Swedish–English dictionary

fickflaska

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

ficklampa

(Canada, US, Philippines) A battery-powered hand-held light source.

fickminne

An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

fickpengar

(business) Cash available for trivial purchases, especially limited funds for employees to use without close supervision.

fickplunta

A container used to discreetly carry a small amount of a hard alcoholic beverage; a pocket flask.

ficktjuv

One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

fidelitet

The degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input.

fientlig

(attributive) Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.

fientlighet

(uncountable) The state of being hostile.

fiffel

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games. [from mid 19th c.]

fiffi

(US, slang) The vagina or vulva.

fiffig

(colloquial, somewhat, _, dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.

fiffla

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

figur

(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

figurativ

Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.

Fiji

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fik

(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.

fika

A light meal.

fikon

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. [from 12th c.]

fikonspråk

Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.

fikonträd

A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]

fiktion

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fiktiv

Invented, as opposed to real.

fikus

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

fil

Forming nouns and adjectives meaning "loving", "friendly", or "friend".

fila

(transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.

filantropi

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filantropisk

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

filé

A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

filea

(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

filformat

(computing) A file type.

filial

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Filip

(uncountable) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.

Filippa

A en given name.

filippinare

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filippinerna

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filippinier

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

filippinsk

Of or pertaining to female inhabitants of the Philippines.

filippinska

(uncountable) The national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog.

Filippos

(uncountable) One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the Bible; one of the seven deacons.

filisté

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

filisteisk

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

filiströs

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

film

(film, uncountable) Films collectively.

filma

(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

filmbransch

(film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.

filmduk

The large viewing surface upon which films are projected in a cinema.

filmförfattare

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

filmfotograf

Somebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.

filmjournal

(countable) A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.

filmkamera

(computer graphics, video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.

filmkonst

(film, countable, uncountable) The art of making films and movies; cinematography

filmmakare

A producer or director of films/movies.

filmmaterial

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

filmning

(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

filmskapare

A producer or director of films/movies.

filmtecknare

(art) One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.

filogyni

Love or fondness for women.

filolog

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filologi

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filologisk

(linguistics) Pertaining to historical linguistics.

filosofera

To ponder or reason out philosophically.

filosofisk

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

filt

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

filtration

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

filtrera

To filter.

filur

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

fin

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

final

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

finalist

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

finans

The science of management of money and other assets.

finansår

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

finansiell

Related to finances.

finansiera

(transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.

finansierad

Having received financial support; paid for.

finansiering

Money provided as funds.

finansman

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

finemang

(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.

finess

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

finfin

(colloquial) Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.

finger

(anatomy) A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.

fingera

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]

fingerborgsblomma

Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).

fingerfärdighet

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

fingernagel

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

fingerspets

The tip of the human finger.

finhacka

(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

finish

A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.

finit

(grammar) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]

finjustering

A slight adjustment or modification.

fink

Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.

finkamma

(transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

finkornig

Consisting of especially minute particulates; made up of particularly small pieces.

Finland

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

finländare

A national of Finland.

finländsk

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

finländska

A national of Finland.

finlandssvensk

A national of Finland.

finlandssvenska

the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland

finna

(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.

finnas

(now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.

finnas till

(now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.

finne

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

finputsa

(agriculture, intransitive, of a cow or heifer) To be in heat; to be ready for mating with a bull.

finrum

(countable) A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.

finsk

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

finska

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

finslipa

A final addition, change, or embellishment that serves to complete something.

finsmakare

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; someone who takes their food seriously.

fint

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.

finta

(intransitive, boxing, fencing, also, often, military) To make a feint or mock attack.

fintrådig

Made of slender or thin filaments.

finurlig

(of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.

fiol

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

fiolspelman

One who plays the fiddle.

fira

(intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

firande

The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.

firma

(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.

firmament

(usually, uncountable, literary, poetic, also, figuratively) The vault of the heavens, where the clouds, sun, moon, and stars can be seen; the heavens, the sky.

firmware

(computing, software) Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.

firn

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

firnsnö

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

firre

(childish) .

fis

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, derogatory, colloquial) A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.

fisa

(intransitive) To break wind; to fart.

fisk

(archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

fisk och skaldjur

Fish, shellfish, seaweed, and other edible aquatic life.

fiskaktig

Of, from, or similar to fish.

fiskal

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

fiskalisk

Related to the treasury of a country, company, region or city, particularly to government spending and revenue.

fiskar

Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).

fiskare

A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

fiskbinnikemask

(countable) A broad fish tapeworm, Diphyllobothrium latum.

fiske

(uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

fiskevatten

(countable) A fishery, a place for catching fish.

fiskgjuse

A bird of prey of genus Pandion that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions.

fiskhandlare

(British) A person who sells fish.

fiskmård

A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

fiskyngel

Young fish; fishlings.

fisring

(anatomy) The orifice of the rectum in most mammals, teleost fish, and many invertebrates, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

fissil

(physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

fissur

(anatomy) A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.

fistel

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fitta

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

fix

An understanding, grasp of something.

fixa

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

fixera

(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

fixpunkt

A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

fjäder

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

fjäderboll

(countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]