Swedish–English dictionary

samarisk

Of, or relating to Samaria or Samaritans.

samarit

A native, or inhabitant of Samaria; especially one practising certain ethnoreligious traditions indigenous to that region.

såmaskin

A machine for planting seeds or transplants.

samba

(dance) A Brazilian ballroom dance or dance style.

samband

The manner in which two things may be associated.

sambo

A person who cohabits with another

samboende

A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.

sambuca

(musical instruments) An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone.

same

(dated, sometimes, _, offensive) An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the Sami people.

samexistens

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

samexistera

(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

samfund

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

samhälle

(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.

samhällelig

Pertaining to a community or a commune.

samhällsomstörtare

A radical supporter of political or social revolution.

samhällsskikt

A class of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status.

samhörighet

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

samisk

Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.

samiska

The language of the Lapp peoples.

sämja

Agreement or accord.

samklang

(chiefly, music) Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.

samla

The activity of collecting.

samla in

(transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.

samlad

Performed through a concert of effort; done by agreement or in combination.

samlag

(formal, now, also, humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile–vaginal penetration.

samlare

A person who or thing that collects, or which creates or manages a collection.

samlas

(ergative) To gather as a group.

samling

A large collection.

samlingsbön

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

samlingsutgåva

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

samma

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

sammanblanda

(transitive) To mix, to blend.

sammanblandas

(intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

sammandrag

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

sammandragning

(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.

sammanfalla

To occur at the same time.

sammanfatta

(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

sammanfattning

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

sammanfläta

To combine or mix together.

sammanflätad

(heraldry, of multiple figures of the same form) Interlaced.

sammanflätas

To become twined together.

sammanflöde

The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.

sammanfoga

(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

sammanhållning

State of cohering, or of working together.

sammanhang

The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.

sammanhängande

Having cohesion.

sammanhopning

An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.

sammankalla

(transitive) To call people together; to convene; to convoke.

sammankallas

(ergative) To gather as a group.

sammankoppla

(Internet, transitive) To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.

sammanlagd

Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.

sammanlagt

On the whole; with everything considered.

sammanlikna

(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.

sammansatt

Composed of elements; not simple.

sammansatt ämne

(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.

sammansatt 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.

sammansättning

The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]

sammanskrivning

(typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

sammanslagning

The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

sammansmälta

(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.

sammanställa

(transitive, music) To produce a finished version of (a recording).

sammanställare

One who compiles.

sammanställning

The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

sammanstötning

An event in which something is damaged through collision.

sammansvärjning

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]

sammansvuren

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

sammanträda

(intransitive) To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble.

sammanträffande

Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

sammanvuxen

Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.

sammelsurium

A collection containing a variety of miscellaneous things.

sammet

A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.

sammetsblomster

Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

sammetslen

(also, figuratively) Like velvet; soft, smooth, soothing.

Samoa

A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania. Official name: Independent State of Samoa. Capital and largest city: Apia. Formerly Western Samoa, and, before that, German Samoa. It is distinct from American Samoa.

samoan

(countable) A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.

samoansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

samoanska

Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.

samordna

(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).

samordnad

Performed through a concert of effort; done by agreement or in combination.

samordnare

One who, or that which, coordinates.

samordning

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

samovar

A metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea. Traditionally, the water is heated by hot coals or charcoal in a chimney-like tube which runs through the center of the urn. Today, it is more likely that the water is heated by an electric coil.

samråd

(music, acoustics) Identical pitch between two notes or sounds; the simultaneous playing of notes of identical pitch (or separated by one or more octaves). [from 15th c.]

sämre

(for non-slang definitions)

samspel

Interaction; reciprocal relationship.

samspela

(intransitive) To function in harmony, side by side.

samstämmig

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

samstämmighet

The act of conforming; conformity.

samtal

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

samtala

(intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.

samtalsämne

Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

samtida

From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous.

samtidig

Happening at the same moment.

samtidigt

At the same time; simultaneously; together.

samtidigt som

In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.

samtycka

(intransitive) To agree to a proposal.

samtycke

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

samuraj

In feudal Japan, a soldier who served a daimyo.

samvaro

(uncountable) The state or quality of being together.

samverka

To work together with others to achieve a common goal.

samverkan

(usually, uncountable) The act of cooperating.

samvete

(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

samvetskval

(often, in the plural) A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets.

samvetslös

Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.

samvetsöm

Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).

sanatorium

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

sand

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

sanda

(transitive) To cover with sand.

sända ut

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

sandal

(footwear) A type of open shoe made up of straps or bands holding a sole to the foot

sändare

Someone who sends.

sandbank

(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.

sandblästring

The process by which something is sandblasted.

sanddyn

(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

sändebud

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

sandel

Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.

sandelträ

The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.

sandfärgad

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

sandhi

(phonology) Any of a wide variety of phonological processes that occur at morpheme or word boundaries, such as the fusion of sounds across word boundaries and the alteration of sounds due to neighboring sounds or due to the grammatical function of adjacent words.

sandig

Covered with sand.

sandkrypare

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

sändning

A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.

sändningstid

The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.

sandpapper

(uncountable) Strong paper coated with (traditionally) sand or (today) manufactured aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or other abrasive material, used for smoothing and polishing.

sandpappra

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

sandsäck

A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts.

sandsten

A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.

sandstorm

A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.

sandstrand

A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water.

sändtagare

A combined radio transmitter and receiver.

sandwich

A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.

sanera

(transitive) To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting.

sång

(ornithology) A vocalisation made by a bird, more complex than a call, for purposes associated with courtship and territory.

sångare

A person who sings, often professionally.

sängbord

(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.

sängbunden

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

sängdags

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

sångerska

A person who sings, often professionally.

sångfågel

A bird having a melodious song or call.

sängfösare

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. [From 1818.]

sänghimmel

A high cover providing shelter, such as a cloth supported above an object, particularly over a bed.

sängkammare

(archaic) A bedroom.

sånglärka

A small brown passerine bird, Alauda arvensis, that sings as it flies high into the air.

sängliggande

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

sängöverkast

The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket.

sangria

A cold drink, originating in Spain, consisting of red or white wine, brandy or sherry, fruit juice, sugar and soda water and garnished with orange and other fruit.

sängstolpe

Any of the four upright supports of a bedstead.

sångstrit

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

sångtext

The words to a song (or other vocal music).

sangvinisk

Anticipating the best; optimistic; confident; full of hope. [from early 16th c.]