Swedish–English dictionary

moster

The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

mot

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

mot land

Towards the shore.

möta

(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.

motargument

An argument that is opposed to another argument.

mötas

(intransitive) To come together; to meet.

motåtgärd

Any action taken to counteract or correct another.

motbevis

A refutation.

motbevisa

(transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

motbjudande

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

möte

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

motell

(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.

mötesplats

A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.

motgång

(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

motgift

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

motion

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

motionär

Someone who proposes a motion at a meeting.

motionera

(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.

motiv

A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.

motivation

Willingness of action especially in behavior.

motivera

(transitive) To make stable or firm; to confirm.

motiverad

Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.

motiverande

Tending or intended to motivate.

motor

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

motor-

(nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

motorbåt

(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.

motorcykel

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

motorhuv

(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car, also known as a hood in chiefly Canada and the US.

motorisk

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.

motorsåg

(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

motorstopp

(intransitive, of an engine) To stop suddenly.

motortrafikled

(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

motorväg

A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.

motorvagn

(rail) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train.

motpåve

(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

motreaktion

(countable, machinery) An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.

motsäga

(transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]

motsägelse

(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.

motsägelsefri

Consistent; conforming to one standard.

motsats

Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed.

motsatt

That contradicts something, such as an argument.

motsätta sig

(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.

motsols

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.

motspänstig

Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.

motstå

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

motstånd

The action of opposing or of being in conflict.

motståndare

An opponent or rival.

motståndskämpe

One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.

motståndskraftig

Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people)

motståndsman

One who resists, especially a person who fights against an occupying army.

motståndsrörelse

An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement.

motsträvig

Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.

motstrida

(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible

motstridig

Fighting; contending; in conflict.

motsvara

(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

motsvarande

that have a similar relationship

motsvarighet

(countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.

motta

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

mottaga

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

mottagande

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

mottagarbevis

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

mottagare

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

mottaglig

(followed by to) Open to the influence of.

mottaglighet

(uncountable) The state of being receptive.

mottagning

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

motto

(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

moturs

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.

motvikt

A force that opposes another force.

motvilja

(uncountable) Often followed by against, between, for, or to: a (deep) feeling of dislike or repugnance, normally towards a person and less often towards a thing, often without any conscious reasoning; aversion, distaste, hostility; (countable) an instance of this.

moussera

(intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce

mozzarella

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.

msk

Abbreviation of tablespoon, a unit of measurement.

mu

The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

muck

(military) The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.

muddra

To make a channel deeper or wider using a dredge.

muffins

A small cake baked in a usually paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.

mufti

(countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

mugg

A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.

mugglare

A person who has no magical abilities.

Muhammed

(Islam, uncountable) The figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís.

muhammedan

(now, largely, _, obsolete, and, offensive) Muslim.

muhammedansk

(now, largely, _, obsolete, and, offensive) Muslim, Islamic.

mujahid

One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict; a mujahid.

mula

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

mulåsna

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

mulatt

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

mule

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

mulen

(meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

mulet

Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.

mull

A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.

mullbär

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

mullbärsfärg

(tincture) A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple).

mullbärsfärgad

Of a mulberry colour.

mullbärsträd

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

muller

The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.

mullig

Plump.

mullra

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

mullrande

A heavy, reverberatory sound.

mullvadshög

A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.

multe

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

multi-

Many; pertaining to many things.

multimiljonär

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

multipel

(mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.

multiplicitet

The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

multiversum

(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.

multum

(informal) A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.

Mumbai

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

mumie

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

mumifiering

The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

mumifikation

The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

mumla

(intransitive) To speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble, mutter. [from 14th c.]

mums

(slang, or, childish) The sound made while relishing food.

mumsig

Of food: delectable, delicious.

mun

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

München

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

munfull

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

mungo

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.

munhuggande

Playful raillery; banter.

munhuggas

To engage in badinage or playful banter.

munk

A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.

munk-

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

munkavle

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

munkjacka

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

munkorg

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.

munktröja

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

munsbit

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

munskänk

A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.

munskölj

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

munspel

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

munstycke

A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

munter

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

munterhet

That which causes merriment.

muntert

(dated) Merrily.

muntlig

(relational) Relating to the mouth.

muntligt

Spoken as opposed to written.

munvatten

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

munvig

(of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

mupp

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, derogatory) An incompetent or foolish person.

mur

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

mura

(transitive, normally with a preposition) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons

mura in

(transitive) To put or bury within a wall.

muräna

Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

murare

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

murbruk

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

murgröna

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

murkla

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

murra

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

murslev

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

mus

(chiefly, North American, slang, countable) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself; (attributively) denoting films or literature featuring nude women.

Musa

One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.