Swedish–English dictionary

kåt

(slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.

katafalk

A platform or stand where a body or coffin is placed.

katakana

(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.

kataklysm

A sudden, violent event.

katakomb

(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

katalan

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

katalansk

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain.

katalanska

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain.

katalog

A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

katalogisera

To put into a catalogue.

katana

(weaponry) A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

katapult

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.

katarakt

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

Katarina

A en given name.

katarsis

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).

katastrof

An event resulting in great loss.

katastrofal

Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.

katatonisk

(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

kåtbock

(slang) A lecherous man.

kategorisera

(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.

kategorisk

Absolute; having no exception.

kategoriskt

In a categorical manner.

katekes

A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.

kateketisk

Of or pertaining to catechesis.

katekumen

A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.

katet

(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.

kateter

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

katharsis

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).

kåthet

(slang, vulgar) The state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited.

Katja

A en given name, equivalent to English Kate.

Katmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

katod

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

katolicism

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

katolik

A member of a Catholic church.

katrinplommon

The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.

katt

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

kattaktig

Resembling a cat; feline.

kättare

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

kattdjur

(zoology) Any member of the cat family (Felidae).

kätteri

(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.

kättersk

Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

kättja

(slang, vulgar) The state, quality, or extent of being horny or sexually excited.

kattlik

Resembling a cat; feline.

kattmynta

Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

kattunge

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

kaukas

(anthropology, dated) A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).

Kaukasien

(geopolitics) A geopolitical region in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, deriving its name from the aforementioned mountains.

kaukasier

(anthropology, dated) A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).

kaukasiska

(anthropology, dated) A member of the Caucasian racial classification (adjective sense 2).

kauterisera

To burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.

kavaj

A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)

kavajslag

Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

kavalkad

A ceremonial parade.

kavalleri

(military, usually, _, historical, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

kavallerist

A soldier in the cavalry.

kaviar

Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

kavla

(ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.

kavla ut

(ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.

kavle

(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.

kaxig

Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.

Kazakstan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kazan

The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

kazoo

(musical instrument) A simple musical instrument (a membranophone) consisting of a pipe with a hole in it, producing a buzzing sound when the player hums into it.

kebab

A Turkish dish in which meat (typically seasoned lamb or mutton, but alternatively chicken or perhaps beef) is grilled on a revolving vertical spit; when cooked, the meat is sliced off and served with fresh vegetables in pita or rolled in a piece of unleavened flatbread.

kedja

A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

kedja fast

(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.

kedjekoppling

An accolade or mark of honour.

kejsardöme

A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

kejsare

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

kejserlig

Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.

kela

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

kela med

(transitive) To touch or stroke lovingly.

keldjur

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.

kelgris

Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.

kelp

Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).

kelvin

In the International System of Units, the base unit of thermodynamic temperature; 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

kemi

(uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.

kemisk

Of or relating to chemistry.

kemiskt

Using a chemical reaction, process, or operation.

kemist

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

kemoterapi

(oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous cells in a patient.

kenning

(poetry) A metaphorical compound or phrase, used especially in Germanic poetry (Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way.

kenotaf

A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

Kent

A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.

kentaur

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

Kenya

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

kenyansk

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

keps

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

keramik

(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.

keramikverkstad

(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

keramisk verkstad

(countable) A potter's shop or workshop, where pottery is made.

keratin

(protein) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

Kerberos

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

kerub

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

kesella

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

ketamin

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.

ketchup

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

ketiska

The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

kettlebell

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

kex

(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

keyboard

(music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

KGB

(historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).

khan

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

Khartoum

The capital city of Sudan.

khmer

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

kibbutz

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kick

(colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.

kicka

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

kickboxning

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

kid

A young deer.

kidnappa

(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]

kidnappare

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

kidnappning

The crime, or an instance, of kidnapping.

kika

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

kikare

A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.

kikärt

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

kikhål

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

kikna

(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.

kil

(heraldiccharge) One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

kila

To run with quick light steps, to scamper.

kila fast

(ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.

kila in

(ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.

kilklackssko

One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.

killa

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

killbacill

(North America, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually, in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

kille

(informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).

killkompis

A male friend.

kilo

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kilohertz

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

kilometer

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kimchi

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

kimera

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

kimma

(intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.

kimning

The act or sound of ringing a bell, especially slowly, as with a church or cemetery bell.

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kind

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

kindben

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

kindknota

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

kindpåsråtta

A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).

kindtand

A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

kines

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

kineser

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

kinesisk

(uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.

kinesiska

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

kinesiskt språk

(uncountable) The branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family including Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Southern Min, and other closely related language varieties and dialects.

kinetik

(chemistry) The branch of chemistry that is concerned with the rates of chemical reactions.

kinetisk energi

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

Kingston

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.