túlkur

See also: tulkur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Middle Low German tolk, from Old East Slavic тълкъ (tŭlkŭ), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰul̥kʏr/
• Rhymes: -ul̥kʏr

Noun

túlkur m (genitive singular túlks, nominative plural túlkar)

1. interpreter (one who listens to a speaker in one language and relates that utterance to the audience in a different language)
2. (computing) interpreter (program which executes another program written in a programming language other than machine code)

Related terms

• túlka (“to interpret”)

See also

• þýðandi