Catalan–English dictionary

Pletó

Georgios Gemistos Plethon (c. 1355–1453), a Byzantine Greek philosopher.

plètora

(usually, followed by of) An excessive amount or number; an abundance.

pletòric

Excessive, overabundant, rife; loosely, abundant, varied. [from 17th c.]

Plini

An ancient Roman praenomen.

plom

(transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.

ploma

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

plomall

The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.

plomar

(transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.

plomatge

(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.

plomer

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

plomí

The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.

plomís

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

plomissol

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

plor

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

ploramiques

(slang, derogatory) Someone whose feelings are very easily hurt, often by trivial matters.

ploraner

Inclined to weep; tearful or lachrymose.

plorar

(intransitive) To shed tears; to weep. Especially in anger or sadness

ploriquejar

(chiefly, derogatory) To cry or weep freely and noisily; to sob.

plovisqueig

Light rain.

plovisquejar

(impersonal) To rain lightly.

pluja d'idees

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

pluja radioactiva

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

plujós

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

plúmula

(botany) The first bud, or growing point, of a plant embryo, situated above the cotyledons.

plural

Consisting of or containing more than one of something.

pluri-

Many; pertaining to many things.

plurilingüe

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

plutòcrata

Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

plutoni

The transuranic chemical element with atomic number 94 and symbol Pu: a silvery-gray fissile radioactive actinide metal that tarnishes when exposed to air.

plutònic

(by extension, geology, mineralogy) Of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust, rather than by volcanoes at the surface of the Earth.

PMF

(internet) A list of questions said to be frequently asked, and their answers.

pneumònia

Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

pneumotòrax

(medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.

Po

The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.

poal

The amount held in this container.

població

An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.

poblar

(transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

poble

The common people of a nation.

poblet

A small village or a group of houses.

pobre

Of low quality.

pobres

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

poc

To a small extent or degree.

poc profund

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

poca

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

poca-vergonya

(slang) A morally reprehensible, disreputable, or sleazy person.

pocatraça

(US, pejorative) A clumsy or stupid person.

pocavergonya

Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

pocs

(preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of.

podar

(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

poder

(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

poderós

Very strong; possessing might.

poderosament

In a powerful manner.

podi

A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.

pòdium

A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.

podòleg

(medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.

podòloga

(medicine) A health care practitioner who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of foot ailments.

podrir

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

podrir-se

(intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.

poema

A literary piece written in verse.

poesia

A literary piece written in verse.

poeta

A person who writes poems.

poeticitat

(figurative) An artistic quality that appeals to or evokes the emotions, in any medium; something having such a quality.

poguer

(Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

Pol

A en given name of biblical origin.

pol·len

A fine, granular substance produced in flowers.

pol·linitzar

To apply pollen to (a stigma).

pol·lució

Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]

pol·luent

Something that pollutes; a pollutant. [from 17th c.]

pol·luir

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

polaina

A covering cloth or leather for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.

polca

A lively dance originating in Bohemia.

polèmic

Arousing or likely to arouse controversy.

poli

(economics) Pertaining to the number of sellers in a market.

poli-

many

poliamor

Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved.

poliamorós

Having relationships with multiple partners, with the knowledge and consent of all involved; engaging in polyamory.

policia

(North America, &, _, historical) A department of local (usually municipal) government responsible for general law enforcement.

policrom

Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.

policromàtic

Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.

polièster

A material or fabric made from polyester polymer

polifonia

(music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

polígam

One who practices polygamy, or maintains that it is lawful.

poliglot

Containing, or made up of, several languages; specifically, of a book (especially a bible): having text translated into several languages.

poliglota

(also, figuratively) One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages.

poliment

A substance used to polish.

polinesi

Of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia.

Polinèsia

A continental region of Oceania, including Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand, and most of the islands between them.

poliol

Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.

poliomielitis

(pathology) Acute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.

polir

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

polis

(historical) A Greek city-state.

polissó

A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.

polissona

A person who deliberately avoids payment for public transport.

polit

Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

politècnica

(UK, dated) An educational institute that teaches applied arts and sciences rather than academic subjects.

politeisme

The belief in the existence of multiple gods.

politeista

a believer in, or advocate of, polytheism

polític

One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

política

One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official.

políticament

In a political manner.

politització

(politics) The state of being (or process of becoming) politicized

politja

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

poll

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

polla

A young hen, especially one less than a year old. [from 14th c.]

polla d'índia

(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

pollancre

Any of species Populus nigra of poplars found in Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa.

pollastre

A young male chicken.

pollegó

A spike or point on an implement or tool, especially a prong of a fork or a tooth of a comb.

pollet

A young chicken.

pollí

A young horse or other equine, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

pollinar

(ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

pollós

Infested with lice.

polo

(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

polonès

A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

polonesa

A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

poloni

A rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

Polònia

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Poland. Capital and largest city: Warsaw.

polp

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.

polpa

The soft center of a fruit.

polpós

Of, related to, or resembling flesh.

pols

(countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.

polseguera

Any mass of dust, steam or smoke resembling such a mass.

polsera

A container for sand or pounce, used historically before blotting paper.

polsim

A small fragment or share of something, commonly applied to food.

poltra

A young female horse.

poltre

A young male horse.

poltrona

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

pólvora

An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.

pòlvores

A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

polze

The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.

Polzeta

A fairy tale about a thumb-sized girl.

pom

A bunch of cut flowers.

poma

A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]

pomada

(medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

pompa

A pageant; a colourful show or display, as in a pageant.

Pompeia

A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.

Pompeu

(historical) Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.

pompós

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

pòmul

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

poncella

(botany) A bud.

pondre's

(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

ponent

Relating to or being the second of two items.

poni

A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers.

Pont

An ancient kingdom and cultural region covering the eastern half of the southern coast of the Black Sea, in Anatolia in modern Turkey; traditionally Greek-speaking.

pont llevadís

A hinged bridge which can be raised (to prevent its being crossed, as across a moat, or to allow watercraft to travel beneath it).

pontatge

A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.

pontet

(music, lutherie) The piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board.

pontificat

(usually) The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pontos

(Greek god) A sea god, particularly of the Black Sea.

ponx

A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic.