| Q {n} (playing card) | :: D |
| Qatar {prop} (a country in the Middle East) | :: Katar |
| Q.E.D. {phrase} | :: þ.s.s.á. |
| Q-tip {n} (type of cotton swab) SEE: cotton swab | :: |
| quack {n} (sound made by a duck) | :: andagagg {n}, guss {n} |
| quack {v} (to make a noise like a duck) | :: gagga, gussa |
| quack {n} (fraudulent or incompetent doctor of medicine) | :: skottulæknir {m} |
| quack {n} (charlatan) | :: fúskari {m}, loddari {m}, falsari {m}, svikari {m} |
| quack {adj} (falsely presented as having medicinal powers) | :: svika-, fals-, skottu- |
| quackery {n} (practice) | :: skottulækningar {f-p} |
| quackgrass {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| quad {adj} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadrangle {n} (quadrilateral) SEE: quadrilateral | :: |
| quadrilateral {n} (polygon having four sides) | :: ferhyrningur {m} |
| quadriplegia {n} (paralysis of all four limbs) | :: lömun allra útlima {f}, allömun útlima {f}, lömun á höndum og fótum {f} |
| quadruped {n} (a four-footed or four-legged animal) | :: ferfætlingur {m} |
| quaffle {n} (ball used in Quidditch) | :: tromla {f} |
| quail {n} (any of several small game birds) | :: kornhæna {f} |
| quake {n} (earthquake) SEE: earthquake | :: |
| Quaker {n} (believer of the Quaker faith) | :: kvekari {m} |
| qualitative {adj} (of descriptions or distinctions based on some quality rather than on some quantity) | :: eigindlegur |
| quantitative {adj} (of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality) | :: megindlegur |
| quantity {n} (fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement) | :: magn {n} |
| quantization {n} (in physics) | :: skömmtun {f} |
| quantum mechanics {n} (branch of physics) | :: skammtafræði {f}, skammtaaflfræði {f} |
| quantum theory {n} (quantum mechanics) SEE: quantum mechanics | :: |
| quantum well {n} (potential well that confines particles) | :: skammtagryfja {f}, skammtabrunnur {m} |
| quarantine {n} (sanitary measure isolating infected people) | :: sóttkví {f} |
| quark {n} ((physics) In the Standard Model, an elementary subatomic particle which forms matter) | :: kvarki {m} |
| quarter {n} (one of four equal parts) | :: fjórðungur |
| quarter {n} (period of three months) | :: fjórðungur |
| quarter {n} (section of a town) | :: fjórðungur {m}, hverfi {m} |
| quarter note {n} (quarter note) SEE: crotchet | :: |
| quarter rest {n} (rest as long as a quarter note) | :: fjórðapartsþögn {f} |
| quartz {n} (mineral) | :: kvars {m} |
| quaternion {n} (a four-dimensional hypercomplex number) | :: fertala {f} |
| quaver {n} ((music) an eighth note) | :: áttundapartsnóta {f}, áttundipartur {m} |
| qubit {n} (quantum bit) | :: skammtabiti {m} |
| queen {n} (female monarch) | :: drottning {f} |
| queen {n} (wife of a king) | :: drottning {f} |
| queen {n} (chess piece) | :: drottning {f}, drolla {f} |
| queen {n} (playing card) | :: drottning {f} |
| queen {n} (reproductive female animal in a hive) | :: drottning {f} |
| queen {n} (adult female cat) | :: læða {f} |
| Queen Anne's lace {n} (Anthriscus sylvestris) SEE: cow parsley | :: |
| queen of beasts {n} (the lioness) | :: drottning dýranna |
| queer {adj} (slang: homosexual) | :: hinsegin |
| queer {adj} (pertaining to non-normative sexuality) | :: hinsegin |
| quell {n} (transitive: to take the life of; to kill) SEE: kill | :: |
| question {n} (talk; conversation; speech) SEE: talk | :: |
| question {n} (sentence, phrase or word) | :: spurning {f}, spursmál {n} |
| question {n} | :: spurning |
| question {v} (ask questions of) | :: spyrja, fregna |
| question {v} (raise doubts about) | :: efa, draga í efa |
| question mark {n} (punctuation mark) | :: spurningarmerki {n} |
| queue {n} (line of people) | :: biðröð {f} |
| queue {n} (data structure) | :: biðröð {f} , biðröð {f} |
| quick {adj} (moving with speed) | :: fljótur, kvikur |
| quick as a flash {adv} (extremely quickly) | :: eins og snæljós |
| quickie {n} (brief sexual encounter) | :: skyndikynni {n-p} |
| Quidditch {n} (fictitious ball game) | :: Quidditch {n} |
| quiet {adj} (with little sound) | :: hljóður |
| quill {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
| quill {n} (lower shaft of a feather) | :: fjaðurstafur {m} |
| quill {n} (pen made of feather) | :: fjaðurpenni {m} |
| quill {n} (needle-like structure that grows on the skin) | :: broddur {m} |
| quince {n} (fruit) | :: roðarunnaepli {n} |
| quincunx {n} (coin) SEE: coin | :: |
| quinine {n} (alkaloid used to treat malaria) | :: kínín {n} |
| quinquangle {n} (pentagon) SEE: pentagon | :: |
| quintillion {num} (a billion billion, 1018, see also: trillion) | :: trilljón {f} |
| quitch {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass | :: |
| quiver {n} (arrow container) | :: örvamælir {m} |
| quod erat demonstrandum {phrase} | :: sem sanna átti {n}, það sem sanna átti |
| quotation {n} (fragment of a human expression) | :: tilvitnun {f} |
| quotation mark {n} (quotation marks) SEE: quotation marks | :: |
| quotation marks {n} (Note: These languages use “◌”-style marks or other styles as indicated. Some are singular and some plural.) | :: gæsalappir |
| quote {n} (a statement attributed to someone) | :: tilvitnun {f} |
| quote {n} (a quotation mark) | :: gæsalappir, tilvitnunarmerki |
| quote {v} (to refer to a statement that has been made by someone else) | :: vitna í |
| quotient {n} (number resulting from division) | :: kvóti {m}, hlutatala {f} |
| Qur'an {prop} (the Islamic holy book) | :: Kóran |