SCANDINAVIAN

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

Scandinavian (of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Nordic; Norse; North Germanic; North Germanic language; Scandinavian; Scandinavian language

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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Scandinavia or its peoples or cultures

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Norse; Scandinavian

Context example:

Norse nomads

Pertainym:

Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)

Derivation:

Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)

Scandinavia (the peninsula in northern Europe occupied by Norway and Sweden)

Scandinavian (an inhabitant of Scandinavia)

 Context examples 

His body, thanks to his Scandinavian stock, was fair as the fairest woman’s.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

A London firm made arrangements by cable for an English edition, and hot-footed upon this came the news of French, German, and Scandinavian translations in progress.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

An Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic (Scandinavian) branch; the official language of Iceland.

(Icelandic Language, NCI Thesaurus)

In the long lists by the Garonne on the landward side of the northern gate there had been many a strange combat, when the Teutonic knight, fresh from the conquest of the Prussian heathen, ran a course against the knight of Calatrava, hardened by continual struggle against the Moors, or cavaliers from Portugal broke a lance with Scandinavian warriors from the further shore of the great Northern Ocean.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Between gulps of the molten stuff I glanced down at my raw and bleeding chest and turned to the Scandinavian.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Knowing him, I review the old Scandinavian myths with clearer understanding.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The sailors, in the main, were English and Scandinavian, and their faces seemed of the heavy, stolid order.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The man addressed as Yonson, a man of the heavy Scandinavian type, ceased chafing me, and arose awkwardly to his feet.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I noted that the hunter, a huge Scandinavian sitting in the bow, held his rifle, ready to hand, across his knees.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)