Swedish–English dictionary

målgrupp

(media, marketing) The primary group of people for whom a publication, advertisement or other type of media is designed to appeal.

Mali

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

maliciös

Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.

malign

(medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.

målis

(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.

mall

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. [from 14th c.]

mallarv

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

mållös

Shocked and speechless.

malm

Rock or other material that contains valuable or utilitarian materials; primarily a rock containing metals or gems for which it is typically mined and processed.

målmängd

(mathematics, analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.

målmedveten

Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined.

malmfält

(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.

målning

an illustration or artwork using paint

målområde

(ice hockey, handball) The area in front of each goal.

malört

The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470]

målram

(football, rugby) The frame of the goal, i.e. the goalpost or crossbar.

målskytt

(football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals

målsman

(legal) A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis).

målsnöre

(sports) A finish line of a racetrack.

malt

Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.

mälta

(transitive) To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.

måltavla

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

maltes

(mostly, in the plural, plural "Maltese") An inhabitant or a resident of Malta.

maltesare

(mostly, in the plural, plural "Maltese") An inhabitant or a resident of Malta.

maltesiska

The Semitic language of Malta.

måltid

(countable) Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).

målvakt

(by extension) Someone in a nominal position of leadership who has little to no actual power.

mambo

A Latin-American musical genre, adapted from rumba, originating from Cuba in the 1940s, or a dance or rhythm of this genre. [from 20th c.]

mamelucker

(informal) Women’s underpants with short legs; knickers or drawers.

mamma

A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).

mammon

Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.

mammut

Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.

man

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

man lever bara en gång

(slang) Acronym of you only live once, i.e. expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment.

mana fram

(fantasy, transitive) To call a resource by magic.

månad

A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.

månadsvis

Every month.

manat

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of the genus Trichechus, found in tropical regions.

månatlig

Occurring every month.

månbelyst

Lit by moonlight.

manchester

A heavy fabric, usually made of cotton, with vertical ribs.

manchu

A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria.

manchuiska

The indigenous language of the Manchu people, spoken in Manchuria.

manchurier

A person belonging to or descended from the indigenous people of Manchuria.

Manchuriet

A historical region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia.

manchuriska

The indigenous language of the Manchu people, spoken in Manchuria.

måndag

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.

måndagsexemplar

(slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.

mandarin

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

mandarinkinesiska

Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.

mandat

An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.

mandatperiod

Duration of officeholding, or its limit; period in office of fixed length.

mandelfärgad

Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.

mandelkärna

(neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

mandelträd

(countable) The tree that produces almonds.

mandibel

Specifically, the bone therein; the mandible of humans and other vertebrates that, with the cranium, composes the skull.

mandola

(musical instruments) A stringed musical instrument resembling the mandolin, but of larger size and tuned lower.

mandolin

(string instrument) A stringed instrument of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back.

mandomsanammelse

An assumption of human form or nature.

måne

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

månen

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

manet

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

många

(informal) A large amount.

mangan

(uncountable) A metallic chemical element (symbol Mn) with an atomic number of 25, not a free element in nature but often found in minerals in combination with iron, and useful in industrial alloy production.

mängd

(informal) A number of people taken collectively.

mängder

(originally, US, informal, chiefly with "of") unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons.

mangel

Calender machine A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance; it consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.

mångfacetterad

Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.

mångfald

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

mångfaldig

Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

mångfaldiga

(transitive) To make manifold; multiply.

månggifte

(often, especially in common use) Synonym of polygyny (“marriage of a man to more than one wife, the practice of having several wives at the same time”).

mångla

To deal in, peddle, or sell (something).

månglare

A dealer or trader in a specific commodity.

mångmiljonär

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

mango

A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.

mangold

(uncountable, culinary) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.

mångordig

Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

mångordighet

(rhetoric) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.

mangoträd

A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.

mangrove

(ecology) A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.

mangroveträd

Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). [from early 17th c.]

mångsidig

Consisting of different elements; various.

mångsidighet

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

mangust

Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.

manhaftig

(slang, originally, _, Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

manhål

A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.

mani

compulsion or obsession.

manick

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

manifest

Evident to the senses, especially to the sight; apparent; distinctly perceived.

manifestation

A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

manifestera

(transitive) To show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit.

maniker

An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.

manikyr

A cosmetic treatment for the fingernails.

manikyrist

A person who performs manicures.

Manila

The capital city of the Philippines; the regional capital of Metro Manila, in the island of Luzon.

manipel

(Christianity, chiefly, historical) In Western Christianity, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church, and sometimes the Church of England.

manipulativ

(pejorative) Reaching one's goals at the expense of other people by using them.

manipulator

A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.

manipulera

(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something

manipulerare

A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.

manisk

(psychiatry) Suffering from mania (the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels).

Manitoba

A province in western Canada. Capital and largest city: Winnipeg.

manke

The part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades; in many species the highest point of the body and the standard place to measure the animal's height. [from 1580]

mankera

(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

månlandskap

A view of an area of the Moon.

manlig

(slang, originally, _, Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

manlig omskärelse

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

manlighet

The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.

månljus

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

mannekäng

A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.

människa

The genus Homo.

människoälskande

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

människoapa

A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

människoblivande

An assumption of human form or nature.

människobliven

(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

människokärlek

(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.

människoliknande

Having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance.

människovän

A person concerned with people's welfare; a do-gooder or philanthropist.

manöver

(military, marching) In a relaxed position with the feet apart rather than at attention.

manöverorgan

The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.

manövrera

(figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

Måns

A en given name of mostly Scottish and Scandinavian usage.

mansbot

(historical, especially in Germanic, _, legal) Compensation thus determined and paid; a reparative payment.

manschett

The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.

manshat

Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men.

manshora

A promiscuous, philandering man.

mänska

(fantasy, scifi, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.

månskära

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

månsken

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

mänsklig

Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.

mänsklig beräknare

(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

mänsklig räknare

(now, rare, chiefly, historical) A person employed to perform computations; one who computes. [from 17th c.]

mänskliga rättigheter

(international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.

mänsklighet

(uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.

manslem

(euphemistic) Penis.

manslukerska

(by extension, slang) A seductive dangerous woman, often readily taking and discarding male romantic partners.

manssläkt

Men collectively, as opposed to all women.

månsten

(mineral) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.

mantel

A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

mantikora

(Greek mythology) A beast with the body of a lion (usually red), the tail of a scorpion, and the head/face of a man with a mouth filled with multiple rows of sharp teeth (like a shark), said to be able to shoot spikes from its tail or mane to paralyse prey. It may be horned, winged, or both; its voice is described as a mixture of pipes and trumpets.

manual

(music) A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.

manuell

(of an activity) Performed with the hands.

manuella

By hand.

manuellt

By hand.

månuppgång

The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

manus

(countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.

manusförfattare

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

manuskript

A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

månvarv

(literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.