icelandic
/aɪsˈlændɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.26 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A North Germanic language, the national tongue of Iceland.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Iceland; an Icelander.
noun
An Icelandic horse.
adj
Of or relating to the North Germanic language spoken in Iceland.
adj
Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Iceland.
adj
Of, relating to, or originating from Iceland.
Example Sentences
- "Although it's hard for us to imagine, they see the pixels in a raw, uninterpreted fashion, and thus to them a TV screen is as drained of long-ago-and-far-away meaning as is, to you or me, a pile of fall leaves, a Jackson Pollock painting, or a newspaper article in Malagasy (my apologies to you if you speak Malagasy; in that case, please replace it by Icelandic — and don't tell me that you speak that language, too!)."
- "Despite of the absence of Shaun Derry and Adel Taarabt because of illness and injury respectively, the home side began superbly. Helguson twice threatened early on with shots from the right-hand corner of the box before Anton Ferdinand spurned a great chance at the back post following the Icelandic striker's header back across goal."
Etymology
Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Icelandic From Iceland + -ic.
Inflected Forms
Icelandick (alternative, obsolete)
Icelandics (plural)
more Icelandic (comparative)
most Icelandic (superlative)
Derived Forms
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