adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Scandinavia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Scandinavian
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.
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Someone from Scandinavia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
The Scandinavian Defence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Norse sagas
- Norse nomads
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Norse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse, North Germanic, North Germanic language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Germanic, Germanic language
Narrower terms: Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese, Faeroese
noun
Meaning 7
an inhabitant of Scandinavia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Norse, Northman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
Narrower terms: Viking, berserker, berserk
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Scandinavi(a) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Scandinavian From Scandinavi(a) + -an.
Across languages
Translations
108 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սկանդինավյան (skandinavyan) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Asturian: escandinavu — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Catalan: escandinau — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Czech: skandinávský — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Danish: skandinavisk — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Dutch: Scandinavisch — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Dutch: Scandinaafs — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Faroese: skandinaviskur — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Finnish: skandinaavinen — of or relating to Scandinavia
- French: scandinave — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Galician: escandinavo — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Georgian: სკანდინავიური (sḳandinaviuri) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Georgian: სკანდინავიის (sḳandinaviis) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- German: skandinavisch — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Greek: σκανδιναβικός (skandinavikós) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Hungarian: skandináv — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Icelandic: skandinavískur — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Icelandic: norrænn — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Ido: Skandinaviana — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Ido: Skandinava — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Irish: Lochlannach — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Italian: scandinavo — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Latvian: skandināvu — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Latvian: skandināvisks — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Macedonian: сканди́навски (skandínavski) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Norwegian Bokmål: skandinavisk — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skandinavisk — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Polish: skandynawski — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Portuguese: escandinavo — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Romanian: scandinav — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Russian: скандина́вский (skandinávskij) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Slovak: škandinávsky — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Spanish: escandinavo — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Swahili: -a Uskandinavi — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Swedish: skandinavisk — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Tagalog: Eskandinabo — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Turkish: İskandinav — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Ukrainian: скандина́вський (skandynávsʹkyj) — of or relating to Scandinavia
- Danish: skandinavisk — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Dutch: Scandinavisch — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Faroese: skandinaviskur — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Finnish: skandinaavinen — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Finnish: pohjoisgermaaninen — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- French: scandinave — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Galician: escandinavo — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Georgian: სკანდინავიური (sḳandinaviuri) — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Icelandic: skandinavískur — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Icelandic: norrænn — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Ido: Skandinaviana — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Ido: Skandinava — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Latvian: skandināvu — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Latvian: skandināvisks — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Norwegian Bokmål: skandinavisk — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skandinavisk — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Polish: skandynawski — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Slovak: škandinávsky — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Swahili: -a Kiskandinavi — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Swedish: skandinavisk — of or relating the North Germanic family of languages
- Catalan: escandinau — someone from Scandinavia
- Catalan: escandinava — someone from Scandinavia
- Czech: Skandinávec — someone from Scandinavia
- Czech: Skandinávka — someone from Scandinavia
- Danish: skandinav — someone from Scandinavia
- Dutch: Scandinaviër — someone from Scandinavia
- Dutch: Scandinaaf — someone from Scandinavia
- Dutch: Scandinavische — someone from Scandinavia
- Dutch: Scandinaafse — someone from Scandinavia
- Esperanto: skandinavo — someone from Scandinavia
- Esperanto: skandinavino — someone from Scandinavia
- Estonian: skandinaavlane — someone from Scandinavia
- Faroese: skandinavi — someone from Scandinavia
- Finnish: skandinaavi — someone from Scandinavia
- French: Scandinave — someone from Scandinavia
- Galician: escandinavo — someone from Scandinavia
- Galician: escandinava — someone from Scandinavia
- Georgian: სკანდინავიელი (sḳandinavieli) — someone from Scandinavia
- German: Skandinavier — someone from Scandinavia
- German: Skandinavierin — someone from Scandinavia
- Greek: Σκανδιναβός (Skandinavós) — someone from Scandinavia
- Hebrew: סקנדינבי — someone from Scandinavia
- Hungarian: skandináv — someone from Scandinavia
- Icelandic: Skandinavi — someone from Scandinavia
- Ido: Skandinaviano — someone from Scandinavia
- Ido: Skandinavo — someone from Scandinavia
- Irish: Lochlannach — someone from Scandinavia
- Italian: scandinavo — someone from Scandinavia
- Italian: scandinava — someone from Scandinavia
- Latvian: skandināvs — someone from Scandinavia
- Latvian: skandināviete — someone from Scandinavia
- Norwegian Bokmål: skandinav — someone from Scandinavia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skandinav — someone from Scandinavia
- Old English: Norþmann — someone from Scandinavia
- Polish: Skandynaw — someone from Scandinavia
- Polish: Skandynawka — someone from Scandinavia
- Portuguese: escandinavo — someone from Scandinavia
- Portuguese: escandinava — someone from Scandinavia
- Russian: скандина́в (skandináv) — someone from Scandinavia
- Russian: скандина́вка (skandinávka) — someone from Scandinavia
- Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach — someone from Scandinavia
- Slovak: Škandinávec — someone from Scandinavia
- Slovak: Škandinávka — someone from Scandinavia
- Spanish: escandinavo — someone from Scandinavia
- Spanish: escandinava — someone from Scandinavia
- Swahili: Mskandinavi — someone from Scandinavia
- Swedish: skandinav — someone from Scandinavia
- Turkish: İskandinav — someone from Scandinavia
- Turkish: İskandinavyalı — someone from Scandinavia
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