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1 four
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2 four-
(having four (of something): a four-man team.) með fjórum -
3 four-year-old
noun (a person or animal that is four years old.) fjögurra ára gamall -
4 quarter
['kwo:tə] 1. noun1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) fjórðungur, fjórði hluti, fjórði; kortér2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) fjórðungur úr dollara/dal3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) (borgar)hverfi4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) átt5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grið6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) kjötlæri; lærstykki7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kvartil, tunglfjórðungur8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) leikfjórðungur9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) önn2. verb1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) skipta í fernt2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) deila með fjórum3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) hÿsa•3. adverb(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) ársfjórðungslega4. noun(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) ársfjórðungsrit- quarters- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
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5 quadruple
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6 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) ferningur2) (something in the shape of this.) ferningslaga hlutur3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) torg4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) tvíveldi, annað veldi2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) ferhyrndur; kantaður, kubbslegur2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) jafn, kvittur3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) fermetri4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) hallærislegur3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) (horn)rétt2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) beint; fast4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) gera ferkantaðan2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) gera upp við3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) samræmast4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) hefja í annað veldi•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
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7 eight
[eit] 1. noun1) (the number or figure 8: Four and four are/is/make eight.) átta2) (the age of 8: children of eight and over.) átta ára3) (the crew of an eight-oared racing boat: Did the Cambridge eight win?) áhöfn á áttæringi2. adjective1) (8 in number: eight people; He is eight years old.) átta2) (aged 8: He is eight today.) átta ára (gamall)•- eight-- eighth
- eight-year-old 3. adjectivean eight-year-old child.) átta ára -
8 fourth
1) (one of four equal parts.) fjórði hluti2) (( also adjective) the last of four (people, things etc); the next after the third.) fjórði -
9 juggle
(to keep throwing in the air and catching a number of objects (eg balls or clubs): He entertained the audience by juggling with four balls and four plates at once.) djöggla, fríhenda, kasta upp/leika að boltum/kylfum- juggler -
10 night
1) (the period from sunset to sunrise: We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; ( also adjective) He is doing night work.) nótt; kvöld2) (the time of darkness: In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.) nótt•- nightly- night-club
- nightdress
- nightgown
- nightfall
- nightmare
- nightmarish
- night-school
- night shift
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11 -legged
[leɡid]adjective a long-legged girl; a four-legged animal.) -fættur -
12 -masted
(having (a certain number of) masts: single-masted; four-masted.) með eitt eða fleiri möstur/siglutré -
13 -roomed
a four-roomed house.) -herbergja -
14 -sided
(having (a certain number or type of) sides: a four-sided figure.) -hliða -
15 -wheeled
a four-wheeled vehicle.) -hjóla, með tiltekinn fjölda af hjólum -
16 -winged
a four-winged insect.) -vængja -
17 accost
[ə'kost](to approach and speak to, especially in an unfriendly way: I was accosted in the street by four men with guns.) abbast upp á -
18 ample
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19 assumption
noun (something assumed: On the assumption that we can produce four pages an hour, the work will be finished tomorrow.) sem ráð er fyrir gert, ætlaður -
20 at sea
1) (on a ship and away from land: He has been at sea for four months.) á hafi úti2) (puzzled or bewildered: Can I help you? You seem all at sea.) úti á þekju
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four — O.E. feower, from P.Gmc. *petwor (Cf. O.S. fiwar, O.Fris. fiuwer, Frank. fitter , Du. and Ger. vier, O.N. fjorir, Dan. fire, Swed. fyra, Goth. fidwor four ), from PIE *kwetwer four (Cf. Skt. catvar … Etymology dictionary
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four — [fôr, fōr] adj. [ME < OE feower, akin to Ger vier, Goth fidwōr < IE base * kwetwor > L quattuor, Welsh pedwar] totaling one more than three n. 1. the cardinal number between three and five; 4; IV 2. any group of four people or things 3.… … English World dictionary
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