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dam meaning in English

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damtoalett [~en ~er] substantiv
{c}

ladies' room(lavatory intended for women, see also: toilet)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪ.ˌdiz ruːm] [US: ˈleɪ.ˌdiz ˈruːm]

lady [ladies](toilets intended for use by women)
noun
[UK: ˈleɪ.di] [US: ˈleɪ.di]

damunderkläder substantiv
{Pl}

lingerie(underwear or nightclothes)
noun
[UK: ˈlæn.ʒə.riː] [US: ˈlɑːn.ʒə.ˌre]

Adam proper noun

Adam(first man in Abrahamic religions)
proper noun
[UK: ˈæ.dəm] [US: ˈæ.dəm]

Adam och Eva proper noun

Adam and Eve(the first man and woman (according to Genesis))
proper noun
[UK: ˈæ.dəm ənd iːv] [US: ˈæ.dəm ænd ˈiːv]

adamant substantiv

adamant(rock or mineral)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.də.mənt] [US: ˈæ.də.mənt]

Adams revben substantiv
{c}

ceriman(Monstera deliciosa, a woody vine of Mexico grown for its fruit or as an ornamental)
noun

adamsäpple [~t ~n] substantiv
{n}

Adam's apple [Adam's apples](lump in the throat)
noun
[UK: ˈæ.dəmz.ˌæpl] [US: ˈæ.dəmz.ˌæpl]

adamsdräkt [~en ~er] substantiv
{c}

birthday suit(nakedness)
noun
[UK: ˈbɜːθ.deɪ suːt] [US: ˈbɝːθ.ˌde ˈsuːt]

adelsdam [~en ~er] substantiv
{c}

noble [nobles](aristocrat)
noun
[UK: ˈnəʊb.l̩] [US: ˈnoʊb.l̩]

noblewoman [noblewomen](a woman of noble rank)
noun
[UK: ˈnobəˌl.wʊ.mən] [US: ˈnobəˌl.wʊ.mən]
I see a nobleman and a noblewoman. = Jag ser en adelsman och en adelsdam.

akademiledamot [~en ~ledamöter] substantiv
{c}

academician [academicians](member of an academy)
noun
[UK: əˌk.æ.də.ˈmɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌæk.ə.də.ˈmɪʃ.n̩]

Amsterdam proper noun

Amsterdam(capital of the Netherlands)
proper noun
[UK: ˈæm.stə.dæm] [US: ˈæm.stər.ˌdæm]

ändamålet helgar medlen phrase

the end justifies the means(morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary)
phrase
[UK: ðə end ˈdʒʌ.stɪ.faɪz ðə miːnz] [US: ðə ˈend ˈdʒʌ.stə.ˌfaɪz ðə ˈmiːnz]

ändamålsenlig [~t ~a] adjektiv

expedient(suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended)
adjective
[UK: ɪk.ˈspiː.dɪənt] [US: ɪk.ˈspiː.diənt]

Andamansjön proper noun
{c}

Andaman Sea(part of the Indian Sea east of the Andaman Islands and west of Thailand)
proper noun

ankdamm [~en ~ar] substantiv
{c}

duckpond(a pond populated by ducks)
noun

antifundamentalism substantiv
{c}

antifundamentalism(opposition to fundamentalism)
noun

antifundamentalist substantiv

antifundamentalist(one who opposes fundamentalism)
noun

fördämning [~en ~ar] substantiv

embankment [embankments](artificial mound of earth and stone)
noun
[UK: ɪm.ˈbæŋk.mənt] [US: em.ˈbæŋk.mənt]

fördämning [~en ~ar] substantiv
{c}

barrage [barrages](artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river)
noun
[UK: ˈbæ.rɑːʒ] [US: bə.ˈrɑːʒ]

första dam substantiv
{c}

First Lady(the wife of the President of a country)
noun
[UK: ˈfɜːst ˈleɪ.di] [US: ˈfɝːst ˈleɪ.di]

fundament [~et ~] substantiv
{n}

foundation [foundations](that upon which anything is founded)
noun
[UK: faʊn.ˈdeɪʃ.n̩] [US: faʊn.ˈdeɪʃ.n̩]

fundamental [~t ~a] adjektiv

fundamental(pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation)
adjective
[UK: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tl̩] [US: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tl̩]

fundamental växelverkan substantiv
{c}

fundamental interaction(basic forces that act between elementary particles)
noun
[UK: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tl̩ ˌɪn.tə.ˈræk.ʃn̩] [US: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tl̩ ˌɪn.tə.ˈræk.ʃn̩]

fundamentalgrupp substantiv
{c}

fundamental group(group of equivalence classes of the homotopies of loops in a given topological space)
noun

fundamentalism [~en ~er] substantiv
{c}

fundamentalism(religion)
noun
[UK: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tə.lɪ.zəm] [US: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tə.ˌlɪ.zəm]

fundamentalist [~en ~er] substantiv
{c}

fundamentalist [fundamentalists](one who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts)
noun
[UK: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tə.lɪst] [US: ˌfʌn.də.ˈmen.tə.ləst]

gå i dam verb

queen(chess: to convert a pawn into a queen)
verb
[UK: kwiːn] [US: ˈkwiːn]

grundämne [~t ~n] substantiv
{n}

chemical element(any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction)
noun
[UK: ˈke.mɪk.l̩ ˈel.ɪ.mənt] [US: ˈke.mək.l̩ ˈel.ɪ.mənt]

element [elements](chemistry: simplest chemical substance)
noun
[UK: ˈel.ɪ.mənt] [US: ˈel.ɪ.mənt]

hjärter dam substantiv
{c}

queen of hearts(playing card)
noun
[UK: kwiːn əv hɑːts] [US: ˈkwiːn əv ˈhɑːrts]

hovdam [~en ~er] substantiv

lady-in-waiting(lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant)
noun
[UK: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ]

hovdam [~en ~er] substantiv
{c}

courtesan [courtesans](woman of court)
noun
[UK: ˌkɔː.tɪ.ˈzæn] [US: ˌkɔːr.tɪ.ˈzæn]

huvudämne [~t ~n] substantiv
{n}

major [majors](principal subject or course)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪ.dʒə(r)] [US: ˈmeɪ.dʒər]
John majored in French. = Johns huvudämne var franska.

juryledamot [~en ~ledamöter] substantiv

juror [jurors](jury member)
noun
[UK: ˈdʒʊə.rə(r)] [US: ˈdʒʊ.rər]

kanadames substantiv
{c}

boreal chickadee(Poecile hudsonicus)
noun

klöver dam substantiv
{c}

queen of clubs(playing card)
noun

kommissionsledamot [~en ~ledamöter] substantiv
{c}

commissioner [commissioners](member of a commission)
noun
[UK: kə.ˈmɪ.ʃə.nə(r)] [US: kə.ˈmɪ.ʃə.nər]

kvarndamm [~en ~ar] substantiv
{c}

mill dam(dam constructed in order to create a millpond)
noun

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