountable) The state or quality of being without clothing on the body; specifically, the quality of being without clothing on the genitals.

näktergal

Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Tarsiger.

nål

A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.

nalla

(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]

namaste

The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.

nämen

An exclamation of sarcastic surprise (often doubled or tripled and in a lowering intonation).

Namibia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

nämligen

Specifically; that is to say.

nämna

To make a short reference to something.

namnam

(childish) Tasty food.

nämnare

(arithmetic) The number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).

nämnd

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

nämnda

(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.

namne

A person with the same name as another.

namngivning

(uncountable) The act of naming or designating.

namninsamling

A formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance. [from early 15th c.]

namnkunnighet

Fame; celebrity; wide recognition.