| mañana {adv} (tomorrow) SEE: tomorrow
|
::
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| Macau {prop} (a city just west of Hong Kong)
|
:: Makaó {n}
|
| macchia {n} (shrubland biota)
|
:: makí-kjarr {n}
|
| Macedonia {prop} (Republic of North Macedonia, see also: Republic of North Macedonia)
|
:: Makedónía {f}
|
| machination {n} (clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes)
|
:: ráðabrugg {n}, leynimakk {n}
|
| machine {n} (mechanical or electrical device)
|
:: vél {f}
|
| machine code {n} (machine language) SEE: machine language
|
::
|
| machine gun {n} (type of firearm)
|
:: vélbyssa {f}
|
| machine language {n} (set of instructions for a computer)
|
:: vélamál {n}, vélarmál {n}, [rare] maskínumál {n}
|
| machine learning {n} (field of study)
|
:: vélrænt nám {n}
|
| machinist {n} (operator) SEE: operator
|
::
|
| machismo {n} (exaggerated masculinity)
|
:: karlremba {f}
|
| mackerel {n} (edible fish)
|
:: makríll {m}
|
| mackintosh {n} (raincoat in general) SEE: raincoat
|
::
|
| macro {n} (an abbreviation of complicated input)
|
:: fjölvaskipun {f}, fjölvi {m}
|
| macro- {prefix} (large)
|
:: stór-, óeðlilega stór {m} {f}, óeðlilega stórt {n}, risa-
|
| macro- {prefix} (long)
|
:: lang-
|
| macrocosm {n} (the universe) SEE: universe
|
::
|
| macrolide {n}
|
:: makrólíð {n}
|
| macromolecule {n} (large molecule)
|
:: stórsameind {f}
|
| macron {n} (short, straight, horizontal diacritical mark)
|
:: lengdarmerki {n}
|
| macrophage {n} (type of white blood cell)
|
:: gleypifruma {f}, stóræta {f}, stórátfruma {f}
|
| mad {adj} (insane (adj.))
|
:: ær
|
| Madagascar {prop} (country in Southern Africa)
|
:: Madagaskar {n}
|
| madam {n} (polite term of address to a woman)
|
:: frú {f}
|
| mad as a hatter {adj} (demented or crazy)
|
:: bandvitlaus
|
| mad cow disease {n} (informal: bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
|
:: kúariða {f}
|
| Madonna {prop} (Virgin Mary) SEE: Virgin Mary
|
::
|
| madrigal {n} (either musical sense)
|
:: madrígal {m}, madrígali {m}
|
| magazine {n} (periodical)
|
:: tímarit {n}
|
| magazine {n} (ammunition clip or chamber enabling multiple rounds to be held before firing)
|
:: skothylkjahólf {n}
|
| Magdalene {prop} (biblical character) SEE: Mary Magdalene
|
::
|
| mage {n} (magician, wizard or sorcerer)
|
:: galdramaður {m}
|
| Maggie {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Gréta {f}
|
| magic {n} (use of supernatural rituals, forces etc.)
|
:: galdur
|
| magical {adj} (relating to magic)
|
:: galdra-, göldróttur
|
| magical {adj} (enchanting)
|
:: töfrandi, töfrum líkt
|
| magician {n}
|
:: töframaður {m}, galdramaður {m}
|
| magic mushroom {n} (mushroom-like fungus that has psychedelic effects)
|
:: ofskynjunarsveppur {m}
|
| magic wand {n} (wand used to perform magic)
|
:: töfrasproti {m}
|
| magma {n} (molten matter)
|
:: bergkvika
|
| Magna Carta {prop} (charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215)
|
:: Magna Carta
|
| Magna Graecia {prop} (Ancient Greek colonies in Italy and Sicily)
|
:: Magna Graecia, Stór-Grikkland
|
| magnality {n} (great or wonderful thing) SEE: miracle
|
::
|
| magnanimous {adj} (noble and generous in spirit)
|
:: göfuglyndur; drenglyndur; stórlyndur; veglyndur
|
| magnesium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: magnesín {n}, magnín {n}, magníum {n}, magnesíum {n}
|
| magnesium hydroxide {n} (Mg(OH)2)
|
:: magnesíumhýdroxíð {n}
|
| magnet {n} (piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism)
|
:: segull {m}
|
| magnetic field {n} (a field of magnetic force)
|
:: segulsvið {n}
|
| magnetic north {n} (direction into which compass points)
|
:: segulnorður {n}
|
| Magnetic North {n} (magnetic north) SEE: magnetic north
|
::
|
| magnetic pole {n}
|
:: segulskaut {n}, segulpóll {m}
|
| magnetic resonance imaging {n} (technique, see also: MRI)
|
:: segulsneiðmyndun {f}, segulmyndherming {f}
|
| magnifying glass {n} (instrument)
|
:: stækkunargler {n}
|
| Magnus {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Magnús {m}
|
| magpie {n} (bird of genus Pica)
|
:: skjór {m}
|
| Magyar {adj} (Hungarian) SEE: Hungarian
|
::
|
| maiden {adj} (virgin) SEE: virgin
|
::
|
| mailing list {n} (collection of names and addresses)
|
:: póstlisti {m}, [recipient file] viðtakendaskrá {f}
|
| maim {v} (to cause permanent loss of a part of the body)
|
:: limlesta
|
| main {n} (mainland) SEE: mainland
|
::
|
| main {n} (high seas) SEE: high seas
|
::
|
| main building {n} (most important building of a group of buildings (e.g. in a school/university))
|
:: aðalbygging {f}
|
| main clause {n} (grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically)
|
:: aðalsetning {f}
|
| main course {n} (main dish of a meal)
|
:: aðalréttur {m}
|
| main diagonal {n} (diagonal line of a matrix)
|
:: aðalhornalína {f}, meginhornalína {f}
|
| mainland {n} (the main landmass of a country or continent)
|
:: meginland {n}, fastland {n}
|
| mainmast {n} (mainmast)
|
:: stórsigla {f}
|
| maintain {v} (to maintain, to consider) SEE: hold
|
::
|
| maintenance {n} (keeping a machine or system in service)
|
:: viðhald {n}
|
| main verb {n} (verb in a clause with the highest semantic content)
|
:: aðalsögn {f}
|
| maize {n} (corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays)
|
:: maís {m}
|
| major {adj} (of full legal age; having attained majority)
|
:: myndugur
|
| major chord {n} (musical chord containing a major third and perfect fifth above its root)
|
:: dúrhljómur {m}
|
| major third {n} (interval of four semitones)
|
:: stór þríund {f}
|
| make {v}
|
:: gera
|
| make amends {v} (to repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress)
|
:: bæta upp, bæta, [to make amends for] bæta fyrir
|
| make a mountain out of a molehill {v} (to treat a problem as greater than it is)
|
:: gera úlfalda úr mýflugu
|
| make a point {v} (to take care in doing something)
|
:: standa fast á, leggja áherslu á, hafa fyrir reglu
|
| make love {v} (to engage in sexual intercourse, see also: copulate)
|
:: njóta ásta,elskast, hafa samfarir
|
| make short work of {v} (make (a task) quicker or easier)
|
:: gera sér lítið fyrir
|
| make someone's day {v} (make someone happy)
|
:: gleðja einhvern
|
| make the bed {v} (arrange sheets, etc smoothly and neatly)
|
:: búa um rúmið
|
| makeup {n} (cosmetics)
|
:: farði {m}, meik {n}
|
| make-up artist {n} (artist who applies makeup for theatrical, television, or film productions)
|
:: sminka {f}
|
| make yourself at home {phrase}
|
:: láttu eins og heima hjá þér [to one person]
|
| Malachi {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Malakí {m}
|
| Malachi {prop} (minor prophet)
|
:: Malakí {m}
|
| Malachi {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Malakí {m}
|
| Malagasy {n} (the language of the Malagasy, when considered one language)
|
:: malagasíska {f}
|
| malaria {n} (disease)
|
:: malaría {f}
|
| Malay {adj} (of the Malay people)
|
:: malajískur
|
| Malay {adj} (of or pertaining to Malaysia)
|
:: malasískur
|
| Malay {adj} (in, of or otherwise pertaining to the Malay language)
|
:: malajískur
|
| Malay {n} (Malay person)
|
:: Malaji {m}
|
| Malay {n} (the Malay language)
|
:: malajíska {f}
|
| Malaysia {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Malasía {f}
|
| Malaysian {prop} (Malay) SEE: Malay
|
::
|
| male {adj}
|
:: karlmaður
|
| male chauvinism {n} (belief in the innate superiority of men over women)
|
:: karlremba {f}
|
| male chauvinist {n} (A male advocate of male chauvinism)
|
:: karlremba {f}
|
| maledict {v} (curse) SEE: curse
|
::
|
| malediction {n} (curse) SEE: curse
|
::
|
| Mali {prop} (a country in Western Africa)
|
:: Malí {n}
|
| malice {n} (intention to harm)
|
:: illgirni {f}, meinfýsni {f}
|
| malkin {n} (cat) SEE: cat
|
::
|
| mallard {n} (a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos)
|
:: stokkönd
|
| Malmö {prop} (city in Sweden)
|
:: Málmey {f}, Málmhaugar {m}
|
| Malta {prop} (republic)
|
:: Malta {f}
|
| Maltese {n} (language of Malta)
|
:: maltneska {f}
|
| mama {n} (mother) SEE: mother
|
::
|
| mama's boy {n} (momma's boy) SEE: momma's boy
|
::
|
| mamma {n} (mother) SEE: mother
|
::
|
| mammal {n} (animal of the class Mammalia)
|
:: spendýr {n}
|
| mammalian {n} (any mammal) SEE: mammal
|
::
|
| mammectomy {n} (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast)
|
:: brjóstnám {n}, brottnám brjósts {n}
|
| mammoth {n} (elephant-like mammal)
|
:: loðfíll {m}, fornfíll {m}, mammút {m}
|
| man {n} (adult male human)
|
:: karlmaður {m}, karl {m}, maður {m}
|
| man {n} (human)
|
:: manneskja {f}, maður {m}
|
| man {v} (to supply with staff or crew)
|
:: manna
|
| man {v} (to take up position in order to operate something)
|
:: manna
|
| Man {prop} (genus Homo)
|
:: menn
|
| manacle {n} (fetter, restriction) SEE: fetter
|
::
|
| manacle {n} (shackle for the wrist)
|
:: handjárn {n-p}
|
| manager {n} (person whose job is to manage something)
|
:: forstöðumaður {m}, forstjóri {m}
|
| manatee {n} (any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae)
|
:: sækýr {f}
|
| mandarin {n} (fruit) SEE: mandarin orange
|
::
|
| mandarin {n} (tree) SEE: mandarin orange
|
::
|
| mandarin orange {n} (fruit)
|
:: mandarína {f}
|
| mane {n} (longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse)
|
:: makki {m}, fax {n}
|
| man-eater {n} (animal that eats humans)
|
:: mannæta {f}
|
| man-eater {n} (cannibal)
|
:: mannæta {f}
|
| man-eating {adj} (inclined to eat human flesh)
|
:: mannætu-
|
| manganese {n} (chemical element)
|
:: mangan {n}
|
| manger {n} (trough for animals to eat from)
|
:: jata {f}
|
| mangetout {n} (vegetable pea eaten when immature, see also: snow pea)
|
:: sykurbaun {f}, snjóbaun {f}, sykurerta {f}
|
| mango {n} (fruit)
|
:: mangó
|
| mangrove {n} (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water)
|
:: leiruviðarskógur
|
| manhole {n} (a hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations)
|
:: mannop {n}, mannsmuga {f}
|
| manifesto {n} (public declaration)
|
:: stefnuyfirlýsing
|
| manipulatable {adj} (gullible) SEE: gullible
|
::
|
| manipulate {v} (influence or manage)
|
:: ráðskast með e-n, handstýra e-m
|
| Manitoba {prop} (Province in western Canada)
|
:: Manitoba
|
| mankind {n} (human race)
|
:: mannkyn {n}
|
| man-made {adj} (created by a human)
|
:: manngerður, tilbúinn
|
| manna {n} (food)
|
:: manna {n}
|
| mannequin {n} (model of the human body used for the displaying of clothes)
|
:: gína {f}
|
| man of few words {n} (man who doesn't speak much)
|
:: fámáll maður {m}
|
| manor {n} (mansion)
|
:: herragarður {m}
|
| man's best friend {n} (an affectionate term for a dog)
|
:: besti vinur mannsins {m}
|
| manservant {n} (male servant)
|
:: heimilisþjónn {m}, þjónn {m}, einkaþjónn {m}
|
| Manson {prop}
|
:: Magnússon
|
| mantle {n} (clothing like an open robe or cloak)
|
:: möntull {m}
|
| manure {n} (excrement)
|
:: mykja {f}
|
| manus {n} (hand) SEE: hand
|
::
|
| manuscript paper {n} (paper for writing music)
|
:: nótnapappír {m}
|
| Manx {adj} (relating to the Isle of Man and/or its people)
|
:: manskur {m}
|
| Manx {n} (a Manx person)
|
:: Manverji {m}
|
| Manx {n} (language) SEE: Manx Gaelic
|
::
|
| Manx Gaelic {n} (a Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man)
|
:: manska {f}, Manar-gelíska {f}
|
| Manx shearwater {n}
|
:: skrofa {f}
|
| many {determiner} (an indefinite large number of)
|
:: margur
|
| Maoism {n} (philosophy espoused by Mao Zedong)
|
:: maóismi
|
| map {n} (visual representation of an area)
|
:: kort {n}
|
| map {n} (function)
|
:: vörpun {f}, færsla {f}, myndun {f}, ummyndun {f}
|
| maple {n} (tree of the Acer genus)
|
:: hlynur
|
| mapping {n} (function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set)
|
:: vörpun {f}, færsla {f}, myndun {f}, ummyndun {f}
|
| Marathi {n} (language of Maharashtra)
|
:: marathí
|
| marathon {n} (road race)
|
:: maraþonhlaup {n}, maraþon {n}
|
| Marathon {prop} (town in Greece)
|
:: Maraþon {?}
|
| marble {n} (crystalline limestone)
|
:: marmari {m}
|
| march {n} (formal, rhythmic way of walking)
|
:: marsering {f}
|
| march {n} (political rally or parade)
|
:: ganga {f}, kröfuganga {f}
|
| march {n} (song in the genre of music written for marching)
|
:: mars {m}
|
| march {n} (steady forward movement or progression)
|
:: gangur {m}
|
| march {v} (walk with long, regular strides)
|
:: marsera {f}
|
| March {prop} (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
|
:: mars {m}, marsmánuður {m}
|
| mare {n} (female horse)
|
:: hryssa {f}, meri {f}
|
| mare's milk {n} (white liquid produced by the mammary glands of a mare)
|
:: kaplamjólk {f}
|
| margarine {n} (spread)
|
:: smjörlíki {n}
|
| margin of error {n} (expression of the lack of precision)
|
:: skekkjumörk {n-p}
|
| margrave {n} (military officer in charge of German border area)
|
:: markgreifi {m}
|
| margrave {n} (hereditary prince)
|
:: markgreifi {m}
|
| Marie {prop} (female given name) SEE: Mary
|
::
|
| Mariehamn {prop} (city of Finland)
|
:: Maríuhöfn {f}
|
| marigold {n} (Calendula)
|
:: morgunfrú {f}, gullfífill {m}
|
| marine {adj} (of or pertaining to the sea)
|
:: sjávar-
|
| marine biology {n} (branch of biology)
|
:: sjávarlíffræði
|
| mariner {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor
|
::
|
| mariner's compass {n} (compass) SEE: compass
|
::
|
| marital status {n} (term describing relationship)
|
:: hjúskaparstétt {f}
|
| maritime pine {n} (a pine tree)
|
:: strandfura
|
| Marius {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Maríus {m}
|
| mark {v} (sports: to follow a player)
|
:: dekka, valda
|
| Mark {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Markús {m}
|
| Mark {prop} (the Evangelist)
|
:: Markús {m}
|
| Mark {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Markús {m}
|
| market {n} (spacious site for trading)
|
:: markaður {m}
|
| market {n}
|
:: markaður {m}
|
| market {v} (to sell) SEE: sell
|
::
|
| Markov chain {n} (probability theory)
|
:: Markov-keðja {f}
|
| Markov process {n} (stochastic process)
|
:: Markov-ferli {n}
|
| markup language {n} (computer language using markups)
|
:: ívafsmál {m}
|
| marmot {n} (rodent of the genera Marmota)
|
:: múrmeldýr {n}
|
| maroon {n} (dark red, somewhat brownish colour)
|
:: rauðbrúnn {m}, dumbrauður {m}
|
| maroon {adj} (color)
|
:: rauðbrúnn {m}, dumbrauður {m}
|
| marquess {n} (title of nobility)
|
:: markgreifi {m}
|
| marquis {n} (nobleman) SEE: marquess
|
::
|
| marram {n} (Ammophila arenaria)
|
:: melgresi {m}
|
| marriage {n} (state of being married)
|
:: hjónaband {n}
|
| married {adj} (in a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband)
|
:: giftur
|
| marrow {n} (kind of vegetable)
|
:: mergur {m}
|
| marry {v} (to take a husband or wife)
|
:: giftast, kvænast [take a wife]
|
| marry {v} (to unite in wedlock)
|
:: gifta, gefa saman, vígja
|
| marry {v} (to give away as wife or husband)
|
:: gifta, kvæna [marry to a woman; rare]
|
| marry {v} (to take for husband or wife)
|
:: giftast, kvænast [to marry a woman]
|
| marry up {v} (join) SEE: join
|
::
|
| Mars {prop} (planet)
|
:: Mars {m}
|
| Mars {prop} (god of war)
|
:: Mars {m}
|
| marsh {n} (area of low, wet land)
|
:: mýri
|
| marshmallow {n} (confectionery)
|
:: sykurpúði {m}
|
| marsh sandpiper {n} (Tringa stagnatilis)
|
:: vatnastelkur
|
| marsupial {n} (mammal of which the female typically has a pouch)
|
:: pokadýr {n}
|
| marten {n} (mammal)
|
:: mörður
|
| Martha {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Marta {f}
|
| Martha {prop} (biblical sister of Lazarus and Mary)
|
:: Marta {f}
|
| martial {n} (soldier, warrior) SEE: soldier
|
::
|
| martial {adj} (of or relating to the planet Mars) SEE: Martian
|
::
|
| martial {n} (synonym of Martian) SEE: Martian
|
::
|
| martial art {n} (fighting style)
|
:: bardagaíþrótt
|
| Martian {n} (inhabitant of the planet Mars)
|
:: marsbúi {m}
|
| Martin {prop} (given name)
|
:: Marteinn {m}
|
| martyr {n} (one willing to be killed for religion)
|
:: píslarvottur {m}
|
| martyr {v} (torture) SEE: torture
|
::
|
| marvel {n} (miracle) SEE: miracle
|
::
|
| marvel {n} (wonder) SEE: wonder
|
::
|
| marvel {n} (astonishment) SEE: astonishment
|
::
|
| marvellous {adj} (exciting wonder) SEE: marvelous
|
::
|
| marvelous {adj} (exciting wonder or surprise)
|
:: undursamlegur, stórkostlegur, undraverður
|
| Marxian {adj} (of or pertaining to Karl Marx and his ideas)
|
:: marxískur {m}
|
| Mary {prop} (female given name)
|
:: María {f}
|
| Mary {prop} (biblical mother of Jesus)
|
:: María
|
| Mary Magdalene {prop} (female disciple of Jesus)
|
:: María Magdalena {f}
|
| marzipan {n} (confection of almond paste, sugar and egg white)
|
:: marsípan {m}
|
| mascara {n} (eyelash cosmetic)
|
:: maskari {m}
|
| mash {n} (mashed potatoes) SEE: mashed potatoes
|
::
|
| mashed potatoes {n} (dish)
|
:: kartöflumús {f}
|
| masjid {n} (mosque) SEE: mosque
|
::
|
| mask {n} (cover for the face)
|
:: gríma {f}
|
| masochist {n} (someone who enjoys pain or humiliation)
|
:: masókisti {m}
|
| mason {n} (one who builds with stone or brick)
|
:: múrari {m}
|
| mason {n} (Freemason) SEE: Freemason
|
::
|
| masquerade {v} (disguise) SEE: disguise
|
::
|
| Masr {prop} (Egypt) SEE: Egypt
|
::
|
| mass {n} (quantity of matter cohering together to make one body)
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:: massi {m}
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| mass {n} (physics: quantity of matter which a body contains)
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:: massi {m}
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| mass {n} (religion: celebration of the Eucharist)
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:: messa
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| mass {v} (celebrate Mass)
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:: messa
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| massage {n} (rubbing, kneading, or hitting muscled part of a body)
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:: nudd
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| masseur {n} (a person who performs massage)
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:: nuddari {m}
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| mass media {n} (public communication that reaches a large audience)
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:: fjölmiðill {m}
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| mass murder {n} (successive killing of many people)
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:: fjöldamorð {n}
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| mass murderer {n} (someone who commits a mass murder, see also: serial killer)
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:: fjöldamorðingi {m}
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| mast {n} (support of a sail)
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:: mastur {n}, siglutré {n}, sigla {f}
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| mastectomy {n} (surgical procedure to remove all or part of the breast)
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:: brjóstnám {n}, brottnám brjósts {n}
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| masterly {adj} (in the manner of a master)
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:: snilldarlegur
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| masterpiece {n} (piece of work that has been given much critical praise)
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:: meistaraverk {n}
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| master's {n} (master's degree) SEE: master's degree
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::
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| master's degree {n} (postgraduate degree)
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:: meistaragráða {f}
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| masterwork {n} (piece of quality indicative of having been made by a master) SEE: masterpiece
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::
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| masterwork {n} (piece done to be ranked a master)
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:: meistaraverk {n}
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| mastery {n} (philosopher's stone) SEE: philosopher's stone
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::
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| masticate {v} (chew) SEE: chew
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::
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| masticate {v} (to knead)
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:: [crush into a mush] kremja í mauk, hnoða í mauk
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| masturbate {v} (to masturbate)
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:: runka
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| masturbation {n} (manual erotic stimulation of the genitals)
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:: sjálfsfróun {f}, rúnk {n}
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| mat {n} (foot wiping device or floor covering)
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:: motta {f}
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| match {n} (sporting event)
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:: keppni {f}
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| match {n} (device to make fire)
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:: eldspýta {f}
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| matching {n} (graph theory: set of edges)
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:: spyrðing {f}
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| matchmaker {n} (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
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:: hjónabandsmiðlari {m}
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| maternal aunt {n} (one's mother's sister)
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:: móðursystir {f}
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| maternal grandfather {n} (one's mother's father)
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:: móðurfaðir {m}
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| maternal grandmother {n} (The mother of one's mother)
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:: móðurmóðir {f}
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| maternal uncle {n} (brother of one's mother)
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:: móðurbróðir {m}
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| matgrass {n} (Nardus stricta)
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:: finnungur {m}
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| mathematical {adj} (of, or relating to mathematics)
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:: stærðfræðilegur
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| mathematical analysis {n} (The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.)
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:: stærðfræðigreining {f}, stærðfræðileg greining {f}, greining {f}
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| mathematician {n} (expert in mathematics)
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:: stærðfræðingur {m}
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| mathematics {n} (field of study)
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:: stærðfræði {f}
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| matriculate {v} (transitive; enroll as a member of a body)
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:: innrita
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| matriculate {v} (intransitive; be enrolled as a member of a body)
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:: innritast
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| matriculation {n} (enrollment in a college or university)
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:: innritun {f}
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| matrix {n} (womb) SEE: womb
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::
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| matrix {n} (biology: embedding material or tissue)
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:: mergur, grind
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| matrix {n} (part of the mitochondrion)
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:: grind
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| matrix {n} (medium in which bacteria are cultured)
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:: uppistöðuefni
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| matrix {n} (math: rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms)
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:: fylki
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| matrix {n} (two-dimensional array)
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:: innrúm
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| matrix {n} (archaeology: sediment surrounding and including materials)
|
:: mót, afsteypumót
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| matrix {n} (geological matrix) SEE: geological matrix
|
::
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| matronym {n} (name of someone's mother)
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:: móðurnafn {n}, nafn móður {n}
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| matronym {n} (matronymic surname)
|
:: móðurnafn {n}, kenninafn dregið af nafni föðurs {n}
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| matter {n} (basic structural component of the universe)
|
:: efni {n}
|
| Matthew {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Matthías {m}
|
| Matthew {prop} (biblical disciple)
|
:: Matthías {m}
|
| Matthew {prop} (gospel of Matthew)
|
:: Matthías {m}
|
| mattress {n} (a pad on which a person can recline and sleep)
|
:: dýna {f}
|
| maulstick {n} (short stick)
|
:: málarastafur {m}
|
| maundy {n} (commandment) SEE: commandment
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::
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| Maundy Thursday {prop} (Thursday before Easter)
|
:: skírdagur {m}, [archaic] skíri Þórsdagur {m}, [archaic] skíri dagur {m}
|
| Mauritania {prop} (Islamic Republic of Mauritania)
|
:: Máritanía
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| may {v} (have permission to)
|
:: mega
|
| may {v} (possibly, but not certainly)
|
:: geta [in the past subjunctive]
|
| May {prop} (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
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:: maí {m}, maímánuður {m}
|
| maybe {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty)
|
:: kannski, kannske, máske, máski, ef til vill
|
| maybe {adv} (as a pro-sentence)
|
:: kannski, kannske, máske, máski, ef til vill
|
| May bug {n} (cockchafer) SEE: cockchafer
|
::
|
| May Day {n} (workers' holiday)
|
:: fyrsti maí
|
| mayonnaise {n} (dressing)
|
:: majónes {n}
|
| mayor {n} (leader of a city)
|
:: [of a city] borgarstjóri {m}, [of a town] bæjarstjóri {m}
|
| may the Force be with you {phrase} (wish someone luck)
|
:: meigi Krafturinn vera með þér
|
| Möbius band {n} (Möbius strip) SEE: Möbius strip
|
::
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| Möbius strip {n} (one-sided surface)
|
:: Möbíusarræma {f}
|
| me {determiner} (my, see also: )
|
:: minn {m}, mín {f}, mitt {n}
|
| me {pron} (direct object of a verb)
|
:: mig
|
| me {pron} (object of a preposition)
|
:: [accusative case] mig, [dative case] mér
|
| me {pron} (complement of the copula)
|
:: ég
|
| me {pron} (subject of a verb with “and”)
|
:: ég
|
| mead {n} (alcoholic drink)
|
:: mjöður {m}
|
| meadow {n} (field or pasture)
|
:: engi {n}, grund {f}, grasflöt {f}
|
| meadow pipit {n} (bird)
|
:: þúfutittlingur
|
| meadowsweet {n} (Filipendula ulmaria)
|
:: mjaðjurt {f}
|
| meal {n} (food that is prepared and eaten)
|
:: máltíð {f}
|
| mean {v} (to intend; plan on doing)
|
:: ætla
|
| mean {v} (to have intentions of some kind)
|
:: meina, ætla
|
| mean {v} (to convey, indicate)
|
:: meina, þýða
|
| mean {v} (to signify)
|
:: meina, þýða
|
| mean {n} (arithmetic mean)
|
:: meðaltal {n}, hreint meðaltal {n}, venjulegt meðaltal {n}
|
| mean {n} (the statistical value)
|
:: meðaltal {n}
|
| mean {n} (mathematics: either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion)
|
:: milliliður {m}, innliður {m}
|
| meaning {n} (symbolic value of something)
|
:: merking {f}
|
| meaning {n} (definition or connotation of a word)
|
:: meining {f}, merking
|
| meaning {n}
|
:: meining {f}
|
| meaning of life {n} (hypothetical answer to life's ultimate questions)
|
:: tilgangur lífsins
|
| means of grace {n} (means by which God gives grace)
|
:: náðarmeðal {n}
|
| means of transport {n} (mode of transport) SEE: mode of transport
|
::
|
| means of transportation {n} (general term for the different kinds of transport facilities that are often used to transport people or cargo in many ways)
|
:: ferðamáti {m} [passenger transportation], flutningsmáti {m} [cargo transportation]
|
| measure {n} (melody) SEE: melody
|
::
|
| measure {n} (unspecified portion or quantity)
|
:: mál {n}
|
| measure {n} (size ascertained by measuring)
|
:: mál {n}
|
| measure {n} (musical designation)
|
:: taktur {m}
|
| measure {n} (action to achieve some purpose)
|
:: ráðstöfun {f}, aðgerð {f}
|
| measure {v} (ascertain the quantity of a unit)
|
:: mæla
|
| measure {n} (dance) SEE: dance
|
::
|
| measure {n} (math: number which is contained in a given number without remainder) SEE: divisor
|
::
|
| measure {n} (geology: bed or stratum) SEE: bed
|
::
|
| measuring tape {n} (tape measure) SEE: tape measure
|
::
|
| meat {n} (animal flesh used as food)
|
:: kjöt {n}
|
| meat {n} (type of meat)
|
:: kjöt {n}
|
| meat {n} (any sort of flesh)
|
:: kjöt {n}
|
| meat {n}
|
:: kjöt
|
| meatball {n} (meatball)
|
:: kjötbolla {f}
|
| meat market {n} (market where meat is sold)
|
:: kjötmarkaður {m}
|
| Mecca {prop} (city in Saudi Arabia)
|
:: Mekka {f}
|
| mechanical engineer {n} (someone who specializes in mechanical engineering)
|
:: vélaverkfræðingur {m}
|
| mechanical engineering {n} (subfield of engineering)
|
:: vélaverkfræði {f}
|
| mechanical pencil {n} (pencil with a retractable lead)
|
:: skrúfblýantur {m}, blýpenni {m}
|
| mechanics {n} (a branch of physics)
|
:: aflfræði {f}, kraftfræði {f}
|
| mechanics {n} (the design and construction of machines)
|
:: vélfræði {f}
|
| medal {n} (stamped metal disc)
|
:: minnispeningur {m}
|
| meddle {v} (to have sex) SEE: have sex
|
::
|
| media {n} (means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information)
|
:: miðill {m}
|
| media {n} (the journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry)
|
:: miðill {m}
|
| median {n} (statistics: measure of central tendency)
|
:: miðgildi {n}, miðtala {f}
|
| medic {n} (doctor) SEE: doctor
|
::
|
| medical {adj} (of the practice of medicine)
|
:: læknisfræðilegur
|
| medicine {n} (substance which promotes healing)
|
:: lyf {n}
|
| medicine {n} (field of study)
|
:: læknisfræði {f}
|
| Medieval Latin {prop} (language)
|
:: miðaldalatína {f}
|
| mediocre {adj} (having no peculiar or outstanding features)
|
:: miðlungs- , meðallags-
|
| Mediterranean {prop} (Mediterranean Sea) SEE: Mediterranean Sea
|
::
|
| Mediterranean gull {n} (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
|
:: lónamáfur {m}
|
| Mediterranean Sea {prop} (sea between Europe and Africa)
|
:: Miðjarðarhaf
|
| medium {n} (someone who supposedly conveys information from the spirit world)
|
:: miðilsgáfa
|
| meeting {n} (gathering for a purpose)
|
:: fundur {m}
|
| meet one's maker {v} (die, pass into the afterlife)
|
:: mæta skapara sínum
|
| megabyte {n} (about a million bytes)
|
:: megabæti
|
| megalomania {n} (psychopathological condition)
|
:: mikilmennskubrjálæði {n}
|
| megalopolis {n} (large conurbation)
|
:: risaborg
|
| megapolis {n} (megapolis) SEE: megalopolis
|
::
|
| megawatt {n} (one million watts)
|
:: megavatt {n}
|
| meiosis {n} (cell division)
|
:: rýriskipting {f}, meiósa {f}
|
| melancholy {n} (Sadness or depression)
|
:: þunglyndi {n}
|
| melanoma {n} (type of skin tumor)
|
:: sortuæxli {n}
|
| melody {n} (sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase)
|
:: lag {n}
|
| melongene {n} (eggplant) SEE: eggplant
|
::
|
| Melpomene {prop} (Muse of tragedy)
|
:: Melpómena {f}
|
| melt {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot
|
::
|
| member {n} (part of a discourse, period, sentence, or verse) SEE: clause
|
::
|
| member {n} (in set theory) SEE: element
|
::
|
| member {n} (one who officially belongs to a group)
|
:: félagi {m}
|
| member {n} (logic: one of the propositions making up a syllogism) SEE: premise
|
::
|
| Member of Parliament {n} (representative)
|
:: þingmaður {m}
|
| membrane {n} (enclosing or separating tissue)
|
:: himna
|
| membrane {n} (mechanical part that can deform or vibrate when excited by an external force)
|
:: himna
|
| meme {n} (something copied and circulated online)
|
:: jarm {n}
|
| memento {n} (a keepsake)
|
:: minjagripur {m}, minningargripur {m}
|
| memorable {adj} (worthy of being remembered)
|
:: eftirminnilegur, minnistæður
|
| memorial service {n} (funeral) SEE: funeral
|
::
|
| memory {n} (ability to recall)
|
:: minni {n}
|
| memory stick {n} (portable solid-state flash memory storage device) SEE: flash drive
|
::
|
| menarche {n} (first menstruation)
|
:: fyrstu tíðir {f} {p}
|
| mendacious {adj} (false) SEE: false
|
::
|
| mendelevium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: mendelevín
|
| meningitis {n} (inflammation of the meninges)
|
:: heilahimnubólga {f}, mengisbólga {f}
|
| Meänkieli {prop} (Finnic language spoken in northern Sweden)
|
:: tornedalsfinnska {f}, meänkieli {n}
|
| menopause {n} (ending of menstruation)
|
:: tíðahvörf {n-p}
|
| mens rea {n} (guilty mind)
|
:: brotavilji {m}, vilji til brots {m}
|
| menstrual cycle {n} (recurring cycle)
|
:: tíðahringur {m}
|
| menstruation {n} (periodic discharging of the menses)
|
:: blæðingar {f-p}, tíðir {f-p}
|
| mental disorder {n} (behavioral pattern)
|
:: geðsjúkdómur {m}
|
| mental hospital {n} (facility designed to treat persons with mental disorders)
|
:: geðspítali {?}, geðsjúkrahús {?}
|
| mental illness {n} (property (uncountable))
|
:: geðveiki {f}
|
| mental illness {n} (mental disorder (countable))
|
:: geðsjúkdómur {m}
|
| mental institution {n} (psychiatric hospital) SEE: mental hospital
|
::
|
| mention {v} (mention) SEE: cover
|
::
|
| mention {n} (a speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner)
|
:: umtal {n}
|
| mention {v} (make a short reference to something)
|
:: minnast á, nefna, orða, geta, koma á framfæri, hafa orð á, vekja máls á, koma inn á, víkja að, drepa á, impra á
|
| menu {n} (printed list of dishes offered in a restaurant)
|
:: matseðill {m}
|
| meow {interj} (cry of a cat)
|
:: mjá
|
| meow {n} (cry of a cat)
|
:: mjálm {n}
|
| meow {v} (of a cat, to make its cry)
|
:: mjálma
|
| mercenary {n} (person employed to fight)
|
:: málaliði {m}
|
| merchant {n} (person who traffics in commodities)
|
:: kaupmaður {m}
|
| merchantman {n} (merchant) SEE: merchant
|
::
|
| mercury {n} (element)
|
:: kvikasilfur
|
| Mercury {prop} (planet)
|
:: Merkúríus
|
| Mercury {prop} (Roman god)
|
:: Merkúríus {m}
|
| mercy {n} (relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another)
|
:: náð {n}
|
| mergirl {n} (mermaid) SEE: mermaid
|
::
|
| meritocracy {n} (rule by merit)
|
:: gáfumannaveldi {n}, veldi hæfileikamanna {n}
|
| mermaid {n} (mythological woman with a fish's tail)
|
:: hafmey {f}
|
| Merovingian {n} (Salian Frankish dynasty)
|
:: Mervíkingur {m}, Meróvingar {m-p}
|
| Merry Andrew {n} (person who clowns publicly) SEE: clown
|
::
|
| merry Christmas {phrase} (good wishes at Christmas time)
|
:: gleðileg jól
|
| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year {phrase} (traditional greeting for the Christmas and the new year)
|
:: gleðileg Jól og farsælt komandi ár!
|
| mesentery {n} (the membrane that attaches the intestines to the wall of the abdomen)
|
:: garnahengi {f}
|
| mesh {n} (opening)
|
:: lykkja {f}, möskvi {m}
|
| mesopause {n} (the boundary between the mesosphere and the ionosphere)
|
:: miðhvörf {n-p}
|
| Mesopotamia {prop} (region between Euphrates and Tigris)
|
:: Mesópótamía {f}, Millifljótaland
|
| mesosphere {n} (layer of the Earth's atmosphere)
|
:: miðhvolf {n}
|
| message {n} (communication, concept or information conveyed)
|
:: skilaboð {n-p}
|
| message {n} (underlying theme)
|
:: boðskapur {m}
|
| message in a bottle {n} (message put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean)
|
:: flöskuskeyti {n}
|
| messenger {n} (one who brings messages)
|
:: sendiboði {m}, boðberi {m}
|
| mess hall {n} (military dining room)
|
:: matsalur {m}
|
| Messiah {prop} ((Christianity) Jesus)
|
:: Messías {m}
|
| mess with {v} (to interfere with)
|
:: blanda sér í
|
| mess with {v} (to diss)
|
:: abbast, abbast upp á
|
| meta- {prefix} (chemistry: contrasted with ortho- and para-)
|
:: lýsi-
|
| meta-analysis {n} (statistics)
|
:: safngreining {f}
|
| metabolic {adj}
|
:: efnaskipta-
|
| metabolism {n} (complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells)
|
:: efnaskipti {n}
|
| metabolite {n} (any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction)
|
:: myndefni {n}
|
| metabolize {v} ((intransitive) to undergo metabolism)
|
:: breytast við lífræn efnaskipti
|
| metabolize {v}
|
:: breyta við lífræn efnaskipti
|
| metacarpal {adj} (of the metacarpus)
|
:: miðhandar-, handarbaks-
|
| metacarpal {n} (bone of the metacarpus)
|
:: miðhandarbein {n}, hnúaleggur {m}, handarbaksleggur {m}
|
| metacarpal bone {n} (metacarpal) SEE: metacarpal
|
::
|
| metacarpus {n} (five bones of the palm)
|
:: miðhönd {f}, miðhandarbein {n}
|
| metadata {n} (data that describes data)
|
:: lýsigögn {n-p}
|
| metal {n} (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
|
:: málmur {m}
|
| metal {n} (certain category of rock music)
|
:: málmur {m}
|
| metalanguage {n} (linguistical term)
|
:: hjálparmál {n}
|
| metalanguage {n} (computing term)
|
:: lýsimál {n}
|
| metalhead {n} (one who listens to (is a fan of) heavy metal music)
|
:: málmhaus {m}
|
| metalloid {n} (element)
|
:: málmleysingi {m}, hálfmálmur {m}, málmbróðir {m}
|
| metamathematical {adj} (pertaining to metamathematics)
|
:: yfirstærðfræðilegur {m}
|
| metamathematics {n} (branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature)
|
:: yfirstærðfræði {f}
|
| metamorphic rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth)
|
:: umbreytingarberg, myndbreytt berg
|
| metarule {n} (rule that governs the application of other rules)
|
:: yfirregla {f}
|
| metathesis {n} (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)
|
:: hljóðavíxl {n-p}, stafavíxl {n-p}
|
| metathesis {n}
|
:: gagnkvæm efnahópaskipti við efnahvörf {n-p}, gagnkvæm frumeindaskipti við efnahvörf {n-p}
|
| meteor {n} (streak of light)
|
:: stjörnuhrap {n}
|
| meteorite {n} (remains of a meteor)
|
:: loftsteinn {m}
|
| meteoroid {n} (small debris in a star system)
|
:: reikisteinn {m}, geimsteinn {m}, geimgrýti {n}
|
| meteorologist {n} (person who studies meteorology)
|
:: veðurfræðingur {m}
|
| meteorology {n} (science)
|
:: veðurfræði {f}
|
| meter {n} (unit of length) SEE: metre
|
::
|
| meter {v} (to measure) SEE: measure
|
::
|
| methane {n} (the compound CH4)
|
:: metan
|
| methanol {n} (the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH3OH)
|
:: metanól {n}
|
| methinks {contraction} (it seems to me)
|
:: mér virðist, mér sýnist
|
| method {n} (process by which a task is completed)
|
:: aðferð {f}, háttur {m}, skipulag {n}
|
| method {n} ((programming) subroutine or function in object-oriented languages)
|
:: aðferð {f}
|
| Methodist {n} (a member of the Methodist Church)
|
:: meþódisti {m}
|
| Methodist {adj} (of or relating to Methodism)
|
:: meþódistatrú {f}
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| methylphenidate {n} (stimulant)
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:: metýlfenídat {n}
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| metonymy {n} (figure of speech)
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:: nafnhvörf {n-p}, merkingarskipti {n-p}
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| me too {phrase} (I agree)
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:: ég líka
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| metre {n} (unit of length)
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:: metri
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| metrical foot {n} (basic unit of verse)
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:: bragliður {m}, kveða {f}
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| metrologist {n} (one who studies of practices metrology)
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:: mælifræðingur {m}
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| metrology {n} (science of measurement)
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:: mælifræði {f}
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| metropole {n} (city) SEE: metropolis
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::
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| metropolis {n} (large, busy city)
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:: stórborg {f}
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| mettle {n} (metal) SEE: metal
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::
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| mew {n} (crying sound of a cat) SEE: meow
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::
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| mew {v} (meow) SEE: meow
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::
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| Mexican {adj} (of or pertaining to Mexico)
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:: mexíkóskur
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| Mexico {prop} (country)
|
:: Mexíkó {n}
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| Mia {prop} (female given name)
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:: Mía {f}
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| Micah {prop} (book of the Bible)
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:: Míka {m}
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| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: minor prophet and author)
|
:: Míka
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| Micah {prop} (Biblical character: Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18)
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:: Míka {m}
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| Micah {prop} (male given name)
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:: Míka {m}
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| Michael {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Michael, Mikael, Mikjáll
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| Mickey Mouse {prop} (Disney character)
|
:: Mikki mús
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| micro- {prefix} (one millionth)
|
:: míkró-
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| microbe {n} (microorganism)
|
:: örvera {f}
|
| microbead {n} (microscopic bead)
|
:: örperla {f}
|
| microclimate {n} (local climate region)
|
:: nærveður {n}
|
| microcosm {n} (smaller system as representative of a larger one)
|
:: smáheimur {m}, örheimur {m}
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| micrometeoroid {n} (astronomy: extraterrestrial particle less than a millimeter in size)
|
:: geimarða {f}
|
| microorganism {n} (an organism too small to be seen by unaided eye)
|
:: örvera {f}
|
| microphone {n} (transducer of sound waves to electricity)
|
:: hljóðnemi {m}, míkrófónn {m} [colloquial], mæk {m} [slang]
|
| microprocessor {n} (the entire CPU of a computer on a chip)
|
:: örgjörvi {m}
|
| microscope {n} (an optical instrument)
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:: smásjá {f}
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| microscopize {v} (microscope) SEE: microscope
|
::
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| microwave {n} (microwave oven) SEE: microwave oven
|
::
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| microwave {n} (electromagnetic wave)
|
:: örbylgja {f}
|
| microwave oven {n} (oven using microwave energy)
|
:: örbylgjuofn {m}
|
| midday {n} (12 o'clock during the day) SEE: noon
|
::
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| midden {n} (dungheap)
|
:: mykjuhaugur {m}, sorphaugur {m}
|
| middle {n}
|
:: miðja {f}
|
| Middle Ages {prop} (historical period)
|
:: miðaldir {f-p}
|
| Middle Dutch {prop} (the Middle Dutch language)
|
:: miðhollenska {f}
|
| middle ear {n} (cavity in the ear)
|
:: miðeyra {n}
|
| Middle-earth {prop} (fictional place on Earth where most of the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien are set)
|
:: Miðgarður
|
| Middle Earth {prop} (Middle-earth) SEE: Middle-earth
|
::
|
| Middle Earth {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth
|
::
|
| Middle East {prop} (region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa)
|
:: Mið-Austurlönd
|
| Middle English {prop} (Middle English)
|
:: miðenska {f}
|
| middle finger {n} (finger between the forefinger and the ring finger)
|
:: langatöng {f}
|
| Middle High German {prop} (Middle High German)
|
:: miðháþýska {f}
|
| Middle Low German {prop} (language)
|
:: miðlágþýska {f}
|
| middle name {n} (name between given name and surname)
|
:: millinafn {n}
|
| Middle Norwegian {prop} (Middle Norwegian)
|
:: miðnorska {f}
|
| Middle Saxon {prop} (Middle Low German) SEE: Middle Low German
|
::
|
| middle voice {n} (grammatical form)
|
:: miðmynd {f}
|
| midfielder {n} (player)
|
:: miðjumaður {m}
|
| Midgard {prop} (Earth) SEE: Earth
|
::
|
| midlength {adj} (neither short nor long)
|
:: millilangur, millisíður [of something hanging down, e.g. a skirt]
|
| midnight {n} (12 o'clock)
|
:: miðnætti {n}, lágnætti {n}
|
| midnight sun {n} (phenomenon occurring when Sun does not set)
|
:: miðnætursól {f}
|
| midsummer {n} (The middle of summer)
|
:: miðsumar {n}
|
| midsummer {n} (Midsummer Day)
|
:: miðsumarsdagur {m}
|
| mielie {n} (maize) SEE: maize
|
::
|
| mile {n} (measure of length)
|
:: míla
|
| milieu {n} (medium) SEE: medium
|
::
|
| military police {n} (police unit of a military organization)
|
:: herlögregla {f}
|
| militsia {n} (police) SEE: police
|
::
|
| milk {n} (semen) SEE: semen
|
::
|
| milk {n} (liquid)
|
:: mjólk {f}
|
| milk chocolate {n} (Chocolate that includes milk powder as one of its ingredients)
|
:: mjólkursúkkulaði
|
| milkmaid {n} (a young woman who milks the cows on a farm)
|
:: mjaltakona {f}
|
| milkshake {n} (milk and ice cream beverage)
|
:: mjólkurhristingur {m}, sjeik {m} {n}
|
| milk tooth {n} (tooth of the first set of teeth)
|
:: mjólkurtönn {f}, barnatönn {f}
|
| Milky Way {prop} (galaxy)
|
:: vetrarbraut {f}, mjólkurslæða {f}
|
| Milky Way {prop} (light in night sky)
|
:: vetrarbraut {f}
|
| mill {n} (treadmill) SEE: treadmill
|
::
|
| millennium {n} (thousand-year period)
|
:: árþúsund {n}, þúsöld {f}
|
| millet {n} (any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food)
|
:: hirsi {n-p}
|
| milli- {prefix} (prefix)
|
:: milli-
|
| milliard {num} (10^9) SEE: billion
|
::
|
| millibar {n} (non-SI unit of pressure)
|
:: millibar {n}
|
| milliliter {n} (milliliter) SEE: millilitre
|
::
|
| millilitre {n} (a unit of volume)
|
:: millilítri {m}
|
| millimeter {n} (unit of measure)
|
:: millimetri {m}
|
| millimetre {n} (millimeter) SEE: millimeter
|
::
|
| million {n} (cardinal number)
|
:: milljón, miljón {f}
|
| millionaire {n} (somebody whose wealth is greater than one million)
|
:: milljónamæringur {m}, milli {m}
|
| millisecond {n} (one one-thousandth of a second)
|
:: millisekúnda {f}
|
| millstone {n} (large round stone used for grinding grain)
|
:: kvarnarsteinn {m}, myllusteinn {m}
|
| milt {n} (fish semen)
|
:: svil {n-p}
|
| milt {n} (the organ spleen) SEE: spleen
|
::
|
| mimic {v} (to imitate, especially in order to ridicule)
|
:: herma eftir
|
| mince words {v} (to use euphemisms)
|
:: tala tæpitungulaust [not mince words], vera ómyrkur í máli [not mince words]
|
| mind {n} (ability for rational thought)
|
:: hugur {m}
|
| mind {v} (to remember) SEE: remember
|
::
|
| mine {pron} (that which belongs to me)
|
:: minn {m}
|
| mine {n} (excavation from which ore is extracted)
|
:: náma {f}
|
| mine {n} (military: exploding device)
|
:: jarðsprengja {f}
|
| mine {v} (to pick one's nose) SEE: pick one's nose
|
::
|
| miner {n} (person who works in a mine)
|
:: námumaður {m}
|
| mineral {n} (in geology)
|
:: steinefni {n}
|
| mineral {n} (mineral water) SEE: mineral water
|
::
|
| mineralogy {n} (the study or science of minerals)
|
:: steindafræði
|
| mineral water {n} (water containing dissolved minerals)
|
:: ölkelduvatn {n}
|
| minesweeper {n} (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines)
|
:: sprengjuleit
|
| minim {n} (A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem)
|
:: hálfnóta {f}
|
| minimal pair {n} (Pair of words)
|
:: mágmarkspar {n}
|
| minim rest {n} (pause)
|
:: hálfnótuþögn {f}
|
| minim rest {n} (symbol)
|
:: hálfnótuþögn {f}
|
| minimum {n} (lowest limit)
|
:: lágmark {n}
|
| minister {n} (person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church)
|
:: prestur {m}
|
| minister {n} (politician who heads a ministry)
|
:: ráðherra {m}
|
| ministry {n} (government department)
|
:: klerkdómur {n}
|
| ministry of education {n} (government department)
|
:: menntamálaráðuneyti {n}
|
| mink {n} (mammal)
|
:: minkur {m}
|
| minke whale {n} (Balaenoptera acutorostrata or Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
|
:: hrefna {f}, hrafnreyður {f}
|
| Minnesota {prop} (a state of the United States of America)
|
:: Minnesota
|
| Minsk {prop} (capital of Belarus)
|
:: Minsk
|
| minuend {n} (number from which another is subtracted)
|
:: frádráttarstofn {m}
|
| minuet {n} (dance)
|
:: menúett {m}
|
| minuet {n} (music accompanying the dance)
|
:: menúett {m}
|
| minus {n} (minus sign) SEE: minus sign
|
::
|
| minus {prep} (mathematics: less)
|
:: mínus
|
| minus {n} (mathematics: negative quantity)
|
:: neikvæð tala {f}, tala sem er minni en núll {f}
|
| minus {n} (downside or disadvantage)
|
:: mínus {m}, ókostur {m}
|
| minus {adj} (negative)
|
:: mínus-, sem lýtur að frádrætti, frádráttar-, neikvæður, minni en núll
|
| minus {adj} (on the negative part of a scale)
|
:: mínus-, neikvæður, minni en núll
|
| minus {adj} (ranking just below a designated rating)
|
:: mínus
|
| minus sign {n} (symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative)
|
:: mínusmerki {n}, mínus {m}
|
| minute {n} (unit of time)
|
:: mínúta {f}
|
| minute {n} (short but unspecified period of time)
|
:: augablik {n}, mínúta {f}
|
| mirabile dictu {interj} (strange, wonderfully, amazingly)
|
:: þótt undarlegt megi virðast
|
| miracle {n} (wonderful event attributed to supernatural powers)
|
:: kraftaverk {n}
|
| mirage {n} (an optical phenomenon)
|
:: hilling {f}
|
| mirage {n} (illusion) SEE: illusion
|
::
|
| Mirandese {prop} (Romance language)
|
:: mirandês
|
| mirror {n} (smooth reflecting surface)
|
:: spegill {m}
|
| mirror {v} (of an event, activity, behaviour.. to be identical to, be a copy of, to reflect)
|
:: spegla
|
| mirror ball {n} (disco ball) SEE: disco ball
|
::
|
| mirror image {n} (reversed image)
|
:: spegilmynd {f}
|
| mis- {prefix} (bad or wrong; badly or wrongly)
|
:: mis-
|
| misbegotten {n} (one born out of wedlock) SEE: bastard
|
::
|
| miscegenation {n} (the mixing or blending of race)
|
:: kynþáttablöndun {f}
|
| miscellaneous {adj} (consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts)
|
:: ýmislegur
|
| miscomprehend {v} (misunderstand) SEE: misunderstand
|
::
|
| miser {n} (skinflint or scrooge)
|
:: nirfill {m}
|
| miserable {adj} (in a state of misery)
|
:: ömurlegur {m}, ömurleg {f}, ömurlegt {n}
|
| misfortunes never come singly {proverb} (bad things come in groups) SEE: it never rains but it pours
|
::
|
| misnomer {n} (use of term that is misleading)
|
:: rangnefni {n}
|
| misnomer {n} (misleading term)
|
:: rangnefni {n}
|
| miso {n} (thick paste for making soup)
|
:: mísó {n}
|
| misogynist {n} (hater of women)
|
:: kvenhatari {m}
|
| misogyny {n} (hatred or contempt for women)
|
:: kvenhatur {n}
|
| miss {v} (to feel the absence of someone or something; to feel the want or need of)
|
:: sakna
|
| miss {n} (unmarried woman)
|
:: ungfrú
|
| miss {n} (Miss) SEE: Miss
|
::
|
| Miss {n} (title)
|
:: fröken {f}, ungfrú {f}
|
| missile {n} (air-based weapon)
|
:: eldflaug {f}
|
| missionary {n} (missionary position) SEE: missionary position
|
::
|
| missionary position {n} (position for sexual intercourse)
|
:: trúboðastelling {f}
|
| Mississippi {n} (river)
|
:: Mississippifljót {f}
|
| missive {n} (a written message)
|
:: langt og virðulegt bréf {n}, langur og virðulegur pistill {m}
|
| miss the boat {v} (fail to take advantage of an opportunity)
|
:: verða af tækifæri
|
| missus {n} (wife) SEE: wife
|
::
|
| mist {n} (Water or other liquid finely suspended in air)
|
:: mistur {m}
|
| mister {n} (title of adult male)
|
:: herra {m}
|
| mistle thrush {n} (Turdus viscivorus)
|
:: mistilþröstur
|
| mistletoe {n} (any of several hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales)
|
:: mistilteinn {m}
|
| misty {adj} (with mist; foggy)
|
:: mistraður, móðuhulinn
|
| misty {adj} (with tears in the eyes)
|
:: társtokkinn
|
| misunderstand {v} (to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly)
|
:: misskilja
|
| mitochondrion {n} (respiratory organelle)
|
:: hvatberi {m}
|
| mitosis {n} (division of a cell nucleus)
|
:: jafnskipting {f}, mítósa {f}
|
| mitt {n} (mitten) SEE: mitten
|
::
|
| mitten {n} (type of glove)
|
:: vettlingur {m}, lúffa {f}
|
| Mizoram {prop} (state)
|
:: Mizoram
|
| Mjollnir {prop} (the hammer of Thor, Thor's hammer Mjollnir)
|
:: Mjölnir {m}
|
| moat {n} (defensive ditch)
|
:: kastalasíki {n}, síki {n}, virkisgröf {f}, kastaladíki {n}, díki {n}
|
| mobile {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| mobile phone {n} (portable telephone)
|
:: farsími {m}, gemsi {m}, GSM-sími {m}
|
| mobile telephone {n} (mobile phone) SEE: mobile phone
|
::
|
| mockingbird {n} (songbird of the family Mimidae)
|
:: hermikráka {f}
|
| modal logic {n} (formal system)
|
:: háttarökfræði {f}
|
| mode {n} (in statistics)
|
:: tíðasta gildi {n}, algengasta gildi {n}, líklegasta gildi {n}
|
| mode {n} (grammatical mood) SEE: grammatical mood
|
::
|
| mode of transport {n} (vehicle or system used to transport people or goods)
|
:: ferðamáti {m} [passenger transportation], flutningsmáti {m} [cargo transportation]
|
| modern {adj} (pertaining to the current time and style)
|
:: nútímalegur
|
| modernity {n} (modern times)
|
:: nútími {m}
|
| modernization {n} (process of modernizing)
|
:: nútímavæðing {f}
|
| modernize {v} (bring something up to date)
|
:: nútímavæða
|
| modestly {adv} (in a modest manner)
|
:: með kurt og pí
|
| modulation {n} (Applying a signal to a carrier)
|
:: mótun {f}
|
| module {n}
|
:: eining {f}
|
| module {n} (abelian group) SEE: abelian group
|
::
|
| modulo {prep} (Given a specified modulus of)
|
:: mátað við
|
| modulus {n} (base with respect to which a congruence is computed)
|
:: leifastofn {m}
|
| modulus {n} (absolute value of a complex number)
|
:: lengd {f}, algildi {n}, tölugildi {n}
|
| modus ponendo ponens {n} (a valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent)
|
:: aðskilnaðarregla {f}, aðskilnaðarháttur {m}
|
| modus ponens {n} (a valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent)
|
:: aðskilnaðarregla {f}, aðskilnaðarháttur {m}
|
| modus tollens {n} (a valid form of argument in which the consequent of a condition proposition is denied)
|
:: neitunarháttur {m}
|
| Mohammad {prop} (male given name) SEE: Muhammad
|
::
|
| Mohammad {prop} (prophet) SEE: Muhammad
|
::
|
| Mohawk {n} (hairstyle)
|
:: hanakambur {m}
|
| Mohican {n} (hairstyle) SEE: Mohawk
|
::
|
| moiety {n} (half) SEE: half
|
::
|
| moiré pattern {n} (an optical effect)
|
:: mormynstur {n}
|
| moist {adj} (slightly wet)
|
:: rakur, tárvotur
|
| molar {n} (back tooth)
|
:: jaxl {m}
|
| mold {n} (woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi)
|
:: mygla
|
| Moldavia {prop} (Moldova) SEE: Moldova
|
::
|
| Moldavian {prop} (language)
|
:: moldavíska {f}
|
| Moldova {prop} (country)
|
:: Moldavía {f}
|
| Moldovan {n} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian
|
::
|
| Moldovan {prop} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian
|
::
|
| Moldovan {adj} (Moldavian) SEE: Moldavian
|
::
|
| mole {n} (burrowing insectivore)
|
:: moldvarpa {f}
|
| molecule {n} (group of atoms held together by chemical bonds)
|
:: sameind {f}, mólekúl {n}
|
| mollusc {n} (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca, see also: clam; oyster; mussel)
|
:: lindýr {n}
|
| molluscicide {n} (substance that kills molluscs)
|
:: lindýraeitur {n}
|
| molybdenum {n} (chemical element)
|
:: mólýbden {n}
|
| moment {n} (very brief period of time)
|
:: augnablik {n}
|
| momma's boy {n} (male overly attached to his mother)
|
:: mömmustrákur {m}
|
| monadic {adj} (of or relating to a monad)
|
:: einstæður {m}
|
| Mona Lisa {prop} (painting by Leonardo da Vinci)
|
:: Móna Lísa {f}
|
| monarch {n} (ruler)
|
:: einvaldsherra {m}, konungur {m}, drottning {f}, fursti {m}, keisari {m}, einvaldur {m}, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi konungsríkis {m}, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi keisaradæmis {m}, einvaldur þjóðhöfðingi furstadæmis {m}, höfðingi {m}, jöfur {m},
|
| monarchy {n} (form of government with a hereditary head of state)
|
:: konungsríki, konungdæmi
|
| monastery {n} (building for monks)
|
:: klaustur {n}
|
| Monday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: mánudagur {m}
|
| money {n} (means of exchange and measure of value)
|
:: peningur {m}, fé {n}
|
| money {n} (currency)
|
:: gjaldmiðill {m}
|
| money {n} (cash)
|
:: peningur {m}, fé {n}
|
| money {n} (wealth)
|
:: ríkidæmi {n}
|
| money doesn't grow on trees {proverb} (you must work in order to have money)
|
:: peningar vaxa ekki á trjám
|
| money laundering {n} (act of obscuring the origin of money that has been obtained illegally)
|
:: peningaþvætti {n}
|
| money market fund {n} (fund that invests in short-term money market instruments)
|
:: peningamarkaðssjóður {m}
|
| Monégasque {adj} (of or relating to Monaco or its inhabitants)
|
:: mónakóskur
|
| Mongol {n} (A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian) SEE: Mongolian
|
::
|
| Mongolia {prop} (East Asian country)
|
:: Mongólía {f}
|
| Mongolian {adj} (of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures)
|
:: mongólskur
|
| Mongolian {n} (native or inhabitant of Mongolia)
|
:: Mongóli {m}
|
| Mongolian {n} (language of Mongolia)
|
:: mongólska {f}
|
| Mongolian People's Republic {prop} (Mongolia) SEE: Mongolia
|
::
|
| moniker {n} (personal name or nickname)
|
:: nafn {n}, heiti {n}, viðurnefni {n}
|
| moniker {n} (signature) SEE: signature
|
::
|
| monitor {n} (computer display)
|
:: mænir {m}, tölvuskjár {m}, skjár {m}
|
| monk {n} (slang: judge) SEE: judge
|
::
|
| monk {n} (male member of monastic order)
|
:: munkur {m}
|
| monk {n} (slang: loner) SEE: loner
|
::
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| monkey {n} (primate)
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:: api {m}
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| monkey-house {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
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::
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| monochasium {n} (cyme with one flower on each axis)
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:: hálfskúfur {m}
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| monocle {n} (a single lens)
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:: einglyrni {n}
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| monocotyledon {n} (Plant belonging to Monocotyledones or Liliopsida)
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:: einkímblöðungar
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| monogamous {adj} (being married to one person at a time)
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:: einkvænis-, [adhering to monogamy] sem aðhyllist einkvæni
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| monogram {n} (a design composed of one or more letters used as an identifying mark)
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:: fangamark
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| monoid {n} (type of set)
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:: einungur {m}, hálfgrúpa með hlutleysu {f}
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| monolingual {adj} (only knowing or spoken in one language)
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:: eintyngdur, einmálga
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| monomer {n} (small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers)
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:: einliða {f}
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| monomorphism {n} (mathematics: injective homomorphism)
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:: einmótun {f}, ímótun {f}
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| mononucleosis {n} (infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever)
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:: einkirningasótt {f}, eitlasótt {f}, kossasótt {f}
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| monophthong {n} (vowel that has same sound throughout its pronunciation)
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:: einhljóð {n}
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| monopsony {n} (market situation in which there is only buyer for a product)
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:: einkeypi
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| monorail {n} (a train running on a single rail)
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:: einteinungur {m}, einteinslest {f}
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| monorchid {n} (individual with only one testicle within the scrotum)
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:: eineistingur {m}
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| monosomy {n} (genetic disorder)
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:: einstæða {f}, staklitnun {f}
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| monosyllabic {adj} (consisting of one syllable)
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:: einkvæður {m}
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| monosyllabic {adj} (using monosyllables)
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:: einkvæður {m}
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| monotheism {n} (belief in one God)
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:: eingyðistrú {f}
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| monotonic {adj} (mathematics: never decreasing or increasing as its independent variable increases)
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:: einhalla {m}
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| monotonic decreasing {adj} (mathematics, of a function: always decreasing or remaining constant)
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:: minnkandi {m}, fallandi {m}, lækkandi {m}
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| monotonic function {n} (type of function)
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:: einhalla fall {n}
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| monotonic increasing {adj} (mathematics, of a function: always increasing or remaining constant)
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:: vaxandi {m}, stígandi {m}, hækkandi {m}
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| monotonicity {n} (mathematics, physics: the state of being monotonic)
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:: einhalli {m}
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| monotony {n} (property of mathematical function)
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:: einhalli {m}
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| monotreme {n} (egg-laying mammal)
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:: nefdýr {n}
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| mons {n} (mons pubis) SEE: mons pubis
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| mons pubis {n} (fleshy protuberance over the pubic bones)
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:: munaðarhóll {m}
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| monster {n} (terrifying dangerous creature)
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:: ófreskja {f}, skrímsli {n}
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| Mont Blanc {prop} (the highest mountain in Europe)
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:: Hvítfjall {n}
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| Montenegrin {adj} (relating to Montenegro)
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:: svartfellskur
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| Montenegrin {n} (person from Montenegro)
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:: Svartfellingur {m}
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| Montenegro {prop} (country in Europe)
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:: Svartfjallaland {n}
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| month {n} (period into which a year is divided)
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:: mánuður
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| monument {n} (structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons)
|
:: minnismerki {n}
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| moo {n} (characteristic sound made by a cow or bull)
|
:: baul {n}
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| moo {v} (to make a lowing sound)
|
:: baula
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| moo {interj} (sound made by a cow or bull)
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:: mu, mö
|
| mood {n} (mental state)
|
:: skap {n}
|
| mood {n} (grammatical mood) SEE: grammatical mood
|
::
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| moon {n} (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
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:: tungl {n}, [archaic, poetic] máni {m}
|
| moon {n} (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet)
|
:: tungl {n}, fylgihnöttur {m}
|
| moon {n} (month)
|
:: mánuður {m}
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| Moon {prop} (sole natural satellite of the Earth)
|
:: tungl {n}, máni {m}
|
| moonwort {n} (Botrychium lunaria)
|
:: tungljurt {f}
|
| moor {n} (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath)
|
:: mýri {f}, heiði {f}
|
| Moor {n} (a member of a certain mixed race of Arab and Berber people)
|
:: mári {m}
|
| Moor {n} (a member of a this race that formerly occupied Spain)
|
:: mári {m}
|
| moose {n} (largest member of the deer family (Alces alces))
|
:: elgur {m}
|
| mop {n} (implement for washing floors)
|
:: moppa {f}, þvegill {m}
|
| mop {v} (to rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop)
|
:: skúra, moppa, skrúbba, þvo
|
| moraine {n} (accumulation of rocks and debris)
|
:: jökulgarður {m}
|
| moratorium {n} (authorization permitting temporary suspension of payments)
|
:: greiðslustöðvun {f}; frestur {m}; stöðvun {f}
|
| Moravia {prop} (historical region)
|
:: Mæri {n}
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| Moravian {adj} (pertaining to the Moravian Church)
|
:: Bræðrasöfnuðurinn {m}
|
| more Catholic than the Pope {adj} (adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required)
|
:: kaþólskari en páfinn
|
| more or less {adv} (approximately)
|
:: um það bil, nokkurn veginn, sirka
|
| more or less {adv} (almost)
|
:: meira eða minna
|
| moreover {adv} (in addition to what has been said)
|
:: einnig, þar á ofan, þar að auki
|
| morgue {n} (place for dead people)
|
:: líkhús {n}
|
| morgue {n} (haughty attitude) SEE: arrogance
|
::
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| moribund {adj} (approaching death)
|
:: dauðvona {m}, [to be moribund] liggja fyrir dauðanum, að dauða kominn {m}
|
| Mormonism {prop} (religious aspects of the Latter-day Saint movement)
|
:: mormónatrú {f}
|
| morning {n} (part of the day between dawn and midday)
|
:: morgunn {m}, árdegi, fyrirmiðdagur
|
| morning {n} (the part of the day after midnight and before midday)
|
:: morgunn {m}
|
| morning after {n} (hangover) SEE: hangover
|
::
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| Moroccan {adj} (pertaining to Morocco)
|
:: marokkanskur {m}, marokkansk {f}, marokkanskt {n}
|
| Morocco {prop} (country)
|
:: Marokkó
|
| moron {n} (idiot) SEE: idiot
|
::
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| morpheme {n} (smallest linguistic unit)
|
:: myndan {f}, morfem {f}, minnsta merkingarbær eining mál {f}
|
| Morpheus {prop} (Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams)
|
:: Morfeos
|
| morphine {n} (crystalline alkaloid)
|
:: morfín {n}
|
| morphology {n} (linguistic study of the form and structure)
|
:: orðhlutafræði {f}
|
| mortal {adj} (susceptible to death)
|
:: dauðlegur
|
| mortuary {n} (morgue) SEE: morgue
|
::
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| mosaic {n} (artwork)
|
:: mósaík {m}
|
| Moscow {prop} (capital city of Russia)
|
:: Moskva {f}
|
| mosque {n} (a place of worship for Muslims)
|
:: moska {f}
|
| mosquito {n} (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood)
|
:: moskítófluga {f}
|
| moss {n} (plants of the division Bryophyta)
|
:: mosi {m}
|
| moss animal {n} (bryozoan) SEE: bryozoan
|
::
|
| moss campion {n} (Silene acaulis)
|
:: lambagras {n}
|
| moss green {adj} (colour)
|
:: mosagrænn
|
| moss-grown {adj} (old; old-fashioned, out of date) SEE: old
|
::
|
| moss-grown {adj} (having a covering of growing moss)
|
:: mosagróinn, mosavaxinn
|
| mossy saxifrage {n} (Saxifraga hypnoides)
|
:: mosasteinbrjótur {m}
|
| mote {n} (A small particle; a speck)
|
:: ögn {f}, rykögn {f}, korn {n}
|
| motet {n} (a composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style)
|
:: mótetta {f}
|
| moth {n} (insect similar to a butterfly)
|
:: mölur {m}
|
| mother {n} (hysterical passion) SEE: hysteria
|
::
|
| mother {n} (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)
|
:: mamma {f}, móðir {f}
|
| mother {n} (one’s female parent)
|
:: móðir {f}
|
| motherboard {n} (primary circuit board of a computer)
|
:: móðurborð {n}
|
| mother-in-law {n} (spouse’s mother)
|
:: tengdamamma {f}
|
| motherland {n}
|
:: móðurl
|
| motherless {adj} (without a living mother)
|
:: móðurlaus {m} {f}, móðurlaust {n}
|
| mother-of-pearl {n} (pearly layer)
|
:: perlumóðir {f}
|
| mother's milk {n} (breast milk) SEE: breast milk
|
::
|
| mother tongue {n} (one's native tongue)
|
:: móðurmál {n}
|
| motionless {adj} (at rest, not moving)
|
:: grafkyrr, hreyfingarlaus
|
| motion picture {n} (movie) SEE: movie
|
::
|
| motion sickness {n} (nausea or dizziness in a moving vehicle)
|
:: ferðaveiki {f}
|
| motor {n} (machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy)
|
:: mótor
|
| motorcade {n} (procession of cars)
|
:: bílalest {f}
|
| motorcar {n} (enclosed passenger vehicle powered by engine) SEE: automobile
|
::
|
| motorcycle {n} (open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel)
|
:: mótorhjól {n}
|
| motor vehicle {n} (any land-based means of transportation)
|
:: vélknúið ökutæki {n}
|
| motorway {n} (broad highway)
|
:: hraðbraut {f}
|
| motto {n} (sentence, phrase or word forming part of an heraldic achievement)
|
:: kjörorð {n}
|
| mould {n} (mould) SEE: mold
|
::
|
| mould {v} (mould) SEE: mold
|
::
|
| mould {n} (mould) SEE: mold
|
::
|
| mould {v} (mould) SEE: mold
|
::
|
| mouldwarp {n} (mole) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| mouldy {adj} (neglected) SEE: neglected
|
::
|
| moult {n} (skin or feathers cast off)
|
:: [of insects and reptiles] hamskipti {n-p}, [of birds] fjaðrafellir {m}
|
| moult {v} (to shed hair, feathers, skin, horns etc., as an animal)
|
:: [of insects and reptiles] hleypa hömum, [of birds] fella fjaðrir, [of cats and dogs] fara úr hárum
|
| mound {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva
|
::
|
| mount {n} (mountain) SEE: mountain
|
::
|
| mountain {n} (large mass of earth and rock)
|
:: fjall {n}, fell {n}
|
| mountain {n} (large amount)
|
:: haugur {m}
|
| mountain ash {n} (Sorbus aucuparia) SEE: rowan
|
::
|
| mountain climbing {n} (mountaineering) SEE: mountaineering
|
::
|
| mountaineering {n} (sport)
|
:: fjallganga {f}, [go mountain climbing] ganga á fjöll
|
| mountain range {n} (line of mountains)
|
:: fjallgarður {m}
|
| Mount Everest {prop} (world’s highest mountain, located in the Himalayas)
|
:: Everestfjall
|
| mourn {v} (express sadness for, grieve over)
|
:: syrgja
|
| mouse {n} (rodent of the genus Mus)
|
:: mús {f}
|
| mouse {n} (computing: input device)
|
:: mús, tölvumús
|
| mousehole {n} (hole through which a mouse enters a room)
|
:: músarhola {f}
|
| mouse mat {n} (mouse pad) SEE: mouse pad
|
::
|
| mouse pad {n} (mouse pad)
|
:: músamotta {f}, músarmotta {f}
|
| mousepad {n} (mouse pad) SEE: mouse pad
|
::
|
| mousetrap {n} (device for killing mice)
|
:: músagildra {f}, fjalaköttur {m}, tréköttur {m}, músafella {f}
|
| moustache {n} (hair on upper lip)
|
:: yfirvaraskegg {n}, yfirskegg {n}, [slang] motta {f}
|
| mouth {n} (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)
|
:: munnur {m}, kjaftur [vulgar] {m}
|
| mouth {n} (an outlet, aperture or orifice)
|
:: munnur {m}, op {n}
|
| mouth {n} (the end of a river out of which water flows)
|
:: mynni {n}
|
| mouthly {adj} (oral) SEE: oral
|
::
|
| mouth ulcer {n} (aphthous ulcer) SEE: aphthous ulcer
|
::
|
| mouthwash {n} (liquid used to clean one's mouth)
|
:: munnskol {n}
|
| move {v} (to change place or posture; to go)
|
:: flytja
|
| move {v} (to change residence)
|
:: flytja, flytjast búferlum
|
| move {v} (to change the place of a piece)
|
:: færa
|
| move {v} (to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion)
|
:: flytja, færa
|
| move {v} (to transfer from one space or position to another)
|
:: flytja, færa
|
| move {v} (to excite to action)
|
:: flytja, færa, keyra
|
| move {v} (to arouse the feelings or passions of)
|
:: snerta
|
| move {v} (to propose; to recommend)
|
:: leggja til
|
| move {n} (the act of moving) SEE: movement
|
::
|
| movement {n} (physical motion)
|
:: hreyfing {f}
|
| movie {n} (motion picture)
|
:: bíómynd {f}, mynd {f}, kvikmynd {f}
|
| movie {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| moviehouse {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| movie theater {n} (cinema) SEE: cinema
|
::
|
| mow {v} (to cut down)
|
:: slá, slá gras
|
| mower {n} (lawnmower) SEE: lawnmower
|
::
|
| Mr {n} (abbreviation of mister) SEE: Mr.
|
::
|
| Mr. {n} (abbreviation of mister)
|
:: hr.
|
| Mrs {n} (title before woman's name)
|
:: fr.
|
| much {determiner} (a large amount of)
|
:: mikill
|
| much obliged {interj} (thank you) SEE: thank you
|
::
|
| much obliged {adj} (grateful) SEE: grateful
|
::
|
| mucocutaneous {adj} (of or pertaining to the mucous membranes and the skin)
|
:: slímu- og húðar-
|
| mucus {n} (slippery secretion)
|
:: slím {n}
|
| mud {n} (mixture of soil and water)
|
:: leðja {f}
|
| muddy {adj} (covered with mud)
|
:: forugur
|
| muff {n} (a piece of fur or cloth for keeping the hands warm)
|
:: múffa {f}
|
| muffin {n} (individual cake)
|
:: múffa {f}
|
| muffle {n} (A machine with two pulleys to hoist load by spinning wheel) SEE: block and tackle
|
::
|
| muffler {n} (scarf) SEE: scarf
|
::
|
| mug {n} (large cup)
|
:: kanna {n}, krús {f}, kolla {f} [for beer]
|
| mug {n} ((slang) the face)
|
:: smetti {n}, fés {n}, trýni {n}
|
| Muggle {n} (person who has no magical abilities)
|
:: Muggi {m}
|
| Muhammad {prop} (the prophet who introduced Islam)
|
:: Múhameð {m}
|
| mulberry {n} (the tree)
|
:: mórberjatré {n}
|
| mulberry {n} (the fruit)
|
:: mórber {n}
|
| mulct {n} (pecuniary penalty) SEE: fine
|
::
|
| mule {n} (offspring of male donkey and female horse)
|
:: múldýr {n}, múlasni {m}
|
| multicollinearity {n} (phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated)
|
:: marglínuleiki {m}
|
| multilateral {adj} (having many sides or points of view)
|
:: marghliða {m}
|
| multilateral {adj} (involving three or more parties)
|
:: marghliða {m}
|
| multilingual {adj} (pertaining to multiple languages)
|
:: fjöltyngdur
|
| multiparous {adj} (having two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring)
|
:: [multiparous woman] fjölbyrja {f}
|
| multiple inheritance {n} (in programming: inheriting from multiple superclasses)
|
:: fjölerfðir {n-p}
|
| multiple sclerosis {n} (chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord)
|
:: mýlisskaði {m}, heila- og mænusigg {n}
|
| multiplicand {n} (number that is to be multiplied by another)
|
:: margföldunarstofn {m}
|
| multiplication {n} (process)
|
:: margföldun {f}
|
| multiplication {n} (increasing in number)
|
:: margföldun {f}
|
| multiplier {n} (number)
|
:: margfaldari {m}
|
| multi-storey {n} (a car park or parking garage with more than one storey) SEE: parking garage
|
::
|
| mummy {n} (embalmed corpse)
|
:: múmía {f}
|
| mummy {n} (child's term for mother)
|
:: mamma {f}
|
| mummy's boy {n} (momma's boy) SEE: momma's boy
|
::
|
| municipal {adj} (pertaining to city)
|
:: borgar-, bæjar-, sveitar-
|
| municipality {n} (a district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts)
|
:: sveitarfélag {n}
|
| municipality {n} (the governing body of such a district)
|
:: sveitarstjórn {f}
|
| muon {n} (an unstable elementary particle in the lepton family)
|
:: mýeind {f}
|
| muon neutrino {n} (elementary particle)
|
:: fiseind mýeindar {f}
|
| mural {n} (painting on wall)
|
:: veggskreyting {f}
|
| murder {n} (an act of deliberate killing)
|
:: morð {n}
|
| murder {n} (the crime of deliberate killing)
|
:: morð {n}
|
| murder {v} (deliberately kill)
|
:: myrða
|
| murder {v} (defeat decisively)
|
:: rústa
|
| murderer {n} (person who commits murder)
|
:: morðingi {m}
|
| murder weapon {n} (weapon used to commit a murder)
|
:: morðvopn {n}
|
| murky {adj}
|
:: myrkr
|
| murmur {v} (to speak or make low, indistinguishable noise; to mumble)
|
:: tuldra, muldra, umla, þrugla, tauta
|
| murrey {n} (mulberry) SEE: mulberry
|
::
|
| Muscat {prop} (capital city)
|
:: Múskat
|
| muscle {n} (contractile tissue)
|
:: vöðvi {m}
|
| muscle {n} (organ composed of muscle tissue)
|
:: vöðvi {m}
|
| muscle {n} (strength, force)
|
:: styrkur {m}
|
| muscular {adj} (of or relating to muscles)
|
:: vöðva-
|
| muscular {adj} (having strength)
|
:: vöðvastæltur, vöðvamikill, [informal] massaður
|
| museum {n} (building or institution)
|
:: safn {n}
|
| mushroom {n} (fruiting body of a fungus)
|
:: sveppur {m}
|
| mushroom {n} (one who rises suddenly from a low condition in life) SEE: upstart
|
::
|
| music {n} (sound, organized in time in a melodious way)
|
:: tónlist, músík [possibly nonstandard, slightly dated]
|
| music {n}
|
:: tónlist
|
| musical {n} (stage performance, show or film)
|
:: söngleikur {m}
|
| musical instrument {n} (a device, object, contrivance or machine used to produce musical notes or sounds)
|
:: hljóðfæri {n}
|
| musician {n} (person who performs or writes music)
|
:: tónlistarmaður {m}
|
| musicology {n} (study of music)
|
:: tónlistarfræði
|
| music school {n} (school of music)
|
:: tónlistarskóli {m}
|
| music stand {n} (stand for holding sheet music)
|
:: nótnastandur {m}, nótnastóll {m}, nótnastatíf {n}, statíf {n}
|
| music theory {n} (field of study dealing with how music works)
|
:: tónfræði {f}
|
| musket {n} (firearm)
|
:: framhlaðningur {m}
|
| musk ox {n} (an arctic mammal)
|
:: sauðnaut {n}
|
| muskrat {n} (Ondatra zibethicus)
|
:: moskusrotta, bísamrotta
|
| Muslim {n} (believer of Islam)
|
:: múslima
|
| muslin {n} (very different styles of fabric) SEE: fabric
|
::
|
| musquash {n} (Ondatra zibethicus) SEE: muskrat
|
::
|
| mussel {n} (any small edible bivalve shellfish, see also: clam; oyster; mollusc)
|
:: kræklingur {m}, bláskel {f}
|
| must {v} (be required to)
|
:: verða
|
| mustard {n} (condiment)
|
:: sinnep {n}
|
| mustard gas {n} (vesicant gas)
|
:: sinnepsgas
|
| muster {v} (to show, exhibit) SEE: show
|
::
|
| must-have {adj} (essential to own)
|
:: skyldueign {f}
|
| mutation {n} (heritable change in genetic material)
|
:: stökkbreyting {f}
|
| mutatis mutandis {adv} (having changed what needs to be changed)
|
:: að breyttu breytanda
|
| mute {adj} (not having the power of speech)
|
:: mállaus
|
| mute swan {n} (Cygnus olor)
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:: hnúðsvanur
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| mutter {n} (instance of muttering)
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:: muldur {n}, taut {n}
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| mutter {v} (speak under one's breath)
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:: muldra, tauta, hvísla
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| mutter {v} (speak incoherently)
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:: tuða, tauta
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| mutter {v} (make a low sound)
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:: muldra
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| mutton {n} (the flesh of sheep used as food)
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:: kindakjöt {n}
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| mutual {adj} (having the same relationship, each to each other)
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:: gagnkvæmur
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| mutual {adj} (reciprocal)
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:: gagnkvæmur
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| mutual {adj} (possessed in common)
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:: sameiginlegur
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| muzzle {n} (part of animal's head)
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:: trýni {n}, múli {m}, snoppa {f}, granir {f-p}
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| muzzle {n} (open end of a gun)
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:: byssukjaftur {m}
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| muzzle {n} (device to stop an animal from biting)
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:: múll {m}, bitmúli {m}, mýli {n}, munnkarfa {f}
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| muzzle {v} (to apply a muzzle)
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:: mýla, múlbinda, setja munnkörfu á (dýr)
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| muzzle {v} (to restrain from speaking or acting)
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:: þagga niður í, múlbinda
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| muzzleloader {n} (type of firearm)
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:: framhlaðningur {m}
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| muzzleloading {adj} (of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel)
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:: framhlaðinn
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| Mývatn {prop} (an Icelandic lake)
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:: Mývatn {n}
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| my {determiner} (belonging to me)
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:: minn
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| Myanmar {prop} (Southeast Asian country, see also: Burma)
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:: Búrma {f}, Mjanmar
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| mycology {n} (study of fungi)
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:: sveppafræði {f}
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| mycorrhiza {n} (symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant)
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:: svepprót
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| my name is {phrase} (a way to identify oneself)
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:: ég heiti...
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| myocardial infarction {n} (heart attack) SEE: heart attack
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| myocardium {n} (muscles that surround and power the heart)
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:: hjartavöðvi {m}
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| myoglobin {n} (small globular protein)
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:: vöðvarauði {m}, mýóglóbín {n}, vöðvaglóbín {n}
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| myoglobinuria {n} (Presence of myoglobin in the urine)
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:: vöðvarauðamiga {f}
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| myriad {n} (vast diversity or number)
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:: mýgrútur {m}, urmull {f}, ótal {n}, ógrynni {n}, aragrúi {m}
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| myrrh {n} (dried sap of the myrrha tree)
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:: myrra {f}
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| mystery {n} (something secret or unexplainable)
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:: ráðgáta {f}
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| myth {n} (divine story)
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:: saga {f}, uppspuni {m}
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| myth {n} (commonly-held but false belief)
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:: skröksaga {f}
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