Swedish–English dictionary

radioapparat

(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

rädisa

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

radium

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

radja

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

rådlägga

(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]

rådlös

Lacking purpose.

radon

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

rådslå

(transitive) To consider carefully; to weigh well in the mind.

raffinaderi

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

raffinerad

Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.

rafflig

(figurative, of a story, etc.) Exciting; titillating.

räffling

The act of making such grooves.

raffset

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

räfsa

(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.

råg

The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]

raga

(countable, music genre) Any of various melodic forms used in Indian classical music, or a piece of music composed in such a form.

ragata

A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.

ragg

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

raggig

Having long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur or wool.

ragla

(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.

Ragnarök

(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.

Ragnvald

A en given name, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.

rågskorpa

(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

raja

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

rak

(figurative) Direct; forthright; frank; sincere.

råka

(archaic, intransitive) To happen by chance, to occur.

rakad

Having been shaved.

rakapparat

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

Rakel

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

räkenskap

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

räkenskapsår

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

raket

(military) A self-propelled projectile whose trajectory can be adjusted after it is launched. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

raketgevär

(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.

rakhyvel

Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

rakit

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

rakitis

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

rakkniv

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

räkna

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.

räkna med

(transitive) To rely on, trust, or expect.

räkna om

To count again.

räkna upp

(transitive) To explain in detail.

räkna ut

(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

räknande

(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

räknare

A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.

räknas

(intransitive) To be of significance; to matter.

räknebar

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

räknelig

Capable of being counted; having a quantity.

räkneord

(linguistics) A number word, a simple or compound word for a number often having particular grammatical attributes depending on the language.

räkneuppgift

(often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

räkning

(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]

raksträcka

Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.

rakt

(used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.

rakt fram

Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.

råkunge

A young rook.

rakvatten

a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving

Ralf

A en given name.

raljera

To complain violently (against, about).

raljeri

Playful raillery; banter.

rall

Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

räls

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

rälsbuss

(rail) A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.

råm

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

rama

(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.

rama in

(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.

ramadan

(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

ramen

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

rämna

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

ramp

A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.

rampljus

(figurative) The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.

ramsvart

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

ramverk

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

rån

(slang) A robbery at gunpoint.

råna

(transitive) To assault for the purpose of robbery.

rånare

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

rånarluva

A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.

rand

The outer edge of something.

rand-

Outside the mainstream.

randanmärkning

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

randas

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

ränder

An irregular line left from smearing or motion.

randig

(of paper) Having lines, ruled.

rang

(archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.)

ranglig

(informal, pejorative) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.

ranka

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

ränker

(chiefly, in the plural) A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. [from circa 1473]

rankfoting

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

ränksmidare

One who plots or schemes, who formulates devious plans.

ränna

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

ränneskita

(slang, often with "the") Diarrhea/diarrhoea.

rännil

A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.

rannsaka

(transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.

rännskita

(slang, often with "the") Diarrhea/diarrhoea.

rännsnara

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

rännsten

A ditch along the side of a road.

ransonering

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

ränta

(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.]

ränta på ränta

(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.

rapir

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling

rapp

Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.]

rappakalja

(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.

rappare

(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

rapphöna

A game bird in the pheasant family, Perdix perdix.

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).

rapportera

(transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.

rapportering

The creation of reports.

rar

Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like

rarhet

A measure of the scarcity of an object.

raring

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

raritet

A rare object.

ras

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

rasa

(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

rasa ner

(transitive) To come down upon; to overwhelm.

råsaftcentrifug

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

rasande

Having one's patience greatly taxed; greatly annoyed; made furious.

rasera

(transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.

raseri

Extreme anger.

raserianfall

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

raseriutbrott

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

rashygien

(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.

rasism

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

rasist

A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.

rasistisk

Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.

rask

Quick and light in movement or action.

råskinn

Untanned hide.

rasmässig

Of or relating to a race (or a people).

rasp

A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

raspa

(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

raspig

(of sound, especially vocal quality) Rough, raw.

rassel

(medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.

rassla

(transitive, ergative) To create a rattling sound by shaking or striking.

rast

(Australia, Britain, North America, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.

rastaflätor

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

rastlöshet

The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.

råstyrka

(computer science) A method of computation wherein the computer is let to try all permutations of a problem until one is found that provides a solution, in contrast to the implementation of a more intelligent algorithm.

rät

(geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

rät linje

(geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.

rata

(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.

räta upp

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

räta upp sig

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

ratatouille

A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

ratificera

(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

ratificering

The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.

rationalisera

(transitive, by extension) To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.

rationalitet

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

rationellt

In a rational manner

rätlinjig

In a straight line.

rätt

Free from error; true; accurate.

rätt så

To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather. [from 19th c.]

rätta

(transitive) To make something that was wrong become right; to remove error from.

råttbo

A particularly squalid human residence or other place.