þáttur
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse þáttr, from Proto-Germanic *þēhtuz.
Pronunciation
Noun
þáttur m (genitive singular þáttar, nominative plural þættir)
- thread, strand
- a chapter, section (of a book)
- (literature) a short story, episode, especially referring to the ones written in medieval Iceland (see Wikipedia)
- act (section of a play)
- (music) movement
- (theater) act
- (television, radio) episode
- a serial story or play; a series
- Hver er uppáhalds þátturinn þinn?
- What is your favorite TV show?
- a television sketch
- share, part in some activity
- Bandaríkjamenn taka þátt í flestum íþróttum.
- Americans take part in most sports.
- constituent, component, factor
- Slysið orsakaðist af mörgum samverkandi þáttum.
- The accident was caused by many interrelated factors.
- (mathematics) factor (any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole)
Declension
Synonyms
- (thread): þráður
- (chapter, section of a book): kafli, hluti
- (movement in music): kafli
- (act): atriði
- (serial story): framhaldssaga, framhaldsþáttur / framhaldsþættir
- (sketch): skissa, skets
- (share or part in something): hlutur, hlutdeild
- (constituent): liður, hluti
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “factor in mathematics”): liður