Swedish–English dictionary

rättegång

(legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).

rättesnöre

The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.

råttfälla

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

råttfångarkatt

A cat that catches mice, kept specifically for the purpose. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

rättfärdig

Free from sin or guilt.

rättfärdiga

To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.

rättfärdigad

Having a justification.

rättfärdigande

Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.

rättfärdiggöra

(transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.

rättfärdiggörelse

(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

rättfärdighet

The civil power dealing with law.

rättfram

Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.

råtthål

A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.

rättigheter

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

rättika

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

rättmätig

(legal) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.

rättsbyggnad

A public building housing courts of law.

rättshaverist

A stubborn, assertive, opinionated person.

rättskaffenhet

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

rättskaffens

Free from sin or guilt.

rättsläkare

(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

rättslig

Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

rättsligt

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

rättssal

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

rättstavning

(uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.

rättsväsende

The collective body of judges, justices, etc.

rättsvetenskap

(legal) The theoretical study of law.

råttunge

A young rat.

rättvis

Marked by or having equity.

rättvis handel

(uncountable) A system of trading promoting more equitable global trade, especially to sellers and producers in poorer areas, but also to the environment.

rättvisa

The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

rättvist

(manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party

räv

(countable) A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.

rävaktig

Having the qualities of a fox.

råvara

Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.

rävgryt

The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.

ravin

(geography) A small valley between mountains.

rävinna

A female fox.

rävlya

The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.

rävtik

A female fox.

Raymond

A en given name.

razzia

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

re

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

re-

again, anew

rea

A reduction in price.

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.

reagent

(chemistry) A chemical substance which responds to the presence of, or contact with, another substance.

reaktionär

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

reaktivera

To activate again.

reale

(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.

realisation

Ellipsis of discount sale (“the sale of goods at reduced prices”).

realisera

(chiefly, passive voice, slightly, _, formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]

realisering

The act of making real.

realism

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

realistisk

Able to be accomplished, achieved, or obtained.

realitet

A real entity, event, or other fact.

Rebecka

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

rebell

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

rebellera

(intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

rebellisk

Showing rebellion.

reboota

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

rebus

An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.

recensent

A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.

recensera

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

recension

A census, an enumeration, a review, a survey.

recentior

(US, Canada, Philippines) a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines), a university, or legislative body

recept

(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.

receptfri

(pharmacology, of medicine and other treatments) Legal for sale or distribution without the requirement of a prescription.

reception

A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.

receptionist

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

receptivitet

the characteristic of being receptive

recession

(economics) A period of reduced economic activity

recessiv

(genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.

recidiv

The act or situation of relapsing.

reciprocal

(reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.

reda ut

(transitive, by extension, generally) To convert (a situation, thing, etc.) into something better.

redaktion

An act or instance of something being edited.

redaktionell

Of or relating to an editor, editing or an editorial.

redaktör

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

redan

Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.

rede

A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

redigera

(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.

redigerare

(computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

redigering

(computing) A change in the text of a file, a website or the code of software.

redlighet

Integrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.

redo

(obsolete) Prepared; ready.

redogöra

To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.

redogörelse

(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]

redovisning

(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]

redskap

Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.

reducering

(cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.

reduktion

(chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.

reduktionsdelning

(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.

redundans

The state of being redundant

redutt

A small, temporary, military fortification.

reel

(music) The music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.

reell

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

referat

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

referens

(UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.

referent

(linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.

referera

(intransitive, stative) To make reference to; to be about; to relate to; to regard; to allude to.

reflektera

(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

reflex

A small, often red, reflecting disk on the rear of a vehicle or bicycle that reflects the headlights of other vehicles.

reflexion

The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

reflexmässig

Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.

reform

The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

reformera

(transitive) To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better.

refraktion

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

refräng

A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

regal

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by brass beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and has been revived for the performance of music from those times.

regel

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

regelbrott

(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.

regelbunden

Occurring at regular intervals.

regelbundet

With constant frequency or pattern.

regelefterlevnadsavdelning

(uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

regelöverträdelse

(sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.

regemente

(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]

regeneration

Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

regenerera

(intransitive) To become reconstructed.

regenerering

Rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal; revitalisation.

regent

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

regentskap

A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.

regera

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

regering

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

regerings-

Relating to a government.

regeringstid

The period during which a monarch rules.

regga

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

reggae

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

regi

The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

regim

A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.

Regina

A en given name.

region

Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.

regional

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

regissera

To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.

regissör

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

register

A (normally) complete range.

registrera

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

registrering

(countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.

regla

(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

reglage

The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

reglera

(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.

reglerbar

capable of being adjusted

reglering

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

regleringsdamm

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

regn

(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.

regna

(impersonal, meteorology) To have rain fall from the sky.

regnbåge

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

regnbågsskimmer

The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.

regnbågsskimrande

(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

regnby

A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.