scandinavian

1. 1.

   of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures

   “Norse sagas”

   “Norse nomads”

   SynonymsNorse

Other forms of scandinavian

plural

scandinavians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scandinavian

What does scandinavian mean?

scandinavian means "an inhabitant of Scandinavia". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scandinavian?

scandinavian has 5 syllables: scan-di-na-vi-an. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌskændɪˈneɪviən/.

What is another word for scandinavian?

Close synonyms include Norse, Northman, Scandinavian language, Nordic, Norse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scandinavian a common word?

scandinavian is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.