Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of Scandinavia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- adjective Of or relating to a human physical type exemplified by the tall, narrow-headed, light-skinned, blond-haired peoples of Scandinavia. Not in scientific use.
- adjective Of or relating to cross-country skiing.
- adjective Of or relating to a competitive event featuring cross-country racing, ski jumping, and biathlon.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, or Finland.
- noun A person of the Nordic physical type. Not in scientific use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anthropology, of or pertaining to the type of man inhabiting northwestern Europe and characterized by tall stature, blond hair, blue eyes, and elongated head. Also called
Teutonic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scandinavia.
- adjective Relating to Germany and Scandinavia.
- adjective Resembling the peoples of Scandinavia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to the
Nordic countries . - adjective Of or relating to the light colouring and tall stature of Nordic peoples.
- adjective linguistics Of or relating to the family of
North Germanic languages. - adjective skiing Of or relating to
cross-country skiing orski jumping . (Comparealpine .) - noun A person of
Nordic descent or havingfeatures typical of Nordic people. - noun ufology A
race ofextraterrestrials similar in appearance to Nordic humans.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to Germany and Scandinavia
- adjective resembling peoples of Scandinavia
- adjective of or relating to or constituting the Scandinavian group of languages
- noun the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Nordic.
Examples
-
Professor Carleton S. Coon, in a book on anthropology, just off the press, called "The Races of Europe" says that the word "Nordic" is the most famous word in anthropology.
-
Two moves impact U.S. gold, silver in Nordic combined - USATODAY. com
-
USA focuses on medal in Nordic combined team event - USATODAY. com
-
Olympic medal in Nordic combined at the Vancouver Games won't take an extraordinary effort.
Demong, Lodwick carry USA's Nordic combined medal hopes 2010
-
USA focuses on medal in Nordic combined team event
-
Spillane did hold on for silver, the USA's first medal ever in Nordic combined.
-
Over the last 15 years the cracks have become ever more obvious in Nordic co-operation: it has been downgraded to cover soft policy issues such as culture, while economics and other hard policy has been transferred to the European level.
Is a federal Nordic state on the cards? Eirikur Bergmann 2010
-
U.S. men's team pockets first medal in Nordic combined
-
Two moves impact U.S. gold, silver in Nordic combined
-
U.S. men's team pockets first medal in Nordic combined - USATODAY. com
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.