Standard Lemma guide

Icelandic

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /aɪsˈlændɪk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ændɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: AY0 S L AE1 N D IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the North Germanic language spoken in Iceland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of, relating to, or originating from Iceland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A North Germanic language, the national tongue of Iceland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Icelandish

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A native or inhabitant of Iceland; an Icelander.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An Icelandic horse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or relating to Iceland or its people or culture and language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Icelandic ports
  • the Icelandic president is a woman
  • Icelandic sagas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Scandinavian, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language

History

Etymology

Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Icelandic From Iceland + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Yslands — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Armenian: իսլանդերեն (islanderen) — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Asturian: islandés — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Belarusian: ісла́ндскі (islándski) — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Belarusian: ісьля́ндзкі (isʹljándzki) — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Esperanto: islanda — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Faroese: íslendskt — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Galician: islandés — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Georgian: ისლანდიური (islandiuri) — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • German: isländisch — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Kazakh: исландиялық (islandiälyq) — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Portuguese: islandês — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tìleach — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Tagalog: Islandes — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Volapük: Lisladeänapükik — of or relating to the Icelandic language
  • Afrikaans: Yslands — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Armenian: իսլանդական (islandakan) — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Asturian: islandés — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Belarusian: ісла́ндскі (islándski) — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Belarusian: ісьля́ндзкі (isʹljándzki) — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Esperanto: islandana — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Finnish: islantilainen — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Galician: islandés — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Georgian: ისლანდიური (islandiuri) — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • German: isländisch — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Irish: Íoslannach — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Kazakh: исландиялық (islandiälyq) — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Manx: Eeslynnagh — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: islandsk — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: islandsk — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Portuguese: islandês — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tìleach — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Tagalog: Islandes — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Volapük: Lisladeänanik — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Volapük: hi-Lisladeänanik — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Volapük: ji-Lisladeänanik — of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland
  • Afrikaans: Yslands — of or relating to Iceland
  • Albanian: islandez — of or relating to Iceland
  • Arabic: أَيْسْلَنْدِيّ (ʔayslandiyy) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Arabic: آيِسْلَنْدِيّ (ʔāyislandiyy) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Armenian: իսլանդական (islandakan) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Asturian: islandés — of or relating to Iceland
  • Azerbaijani: island — of or relating to Iceland
  • Basque: islandiar — of or relating to Iceland
  • Belarusian: ісла́ндскі (islándski) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Belarusian: ісьля́ндзкі (isʹljándzki) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Bengali: আইসল্যান্ডীয় (aiśolênḍiẏo) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Bulgarian: исла́ндски (islándski) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Burmese: အိုက်စလန် (uikca.lan) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Catalan: islandès — of or relating to Iceland
  • Catalan: islandés — of or relating to Iceland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰島的 /冰岛的 (Bīngdǎo de) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Czech: islandský — of or relating to Iceland
  • Danish: islandsk — of or relating to Iceland
  • Dutch: IJslands — of or relating to Iceland
  • Esperanto: islanda — of or relating to Iceland
  • Estonian: islandi — of or relating to Iceland
  • Faroese: íslendskur — of or relating to Iceland
  • Finnish: islantilainen — of or relating to Iceland
  • French: islandais — of or relating to Iceland
  • West-Frisian: Yslânsk — of or relating to Iceland
  • Galician: islandés — of or relating to Iceland
  • Georgian: ისლანდიური (islandiuri) — of or relating to Iceland
  • German: isländisch — of or relating to Iceland
  • Hebrew: אִיסְלַנְדִּי (islándi) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Hindi: आइसलैण्डिक (āislaiṇḍik) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Hindi: आइसलैंड का (āislaiṇḍ kā) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Hungarian: izlandi — of or relating to Iceland
  • Icelandic: íslenskur — of or relating to Iceland
  • Icelandic: frónskur — of or relating to Iceland
  • Irish: Íoslannach — of or relating to Iceland
  • Italian: islandese — of or relating to Iceland
  • Japanese: アイスランドの (Aisurando no) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Kazakh: исландиялық (islandiälyq) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Kazakh: исланд (island) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Korean: 아이슬란드의 (Aiseullandeu-ui) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Kyrgyz: исланд (island) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Latvian: islandes — of or relating to Iceland
  • Latvian: islandiešu — of or relating to Iceland
  • Lithuanian: islandijos — of or relating to Iceland
  • Lithuanian: islandų — of or relating to Iceland
  • Lithuanian: islandiškas — of or relating to Iceland
  • Macedonian: исландски (islandski) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Manx: Eeslynnagh — of or relating to Iceland
  • Mongolian: исланд (island) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: islandsk — of or relating to Iceland
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: islandsk — of or relating to Iceland
  • Occitan: islandés — of or relating to Iceland
  • Persian: ایسلندی (islandi) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Polish: islandzki — of or relating to Iceland
  • Portuguese: islandês — of or relating to Iceland
  • Romanian: islandez — of or relating to Iceland
  • Russian: исла́ндский (islándskij) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tìleach — of or relating to Iceland
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсландскӣ — of or relating to Iceland
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìslandskī — of or relating to Iceland
  • Slovak: islandský — of or relating to Iceland
  • Slovene: islándski — of or relating to Iceland
  • Spanish: islandés — of or relating to Iceland
  • Swedish: isländsk — of or relating to Iceland
  • Swedish: isländskt — of or relating to Iceland
  • Swedish: isländska — of or relating to Iceland
  • Tagalog: Islandes — of or relating to Iceland
  • Tajik: исландӣ (islandi) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Tajik: исландиягӣ (islandiyagi) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Thai: ไอซ์แลนด์ (áis-lɛɛn) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Turkish: İzlanda — of or relating to Iceland
  • Turkmen: island — of or relating to Iceland
  • Turkmen: islandiýaly — of or relating to Iceland
  • Ukrainian: ісла́ндський (islándsʹkyj) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Uyghur: ئىسلاندىيە (islandiye) — of or relating to Iceland
  • Uzbek: island — of or relating to Iceland
  • Vietnamese: Ai-xơ-len — of or relating to Iceland
  • Vietnamese: Băng Đảo — of or relating to Iceland
  • Volapük: Lisladeänik — of or relating to Iceland
  • Afrikaans: Yslands — language
  • Albanian: islandishte — language
  • Arabic: أَيْسْلَنْدِيّ (ʔayslandiyy) — language
  • Arabic: آيِسْلَنْدِيّ (ʔāyislandiyy) — language
  • Armenian: իսլանդերեն (islanderen) — language
  • Asturian: islandés — language
  • Azerbaijani: islandca — language
  • Basque: islandiera — language
  • Belarusian: ісла́ндская мо́ва (islándskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: ісла́ндская (islándskaja) — language
  • Bengali: আইসল্যান্ডিক (aiśolênḍik) — language
  • Bulgarian: исла́ндски (islándski) — language
  • Catalan: islandès — language
  • Catalan: islandés — language
  • Cherokee: ᎢᏍᎳᏅᏗ (islanvdi) — language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冰島語 /冰岛语 (bing1 dou2 jyu5) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰島語 /冰岛语 (Bīngdǎoyǔ) — language
  • Cornish: Rewenysek — language
  • Czech: islandština — language
  • Danish: islandsk — language
  • Dutch: IJslands — language
  • Esperanto: la islanda — language
  • Estonian: islandi keel — language
  • Faroese: íslendskt — language
  • Finnish: islanti — language
  • French: islandais — language
  • West-Frisian: Yslânsk — language
  • Galician: islandés — language
  • Georgian: ისლანდიური (islandiuri) — language
  • Georgian: ისლანდიური ენა (islandiuri ena) — language
  • German: Isländisch — language
  • Greenlandic: islandimiusut — language
  • Gujarati: આઇસલેન્ડિક (āisalenḍik) — language
  • Hawaiian: ʻōlelo ʻĀina Hau — language
  • Hebrew: איסלנדית — language
  • Hungarian: izlandi — language
  • Icelandic: íslenska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Islandia — language
  • Irish: Íoslainnis — language
  • Italian: islandese — language
  • Japanese: アイスランド語 (Aisurandogo) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាអាយឡែន (phiesaa aaylaen) — language
  • Korean: 아이슬란드어 (aiseullandeueo) — language
  • Latin: lingua Islandica — language
  • Latvian: islandiešu — language
  • Limburgish: Ieslands — language
  • Lithuanian: islandų kalba — language
  • Low German: Ieslandsch — language
  • Low German: Ieslannsch — language
  • Low German: Ieslännsch — language
  • Manx: Eeslynnish — language
  • Navajo: Tin Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: islandsk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: islandsk — language
  • Occitan: islandés — language
  • Persian: ایسلندی (islandi) — language
  • Polish: islandzki — language
  • Portuguese: islandês — language
  • Romanian: islandez — language
  • Russian: исла́ндский (islándskij) — language
  • Scottish Gaelic: Tìlis — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: islandski — language
  • Slovak: islandčina — language
  • Slovene: islándščina — language
  • Spanish: islandés — language
  • Swahili: Kiaisilandi — language
  • Swedish: isländska — language
  • Tagalog: Islandes — language
  • Telugu: ఐస్లాండిక్ (aislāṇḍik) — language
  • Tigrinya: አይስላንደኛ (ʾäysəlandäña) — language
  • Turkish: İzlandaca — language
  • Ukrainian: ісландський (islandsʹkyj) — language
  • Volapük: Lisladeänapük — language
  • Welsh: Islandeg — language
Real reading context

Icelandic in complete knowledge articles