Scandinavian

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Etymology

From Scandinavia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌskændɪˈneɪvi.ən/
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: Scan‧di‧na‧vi‧an

Noun

Scandinavian (plural Scandinavians)

Someone from Scandinavia.
(Chess) The Scandinavian Defence.

Translations

someone from Scandinavia

Catalan: escandinau m
Czech: Skandinávec m, Skandinávka f
Danish: skandinav c
Dutch: Scandinaviër (nl) m, Scandinaaf (nl) m, Scandinavische (nl) f, Scandinaafse (nl) f
Esperanto: skandinavo, skandinavino (female)
Estonian: skandinaavlane
Faroese: skandinavi m
Finnish: skandinaavi (fi)
French: Scandinave (fr) m or f
Galician: escandinavo m, escandinava f
Georgian: სკანდინავიელი (sḳandinavieli)
German: Skandinavier (de) m, Skandinavierin (de) f
Greek: Σκανδιναβός (el) m (Skandinavós)
Hebrew: סקנדינבי (he)
Hungarian: skandináv (hu)
Icelandic: Skandinavi m
Ido: Skandinaviano (io), Skandinavo
Irish: Lochlannach m
Italian: scandinavo (it) m, scandinava (it) f
Latvian: skandināvs m, skandināviete f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skandinav m

Nynorsk: skandinav m
Old English: Norþmann m
Portuguese: escandinavo (pt) m, escandinava f
Russian: скандина́в (ru) m (skandináv), скандина́вка (ru) f (skandinávka)
Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach m
Slovak: Škandinávec m, Škandinávka (sk) f
Spanish: escandinavo (es) m, escandinava (es) f
Swahili: Mskandinavi
Swedish: skandinav (sv) c
Turkish: İskandinav (tr), İskandinavyalı

Adjective

Scandinavian (comparative more Scandinavian, superlative most Scandinavian)

Of or relating to Scandinavia.
- 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
  The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
(Of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

Derived terms

Translations

of or relating to Scandinavia

Armenian: սկանդինավյան (hy) (skandinavyan)
Asturian: escandinavu
Catalan: escandinau
Czech: skandinávský (cs)
Danish: skandinavisk
Dutch: Scandinavisch (nl), Scandinaafs (nl)
Faroese: skandinaviskur m
Finnish: skandinaavinen (fi)
French: scandinave (fr)
Galician: escandinavo
Georgian: სკანდინავიური (sḳandinaviuri), სკანდინავიის (sḳandinaviis)
German: skandinavisch (de)
Greek: σκανδιναβικός (el) m (skandinavikós)
Hungarian: skandináv (hu)
Icelandic: skandinavískur m, norrænn (is) m
Ido: Skandinaviana (io), Skandinava
Irish: Lochlannach
Italian: scandinavo (it)
Latvian: skandināvu, skandināvisks
Macedonian: сканди́навски (skandínavski)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skandinavisk (no)

Nynorsk: skandinavisk
Polish: skandynawski (pl) m
Portuguese: escandinavo (pt)
Romanian: scandinav (ro)
Russian: скандина́вский (ru) (skandinávskij)
Scottish Gaelic: Lochlannach
Slovak: škandinávsky (sk)
Spanish: escandinavo (es)
Swahili: -a Uskandinavi
Swedish: skandinavisk (sv)
Tagalog: Eskandinabo
Turkish: İskandinav (tr)
Ukrainian: скандина́вський m (skandynávsʹkyj)

of or relating the North Germanic family of languages

Danish: skandinavisk
Dutch: Scandinavisch (nl)
Faroese: skandinaviskur m
Finnish: skandinaavinen (fi), pohjoisgermaaninen
French: scandinave (fr)
Galician: escandinavo m
Georgian: სკანდინავიური (sḳandinaviuri)
Icelandic: skandinavískur m, norrænn (is) m
Ido: Skandinaviana (io), Skandinava
Latvian: skandināvu, skandināvisks
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skandinavisk (no)

Nynorsk: skandinavisk
Slovak: škandinávsky (sk)
Swahili: -a Kiskandinavi
Swedish: skandinavisk (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} skandinaavia