SCANDINAVIAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does Scandinavian mean?
• SCANDINAVIAN (noun)
The noun SCANDINAVIAN has 2 senses:
1. an inhabitant of Scandinavia
2. the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Familiarity information: SCANDINAVIAN used as a noun is rare.
• SCANDINAVIAN (adjective)
The adjective SCANDINAVIAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
Familiarity information: SCANDINAVIAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCANDINAVIAN (noun)
Meaning:
An inhabitant of Scandinavia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Norse; Northman; Scandinavian
Hypernyms ("Scandinavian" is a kind of...):
European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Scandinavian"):
Viking (any of the Scandinavian people who raided the coasts of Europe from the 8th to the 11th centuries)
berserk; berserker (one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury)
Holonyms ("Scandinavian" is a member of...):
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
Meaning:
The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Nordic; Scandinavian language; North Germanic language; North Germanic; Scandinavian; Norse
Hypernyms ("Scandinavian" is a kind of...):
Germanic; Germanic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Scandinavian"):
Danish (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark)
Icelandic (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Iceland)
Norwegian (a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway)
Swedish (a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland)
Faeroese; Faroese (a Scandinavian language (closely related to Icelandic) that is spoken on the Faroe Islands)
• SCANDINAVIAN (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Norse; Scandinavian
Context examples:
Norse sagas / Norse nomads
Pertainym:
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
