Catalan–English dictionary

fona

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

fonació

(phonetics) The process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.

fonament

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

fonamental

Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.

fonamentalisme

(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.

fonamentalista

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

fonaments

(architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.

fondària

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

fondista

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

fondo

In a (specified) number of rows or layers.

fondre

To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. [from 15th c.]

fonedor

The iron worker in charge of the blast furnace and the smelting operation.

fonema

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

foneria

A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.

fong

(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.

fonògraf

(British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

fonoll

(colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.

fons

A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.

font

(computing, typography, metonymically) A computer file containing the code used to draw and compose the glyphs of one or more typographic fonts on a computer display or printer.

fontanel·la

(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

for d'artifici

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

fora

From a place, hence.

fora de joc

(sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.

fora de línia

Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.

fora de servei

Into a state of non-operation.

fora que

Except on a specified condition; if not.

forada

A pleasure trip or excursion.

foradar

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

forassenyat

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.

foraster

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

forastera

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

força

(degree) Partly, not fully; somewhat.

força de voluntat

The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes.

força major

(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

forcadura

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

forcall

(by abstraction, from the tool shape) A point where a waterway, such as a river or other stream, splits and flows into two (or more) different directions.

forçar

(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.

forçat

Obtained forcefully, not naturally.

fòrceps

An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

forense

(Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.

forest

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

forestal

Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland.

forja

A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.

forjar

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

forma

The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.

formació

(sports) Collectively, the members of a team.

formaldehid

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

formalisme

(uncountable) The state of being formal.

formalista

Of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic

formalitat

Seriousness; reality; actuality (as opposed to joking or pretence)

formar

(transitive) To arrange in order or formation.

formatge

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

formatgeria

A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.

formidable

Causing fear, dread, awe, or discouragement as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive feature; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.

formiga

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

formigó

(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.

formiguer

A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

formós

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

formósa

Possessing beauty, impressing the eye; attractive. [from 1520s]

formulació

The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

formular

(transitive) To put into a clear and definite form of statement or expression.

formulari

A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

forn

A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.

fornada

The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

Forner

An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven

fornicació

(religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.

fornicar

(intransitive) To engage in fornication.

fornícula

(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

fornir

(transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

forqueta

Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:

forquilla

Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.

forrellat

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

fort

A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.

fortalesa

A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security.

fortificació

That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle.

fortuït

Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.

fortuïtament

In a fortuitous manner; in a manner of happening by chance; coincidentally; accidentally.

fortuna

Destiny, especially favorable.

fosa

In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.

fosc

(of a location or setting) Without light.

fosca

(uncountable) Darkness (due to it being nighttime).

foscant

(uncountable) Nightfall.

foscor

A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

fosfat

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

fosfatar

To treat or coat with a phosphate or phosphoric acid.

fosfit

(chemistry) any salt or ester of phosphorous acid

fòsfor

(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.

fosfòric

(chemistry) Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5). [from 18th c.]

fosfur

(chemistry) Any binary compound of phosphorus, especially one in oxidation state −3.

fossa

Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.

fossat

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

fotesa

An insignificant amount of money.

fòtil

(informal) A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name).

fotja

Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

foto

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

foto-

light, electromagnetic radiation

fotocòpia

A copy made using a photocopier.

fotocopiadora

A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.

fotocopiar

(transitive) To make a copy using a photocopier.

fotogènic

Looking good when photographed.

fotògraf

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

fotografia

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

fotografiar

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

fotogràfic

Pertaining to photographs or photography.

fotojornalista

A journalist who uses photojournalism.

fotosíntesi

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.

fotosintètic

Of, relating to, or employing photosynthesis.

fotosintetitzar

To synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using the energy of light by photosynthesis

fotre

To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.

fotre el camp

(intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]

fotre's (d'algú)

(intransitive, with at) To utter sarcastic or mocking comments; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language.

fotut

(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

fracàs

(informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.

fractal

(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.

fracturar

(ambitransitive) To break, or cause something to break.

fracturat

(of a, bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

fragant

Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant (usually strong) scent or fragrance.

fragata

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]

fràgil

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

fragilitat

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

fragment

A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.

franc

One of the Franks, a Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany.

França

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

francament

(manner) In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party

francès

(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.

francesa

A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.

francesos

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

franciscà

Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.

franciscana

A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.

francmaçó

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

franctirador

A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

franel·la

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

frangible

Able to be broken; breakable, fragile. [from early 15th c.]

Frankfurt

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

franqueig

The charge for posting an item.

frare

Any of various plants, of the genus Orobanche, that are parasitic on the roots of other plants.

fraret

A species of puffin (Fratercula arctica).

frase

(music) A small section of music in a larger piece.

frase feta

A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

frase ganxo

A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.

fratern

Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.

fraternitat

The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).

frau

Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved or unlawful gain.

fraudulència

The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.

fraula

The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

fre de mà

(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.

fred

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

fredament

In a cold or uncaring manner; indifferently.

Frederic

A en given name.

fredolic

(sciences) Affected by, or sensitive to, cold.