Swedish–English dictionary

funktor

(category theory) A category homomorphism; a morphism from a source category to a target category which maps objects to objects and arrows to arrows (either covariantly or contravariantly), in such a way as to preserve morphism composition and identities.

funt

(Christianity) A receptacle in a church for holy water, especially one used in baptism.

funtfadder

(informal, originally, Cambridge University) A close friend.

fura

(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

furie

(Greek mythology) A female personification of vengeance.

furiös

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

furlong

A unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.

furry

Any member of the furry fandom or subculture (including those without fursonas).

furste

The (male) ruler or head of a principality. [from 14th c.]

furstendöme

(countable) A region or sovereign nation headed by a prince or princess. [from 14th c.]

furstinna

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

furstlig

Relating to a prince.

furu

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

fusion

The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.

fusionera

(transitive, or, intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.

fusk

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

fusk-

False; not genuine; fake.

fuska

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

fuskare

Someone who cheats.

fusklapp

A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.

futtig

(figuratively, informal) Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. [from mid 19th c.]

fux

A reddish-brown horse.

fvt

(chronology) Initialism of Before the Common Era, Before the Current Era, or Before the Christian Era.

fy

Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.

fy fan

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

fy sjutton

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

fy tusan

(mildly, vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.

fylking

(zoology, UK, dialect, collective) A group of wild fowl (e.g. geese, goslings) when they are in flight.

fylla

A state of being drunk.

fylla på

(transitive) To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to.

fyllas

To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.

fylld

(followed by with) That is now full.

fyllerist

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

fyllig

Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

fyllning

Any of many food items used to stuff another.

fyllo

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

fylltratt

Drunkard.

fylogeni

(systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.

fylum

(taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank

fynd

An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds themself to transfer the right to some property for a consideration, and the other party binds themself to receive the property and pay the consideration.

fyndig

Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.

fyndighet

(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.

fyr

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

fyra

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

fyrdelad

(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

fyrdubbel

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

fyrdubbla

(transitive) To multiply by four.

fyrfaldig

Comprised of four individual members.

fyrhörning

(geometry) A polygon with four sides.

fyrkant

(typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

fyrkantig

Shaped like a square (the polygon).

fyrkantsvärde

(typography) A unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.

fyrling

One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

fyrti

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

fyrtio

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

fyrtiotal

The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.

fyrtiotalet

The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.

fyrtorn

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

fyrverkeri

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

fyrverkerier

(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.

fyrverkeripjäs

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

fysik

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

fysikalisk

Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.]

fysiker

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fysiologi

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

fysiologisk

Of, or relating to physiology.

fysionomik

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

fysioterapi

(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

fysisk

Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.]

fysiskt

In a physical manner.

fytoplankton

Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis.

gå

(intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.

gå av

(intransitive) To become detached by breaking or snapping.

gå bort

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

gå emot

To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.

gå för

(intransitive) To bring oneself; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward.

gå förbi

(transitive) To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.

gå hit och dit

(archaic, ambitransitive) To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.

gå i bastu

To use a sauna.

gå i dam

(chess) To promote a pawn to a queen.

gå i mål

(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.

gå i pension

(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

gå i vägen för

(transitive) To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.

gå i vågor

(intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.

gå ifrån

(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

gå igenom

(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

gå ihop

(transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.

gå med (i)

(transitive) To become a member of.

gå med i facket

(ambitransitive) To organize workers into a union.

gå ned

(intransitive) To be demolished.

gå ner

(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

gå och lägga sig

(intransitive) To go to bed; to put oneself to sleep.

gå ombord

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

gå på

(transitive) To take (a drug).

gå på tå

(intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. [from late 14th C.]

gå på tomgång

(intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

gå sönder

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

gå till fots

(intransitive) To move on the feet by alternately setting each foot (or pair or group of feet, in the case of animals with four or more feet) forward, with at least one foot on the ground at all times. Compare run.

gå tillbaka

To retrace one's steps.

gå upp

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

gå upp ett ljus

(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.

gå upp för

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

gå upp i rök

To catch fire and burn.

gå ut

(intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.

gå ut med

(transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

gå ut med hunden

(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

gå ut och gå

(transitive) To take for a walk or accompany on a walk.

gäcka

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

gäckande

Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

gadd

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

gädda

A species of pike, Esox lucius.

gadda ihop

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

gäddabborre

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

gaelisk

Of or relating to the Gaels, the Goidel peoples of Scotland and Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.

gående

The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

gaffel

Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.

gaffelkors

(heraldic charge) A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y, sometimes charged with crosses.

gaffeltruck

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.

gag

A gimmick.

gagat

The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

gagatsvart

Very dark black in colour.

gaggig

(informal) Mentally senile.

gagn

(archaic, dialectal) Remedy, amends.

gagna

(transitive) To be or to provide a benefit to.

gagnas

(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.

gäl

(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.

gala

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

galaktisk

(astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.

galär

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

galärfartyg

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

galärskepp

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

galax

(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]

galax-

(astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.

gäldenär

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

galen

Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]

galenpanna

(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

galenskap

The state of being insane; madness.

galeon

A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

galet

Perversely, improperly.

galgbacke

A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]

galge

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

galgen

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

Galicien

A former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain.

Galileen

A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.

gälisk

Of or relating to the Gaels, the Goidel peoples of Scotland and Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.

Galizien

former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.

galjonsbild

(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.

galjonsfigur

(nautical) A carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship.

gäll

High-pitched and piercing.

gälla

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case