Swedish–English dictionary

laxermedel

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

layout

A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.

laziska

A Kartvelian language of Turkey and Caucasian Georgia, related to Georgian, Mingrelian, and Svan.

le

(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.

le tillgjort

(intransitive) To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.

Lea

(biblical character) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.

league

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

lealös

Lacking stiffness; flimsy.

lebeman

A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.

led

(countable, or, uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

leda

(transitive) To direct or guide along a desired course.

ledande

(of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.

ledare

The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group. [from 13th c.]

ledargestalt

The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.

ledarskap

The capacity of someone to lead others.

ledband

(anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

ledfogning

(countable, or, uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

ledig

(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.

ledig plats

An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.

ledighet

Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.

ledinflammation

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

ledmotiv

(music) A melodic theme associated with a particular character, place, thing or idea in an opera.

ledning

The act or method of controlling or directing.

ledningsdragning

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building.

ledningsmöte

(by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely) , an important or high-level gathering or meeting.

ledord

A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.

ledpunkt

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

ledsaga

(archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.

ledsam

Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.

ledsamhet

A cause of such discomfort.

ledsen

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

ledtid

(idiomatic) The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered.

ledtråd

Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.

ledvrickning

An injury caused by a violent twisting or pulling of a limb; strain, sprain. [from 16th c.]

leende

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

leg

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

legal

Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.

legalisera

To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

legat

A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.

legatarie

(legal) One who receives a legacy (inheritance).

legend

(cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.

legendarisk

Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.

legera

To mix or combine; often used of metals.

legering

A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.

legga

(transitive) To request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age.

legio

Numerous; vast; very great in number.

legion

(military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

legionär

A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).

legislatur

A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

legitim

In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

legitimation

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

legitimera

(transitive) To request to see a person’s identification for proof of identity or age.

lego

Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

legosoldat

A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.

legua

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

leguan

A green iguana (Iguana iguana), a large tropical American lizard often kept as a pet.

Leipzig

An independent city in Saxony, Germany.

lejon

Someone with a Leo star sign

Lejonet

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.

lejonflock

(zoology, collective) A company of lions or other large felines.

Lejonhjärta

The nickname of Richard I of England.

lejonhona

A female lion (animal).

lejoninna

A female lion (animal).

lejonpart

The major part of something.

lek

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

leka

(intransitive) To move about carelessly, playfully or boisterously.

leka med

(intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.

lekatt

A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

lekfull

liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

lekfullhet

The quality of being playful.

lekhage

An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.

lekis

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

lekkamrat

A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.

lekman

One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

lekpark

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]

lekplats

A place or region where animals go to breed.

leksak

Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. [from 16th c.]

lekskola

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

lektor

(US, Philippines, informal) A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.

lekverk

(idiomatic, informal) Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge.

lem

A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).

lemlästa

(transitive) To remove the limbs of.

lemonad

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

lemur

Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).

len

Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.

len i munnen

(idiomatic) The identified person appears to be benign, mild-mannered, or calm (but with an integral suggestion that, to the contrary, he or she really is untrustworthy, disagreeable, or mean-spirited).

Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, a Russian revolutionary and politician.

Leningrad

(historical) Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.

leninist

A person who follows or supports Lenin or the philosophy of Leninism.

leninistisk

Of or relating to Leninism.

leninsk

Of or relating to Leninism.

Lennart

A surname transferred from the given name.

Leo

A en given name, borne by numerous saints and 14 popes.

leopard

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

leotard

A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)

lera

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

lergryta

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

lerig

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

lerjord

(geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.

lerskiffer

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

lesbisk

A homosexual woman, one who is exclusively sexually or romantically attracted to other women.

lesbiskhet

(uncountable) The state of being gay (homosexual); homosexuality; demeanor stereotypically representative of it.

lesion

(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

less

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

leta

(intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.

letargi

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

Leto

(uncountable, Greek goddess) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

lett

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

lettisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

lettiska

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

Lettland

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

leukemi

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

lev

The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki.

leva

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

leva kvar

(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

leva på

(transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.

levande

Having life; living; not dead.

levande charad

(uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

levande död

(fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.

Levanten

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

levebröd

A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]

leverans

The act of delivering or conveying something.

leverantör

One who supplies; a provider.

leverera

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

leverfläck

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

levermossa

A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

Levi

(biblical character) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

Leviatan

(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.

levitation

The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind

levitera

(intransitive) To be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.

levla

(intransitive, RPG, video games) To progress to the next level.

levnad

(uncountable) The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

levnadsglad

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

levnadstecknare

The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.

levnadsteckning

A person's life story, especially one published.

levras

(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

lexem

(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.

lexikon

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information. [ca. 1480]

li

The Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).

lian

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

libanesisk

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

libation

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

liberal

Of or relating to the Liberal party, its membership, or its platform, policy, or viewpoint.

Liberia

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

libertin

Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.

Libyen

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

libysk

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

licens

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

lidande

(figurative, from Christ's bearing of the cross) A difficult situation that must be endured.

lidelse

Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.