Swedish–English dictionary

trubadur

A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.

trubba

To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

trubbel

(countable) A difficult situation.

trubbig

Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.

truck

A small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.

truckflata

(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

trudelutt

A short, simple verse or song.

trumf

(cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

trumfa

(intransitive, cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.

trumfkort

(cards) A playing card of that suit.

trumhinna

(anatomy) A thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear and transmits sound from the air to the malleus.

trumma

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

trummis

(musician) One who plays the drums.

trumpen

Despondent; moody; sullen.

trumpet

(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

trumpinne

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]

trumslagare

(musician) One who plays the drums.

trumstock

A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]

trupp

(colloquial) A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends. [from 20th c.]

truppstyrka

Military personnel in uniform.

trut

A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

try

Any of several species of superficially similar plants from Australia

tryck

Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.

trycka

(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.

tryckare

One who makes prints.

tryckark

(bookbinding) A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.

tryckbandage

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

tryckeriägare

(printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymy) any printing business.

tryckerska

One who makes prints.

tryckfel

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

tryckförband

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

tryckknapp

An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.

trycklufts-

Powered by, or filled with, compressed air

tryckluftsborr

A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.

tryckluftsdriven

Powered by, or filled with, compressed air

tryckpress

(countable) A printing machine.

trycksvarvning

The cutting of wood or metal on a lathe to shape it as needed.

tryckt

stamped, under pressure

trygg

Very sure of something; positive.

trygghet

The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.

trygghetskänsla

(uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.

tryggt

(manner) In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger.

tryne

(slang, often, derogatory) The face.

TS

(Internet) Initialism of original post.

tsar

(historical) An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

tsarevitj

A son of a tsar, a prince in Russia or Bulgaria.

tsarinna

(historical) An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

tsaritsa

(historical) An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

tsk

(slang) Expressing indifference or lack of enthusiasm.

tsunami

(proscribed) A large, sudden, and disastrous wave of water caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean; a tsunami. (See Usage notes below.)

tu

A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).

tub

(surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

tuberkulos

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]

tudelad

Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.

tudelning

A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.

tuff

Popular; in demand.

tugga

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

tuggummi

A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.

tukta

(transitive, formal) To punish or reprimand someone severely.

tull

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit

tullapinne

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

tullavgift

(countable) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

tumavtryck

A print, mark or impression made by a thumb.

tumlare

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

tumme

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Tummelisa

A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.

tumör

(pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

tumult

(archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.

tumultartad

Characterized by loud, confused noise. [from mid 16th c.]

tumvante

A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.

tundra

A flat and treeless Arctic biome.

tung

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

tunga

(backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. [from 15th c.]

tungel

(informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.

tungelsken

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

tungomål

(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.

tungomålstalande

Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues. [from late 19th c.]

tungotal

Speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); speaking in tongues. [from late 19th c.]

tungrots-r

A uvular "r" sound, or (by extension) an accent characterized by this sound.

tungsinne

Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

tungvikt

(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.

tunika

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Tunis

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital.

Tunisien

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956.

tunisier

A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent.

tunisisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language.

tunn

Slender; thin.

tunna

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

tunnband

A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

tunnbindare

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

tunnel

(football, hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.

tunnelbana

(North America, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.

tunnhårig

Becoming bald, especially having male pattern baldness.

tunnla

(sport, transitive) To play the ball between the legs of (an opponent).

tunnstav

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; especially, one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, barrel, pail, etc.

tunt

In a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.

tupé

(obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig, worn by both sexes.

tupp

(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.

tuppjuck

(informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

tuppkam

A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

tupplur

A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. [from 1820s]

tur

A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).

tur- och returresa

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

turas om

(intransitive, polite) Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.

turbin

Any of various rotary machines that use the kinetic energy of a continuous stream of fluid (a liquid or a gas) to turn a shaft.

turbulens

(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.

turell

(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

turist

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

turk

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Turkiet

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.

turkisk

Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

turkiska

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

turkiskt

Of, from, or pertaining to Turkey, the Turkish people or the Turkish language.

turkos

Of the colour cyan.

turkosfärg

An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.

turkosfärgad

Of the colour cyan.

turné

A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

turnering

A series of games; either the same game played many times, or a succession of games related by a single theme; played competitively to determine a single winning team or individual.

turnyr

(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

tursam

(of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

turturduvor

Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.

tusan

(informal) Expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn. [from 1886]

tuscha

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

tusen

A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 103 (1 E+3 exactly—in scientific E notation.)

tusende

last in order of a series of a thousand; next after the nine hundred and ninety-ninth.

tusenfoting

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

tusensköna

A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals

tuss

An amorphous, compact mass.

tut

The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

tuta

(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

Tutankhamun

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

tutt

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

tutte

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

tutu

A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

tuva

A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock. [from 10th c.]

TV

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

TV-apparat

(countable) An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.

två

The digit/figure 2.

två gånger

Two times.

två veckor

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

tvåa

The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.

tvåan

The second gear of an engine.

tvådollarssedel

(US, informal) A two-dollar bill.

tvåfaktorsautentisering

(computer security) An identity and access management security method in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves: first the user's password and then a (randomly generated and frequently changing) code generated by an app.

tvåfaldig

On two occasions; twice.

Tvåflodslandet

(historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.

tvaga

(transitive) To clean with water.

tvåkönad

(rare) Hermaphroditic/intersex, being both male and female, or alternating between being male and being female.

tvål

(countable, uncountable, informal, by extension, mineral) Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.

tvåla in

(transitive, informal) To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.