Catalan–English dictionary

multimilionària

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

multinacional

A multinational company.

múltiple

Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).

multiplicatiu

Of or pertaining to multiplication.

multitud

A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

multivers

(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.

Mumbai

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

mundà

Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

mundial

Concerning all parts of the world.

mundialment

Throughout the world.

Munic

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

munició

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

municipal

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

municipi

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

munió

A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.

munt

(countable) Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap. [from 15th c.]

muntant

A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

muntanya

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]

muntanyes russes

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

muntanyós

(of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

muntar

(transitive) To put together.

muntatge

The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

mur

A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.

murada

(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

mural

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

murar

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

múrgola

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

muricec

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

murri

Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

murta

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

murta de Brabant

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

murtera

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

murtra

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

musa

Of a person: a source of inspiration.

musaranya

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

muscle

(anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

muscular

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

musell

The protruding part of an animal's head which includes the nose, mouth and jaws.

museu

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

músic

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

musical

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

musicalitat

The condition of being musical.

Mussa

A en given name, equivalent to English Moses.

mussol

A species of small European owl, Athene noctua.

musteir

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

mustèlid

Any carnivorous mammal of the diverse weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, otters, martens, mink and wolverines.

mustiar

(intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.

musulmà

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

mutant

(genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

mutilació

(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.

mutilar

To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

mutis

(transitive) To make quiet.

mutu

Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.

mutualment

In the same way, each to the other; reciprocally

mútuament

(reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:

Myanmar

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Also known as Burma (which was formerly the official name).

N'

Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.

Na

Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.

na maria?

A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.

nabiu

Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.

nabiu de grua

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.

nació

(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

nacional

Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]

nacionalista

Of or relating to nationalism.

nacionalitat

National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]

nacionalment

In a way relating to the whole nation.

Nadal

(originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.

nadala

A greeting card that is decorated in a manner that celebrates Christmas.

nadalenc

Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

nadar

(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.

nadir

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

nadiu

A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.

nadiua

A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.

nadó

A shrub growing this fruit.

nafra

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

naïf

Naive and trusting.

Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya.

naixement

(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

naixença

(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

naixent

Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.

nàmaste

The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.

Namíbia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

nan

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

nana

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

nano

(now, sometimes, _, offensive) A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with typical adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

nanosegon

(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns

nansa

A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.

Nantes

A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.

Naomi

(biblical character) The mother-in-law of the Biblical figure Ruth.

nap

The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

napalm

A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942]

nàpia

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

napicol

(now, North America) The edible root of this plant

napoleònic

(historical) A supporter or kin of Napoleon Bonaparte.

napolità

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

napolitana

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Narcís

(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.

narcisisme

Excessive love of oneself.

narcolèpsia

(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.

narcòtic

(pharmaceutical effect) Tending to induce sleep.

nariu

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

Narnia

(fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.

narració

That which is narrated.

narrar

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

narratiu

Telling a story.

narrativa

That which is narrated.

narratologia

The study of narrative structure.

nas

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

nascut

Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

nascut mort

Dead at birth.

nat

Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

nata

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

natació

An act or instance of swimming.

Natàlia

A en given name.

natalici

The anniversary of the day on which something is created.

natja

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

natjada

An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.

natjar

(transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.

natura

(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.

natura salvatge

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

natural

The essential or innate characteristics of a person or thing which will always tend to manifest, especially in contrast to specific contexts, reason, religious duty, upbringing, and personal pretense or effort.

naturisme

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

natzarè

Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people.

Natzaret

A city in northern Israel.

nau

A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.

nau espacial

(astronautics) A manned vehicle that flies through space.

nàufrag

(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

naufragar

To wreck a boat through a collision or other mishap.

naufragi

(countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

nàusea

A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.

nauseabund

Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.

nàutic

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

nàutica

(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

nàutil

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

navaho

A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

naval

(nautical) Of or relating to a navy.

navalla

A compact folding knife.

Navarra

An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

navegació

(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

navegació a vela

Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise

navegar

To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.

nazi

(historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.

nazisme

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

neboda

A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

nebot

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

nebulosa

(astronomy) A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).

nebulositat

(meteorology, astronomy) The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).

necessari

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

necessàriament

Inevitably; of necessity.

necessitar

(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]