Catalan–English dictionary

Holanda

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.

holandès

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

holandesa

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

holandesos

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Holocaust

(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

hologràfic

In the form of a hologram or holograph.

holograma

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

hom

(indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

home

The genus Homo.

home de les cavernes

(informal, figuratively, pejorative) A brutish person, one who behaves in a rough, uncivilized way.

home del sac

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

home granota

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

home llop

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

homenatge

(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.

homenia

The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.

homenot

(slang, LGBTQ, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.

homeopàtic

Of or pertaining to homeopathy.

homeòstasi

(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.

Homer

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

homes

(collective, dated, fantasy) (The) people, humanity, man(kind).

homicidi

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

homicidi involuntari

(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

homo-

Same, identical.

homòfob

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homòfoba

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

homofòbia

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homòfon

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homògraf

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

homònim

(broadly) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).

homosexual

(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.

homosexualitat

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

homuncle

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

Hondures

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.

honest

(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

honestament

(manner) In an honest manner.

honestedat

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

hongarès

Of, from, or pertaining to the Kingdom of Hungary, during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of ethnicity.

hongaresa

A person from the former Kingdom of Hungary, during the Austro-Hungarian Empire, regardless of that person's ethnicity.

Hongria

A country in Central Europe. Capital and largest city: Budapest.

honorari

(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

honradesa

(uncountable, countable) The act, quality, or condition of being honest.

hoquei

A form of hockey played on a grassed pitch with a hard rubber ball instead of a puck.

hora

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

hora extra

(uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.

horabaixa

The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.

Horaci

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman Augustan Age (65–8 BCE).

horari

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. [from 19th c.]

horda

A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.

horitzó

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

horitzontal

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

horitzontalment

In a horizontal direction or position.

hormona

(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.

hormonal

(hormone) Pertaining to hormones.

horòscop

An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.

horrible

Extremely or shockingly ugly.

horriblement

(manner) In a horrible way; very badly.

hòrrid

Causing horror; terrible; shocking.

horripilant

Extremely or shockingly ugly.

horror

(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

horroritzat

Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.

horta

(chiefly, _, UK) A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale.

hortalissa

A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense.

horticultura

The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.

hosanna

A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.

hospici

(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.

hospital

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

hospitalitat

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.

hospitalització

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

host

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

hostaler

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

hostalera

A female innkeeper.

hostatjar

To perform the role of a host.

hoste

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

hostessa

A member of the crew of an airplane who is responsible for the comfort and safety of its passengers.

hòstia

(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.

hostil

Hateful or hostile.

hostilitat

A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

hostilitats

Acts of war.

Hug

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

hui

On the current day or date.

huit

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

huitanta

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

huitena

Describing a group or set with eight elements.

hum

Indicates thinking or pondering.

humà

The genus Homo.

humanament

In a humane manner.

humanista

A person who believes in the philosophy of humanism.

humanístic

Of or pertaining to humanism.

humanitari

Relating to people's welfare.

humanitats

The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.

humanització

The act of humanizing.

humanoide

Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).

húmer

(anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

humil

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

humiliació

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]

humiliant

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

humiliar

(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]

humilitat

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

humilment

In a humble manner.

humit

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

humitat

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

hummus

A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.

humor

(anatomy) Any liquid portion of the body, such as blood, urine, semen, saliva, especially when expelled.

humus

A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.

hun

A member of a nomadic tribe (the Huns) who invaded Europe in the fourth century from Central Asia.

hurí

(Islam) A beautiful virgin girl supposed to dwell in Paradise for the enjoyment of the faithful.

hússar

A member of the light cavalry of any of several European armies.

Hydra

(astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.

ʻōnaehana

(computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.

i

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.

i ara

(colloquial) Used to express strong disappointment or disapproval.

i escaig

(not comparable, in combination with a number) About, approximately; somewhat more than (an approximated round number).

i grega

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.

i punt

(chiefly, North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

i tant

(idiomatic) Used to strongly confirm the preceding utterance.

i-

Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.

ià

(as a noun) One from, belonging to, relating to, or like.

iac

An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas, Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tibet with dark, long, and silky hair, a horse-like tail, and a full, bushy mane.

iaia

(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

iaio

(informal) grandfather

Iang-Tsé

The chief river of central China and the third longest river in the world, flowing a total of 6300 km.

iarda

(obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet.

ibis

Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.

ible

Able to be done; fit to be done.

ibuprofèn

(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.

ic

(chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).

iceberg

A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

icor

(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]

ics

The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.

icterícia

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]

ictus

(by extension) The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.

id

Any of a group of related compounds - azide, polysaccharide, glycoside.

ideal

A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.

idealista

Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.

idealment

Given ideal circumstances; preferably. [from 19th c.]

ideari

A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.

idèntic

(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

idènticament

In an identical manner.

identificable

Capable of being distinguished and named.

identificació

(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.

identificar-se

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.

identitat

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

identitat sexual

Sexual activity; concern with, or interest in, sexual activity.

ideològic

Of or pertaining to one or more ideologies.

idiòcia

(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.

idioma

A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.

idiomàtic

Pertaining or conforming to idiom, the natural mode of expression of a language.

idiosincràtic

Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.

idiota

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

idiotisme

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