þáttur

Etymology

From Old Norse þáttr, from Proto-Germanic *þēhtuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθauhtʏr/

  Rhymes: -auhtʏr

Noun

þáttur m (genitive singular þáttar, nominative plural þættir)

1. thread, strand
2. a chapter, section (of a book)
3. (literature) a short story, episode, especially referring to the ones written in medieval Iceland (see Wikipedia)
4. act (section of a play)
5. (music) movement
6. episode, act (a short play, etc.)
7. episode (of a television or radio series, etc.)
8. a serial story or play; a series
9. a television sketch
10. share, part in some activity
11. constituent, component, factor
12. (mathematics) factor (any of various objects multiplied together to form some whole)