raketta
See also: rakéta
Icelandic
Etymology
Confer the Hungarian term rakéta, from the German Rakete (“rocket”), from the Italian rocchetta, diminutive form of rocca (“distaff”).
Noun
raketta f (genitive singular rakettu, nominative plural rakettur)
- (type of firework) a skyrocket fig. syn.
- a rocket syn.
Synonyms
- (skyrocket): def. flugeldur
- (rocket): def. fig. eldflaug