Catalan–English dictionary

molt sentit

Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.

molta estona

(placed before a verb, participle, adjective, preposition, or adverb) For a long time.

moltes

before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

moltes gràcies

An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. [from c. 1400]

molts

before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

moment

(colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]

moment de força

(physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.

mòmia

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

momificació

The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

món

(computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.

monacal

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

Mònaco

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.

monarquia

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

monàstic

Of or relating to monasteries or monks.

moneda

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

moneda d'or

☉ (alchemy)

moneder

(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

moneder fals

A person who counterfeits.

monestir

A residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.

monetari

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

mongeta

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

mongol

Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

Mongòlia

A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.

mònic

A monic polynomial.

Mònica

A en given name.

monitor

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

monitorització

The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.

mono-

one, single, only

monocicle

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.

monofisisme

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.

monofònic

(of sound reproduction) having a single channel

monogàmia

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

monografia

A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.

monograma

A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

monolingüe

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

monòlit

(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.

monorail

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

monosíl·lab

Consisting of one syllable.

monosíl·laba

A word of one syllable.

monosil·làbic

Consisting of one syllable.

monoteisme

The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.

monòton

(mathematics) Of a function: that either never decreases or never increases as its independent variable increases.

monotonia

Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

monòxid

(chemistry) Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit.

monstre

(figuratively, humorous) A badly behaved person, especially a child; a brat.

monstruós

(informal) Very large; worthy of a monster.

montà

(ecology) Of, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline. [from mid 19th c.]

Montana

A en given name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.

Montenegro

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Montevideo

The capital city of Uruguay.

Montserrat

An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.

monument

(chiefly, British, India, slang) A very attractive woman.

monyica

(anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.

monyo

A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

mooli

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

moqueta

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

móra

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

moral

(chiefly, in the plural) Moral practices or teachings: modes of conduct.

moralitat

(of a narrative) The ethical significance or practical lesson.

morat

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

mòrbid

(originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]

mordaç

(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]

mordassa

A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto a cord or strap.

mordent

Any substance used to facilitate the fixing of a dye to a fibre; usually a metallic compound which reacts with the dye using chelation.

mordentar

(transitive) To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant.

morell

Any of several seaducks, of the genus Bucephala, having black and white plumage.

morell capblanc

A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]

morella

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

morena

(pathology, often, in the plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.

morera

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

moresc

Of or pertaining to the Moors or their culture.

Morfeu

(Greek god) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

morfina

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

moribund

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.

morir

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

morir de gana

(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

mormó

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.

morral

A sack or bag for feeding a horse, mule, ox or similar animal, generally on the move or away from the home stable or paddock. Designed to be attached to harness and slipped over the animal's nose to permit feeding while eliminating spillage; designs vary.

morrejar

(ambitransitive) To give a French kiss, in its various senses.

morrió

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

morro

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

morrut

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

morsa

A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

mort

(not comparable, sports) Not in play.

mortadel·la

A type of sausage; bologna.

mortal

Causing death; lethal.

morter

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.

mortífer

Causing death; lethal.

mos

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

mosaic

Pertaining to Moses, or the writings and traditions attributed to him. [from 17th c.]

mosca

(non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

mosca negra

Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

moscard

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

Moscou

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

moscovi

The chemical element with atomic number 115.

moscovita

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

mosquet

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

mosquetó

(obsolete) One who is armed with such a musket. [16th c.]

mosquit

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

mossa

(archaic, now, dialectal, or, humorous, possibly, offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.

mossegada

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

mossèn

(countable, Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.

mosso

A person who carries luggage and related objects.

most

Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.

mostatxo

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

mostela

The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.

mostra

Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline. [from 14th c.]

mostrar

To submit to an active (mostly dangerous) substance like an allergen, ozone, nicotine, solvent, or to any other stress, in order to test the reaction, resistance, etc.

mostratge

(music) Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

mot a mot

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

mota

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

motejat

Marked with dots or spots, spotted.

motel

(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.

motí

An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.

motiu

(legal) Basis or justification for something.

motivar

(transitive) To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate.

motle

A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.

motlle

The mould used to make cast objects.

motllura

(architecture) A plane, or curved, narrow surface, either sunk or projecting, used for decoration by means of the lights and shades upon its surface and to conceal joints, especially between unlike materials.

moto

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

motocicleta

An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.

motocròs

(sports, motorcycling) A form of off-road motorbike racing.

motor

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]

motorista

One who drives a motor vehicle.

mots encreuats

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

motxilla

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

motxiller

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

motxillera

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

moure

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

moviment

(uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.

mu

The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

Muggle

A person who has no magical abilities.

mugir

(intransitive) Of a cow or bull, to make its characteristic lowing sound.

mugit

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

mugró

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]

mújol

A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes), especially the genus Mullus (red mullets or goatfish).

mul

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

mul somerí

The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).

mula

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

mulat

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

mulata

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

mulato

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

mullar-se

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.

mullat

Of an object, etc.: covered or impregnated with liquid, usually (but not always) water.

mullerar-se

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]

multa

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

multar

(transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).

multi-

Many; pertaining to many things.

multilingüe

(of a person) Able to communicate in a number of languages.

multimilionari

Having several millions; costing or worth many millions of dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.