Czech–English dictionary

botanický

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.

botanik

(botany) A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.

botanika

(uncountable) A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

botulismus

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

boubelatý

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

bouchnout

(intransitive) To make the sound of a dull impact.

bouchnutí

(countable) The sound of something solid landing.

bouda

An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.

boule

An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.

bourání

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

bourat

To devour; to eat up

bouře

(meteorology) A disturbed state of the atmosphere between a severe or strong gale and a hurricane on the modern Beaufort scale, with a wind speed of between 89 and 102 kilometres per hour (55–63 miles per hour; 10 on the scale, known as a "storm" or whole gale), or of between 103 and 117 kilometres per hour (64–72 miles per hour; 11 on the scale, known as a "violent storm").

bouře nevole

(figuratively) A strong protest.

bouřit

To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds).

bouřka

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

bouřlivý

Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.

bouřlivý protest

(figuratively) A strong protest.

box

An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.

boxer

One who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer. [from 1790]

boží

Of or pertaining to a god.

boží dopuštění

Widespread devastation and destruction.

Boží hod

(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.

božínku

(minced oath, euphemism) A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.

božský

Of or pertaining to a god.

božství

(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]

brácha

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

brácho

(British, slang, primarily, Southern England) (American, slang, primarily, Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.

brada

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

bradatý

Having a beard; involving a beard.

Bradavice

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a school for learning magic in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

bradavka

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

bradka

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

bradykardie

(medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.

bradýř

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

bradýřka

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

Brahma

(Hindu god) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.

brainstorming

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

brak

Waste or impure matter.

brambor

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

brambora

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

brána

A doorlike structure outside a house.

brandy

(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.

branec

One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

Braniboř

A state in the northeast of Germany.

Braniborsko

A state in the northeast of Germany.

bránice

(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs.

bránit

(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.

branka

(sport) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

brankář

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

brankoviště

(ice hockey) A semicircle in front of the goal designed to allow the goalie to perform free from interference. Exact rules vary according to the league.

branná povinnost

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

brány

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

branže

(countable, business, economics) Businesses of the same type, considered as a whole. Trade.

brašna

A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.

brat

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

brát za své

(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

brater

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

Bratislava

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

bratr

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

bratranec

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

bratrský

Of or characteristic of brothers.

bratrství

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

bravurní kousek

A quick, brilliant, and highly successful act.

brázda

A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

Brazilec

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

Brazílie

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

brazilský

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brblat

(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds

brčál

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

breberky

(North America, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually, in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).

brečení

A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

brečet

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

břečka

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

břečťan

Any of several woody, climbing, or trailing evergreen plants of the genus Hedera.

břeh

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

břemeno

A heavy load.

Brest

A city in Belarus, on the border with Poland.

Bretagne

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

Bretaň

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

Bretonec

(uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.

bretonština

(uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.

břevno

(sports) The top of the goal structure.

břevno pokosem

(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

brexit

(UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

březen

The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April, containing the northward equinox.

březí

(of egglaying animals, now, chiefly, metaphorically) Pregnant.

březost

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

břichatka

Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.

břicho

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

břichomluva

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

břichomluvec

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

bricknout

(transitive) To make into bricks.

břidlice

(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

bridž

(card games) A card game played with four players playing as two teams of two players each.

briga

(watercraft) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast

brigádničit

(transitive, informal) To work as a temporary employee.

brigádník

(British, Australian, NZ) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

Brigita

A en given name.

brilantní

Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.

břímě

A responsibility, onus.

břinkotruhla

(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]

brioška

(countable, and, uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

bříško

The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.

břišní

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral. [Mid 18th century.]

Brit

An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person.

Británie

England, Scotland and Wales in combination.

Britka

An inhabitant of Great Britain, particularly (historical) a Celt from the area of Roman Britain or (obsolete) a Welshman; a British person.

Britonové

(history) The earlier inhabitants of southern Britain, prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasion and subsequent migrations.

britonský

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

britský

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

brk

Something having the form of a quill, such as the fold or plain of a ruff, or (weaving) a spindle, or spool, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.

brnění

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

brnět

(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

brnkačka

(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

brnkat

(transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.

brnknout

(intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

brnknutí

The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.

brod

A location where a stream is shallow and the bottom has good footing, making it possible to cross from one side to the other with no bridge, by walking, riding, or driving through the water; a crossing.

brodit

To cross a stream by walking through it.

brodit se

(intransitive) To walk through water or something that impedes progress.

brokolice

A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

brokovnice

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

bróm

(dated) A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.

bromid

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

bronchiální

Of or relating to the bronchia, bronchi or bronchioles.

bronchitida

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

bronz

(uncountable) A naturally occurring or man-made alloy of copper, usually in combination with tin, but also with one or more other metals.

bronzová

(countable, and, uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.

Brooklyn

A borough of New York City, New York, United States. It is located on the western end of Long Island.

brouk

Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.

broukání

A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune.

broukat

To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.

broukat si

To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.

brousek

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

brousit

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

brož

A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

brožura

A small or thin book.

brr

Used to express being cold, to show shivering.

brslen

Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.

bručení

A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

bručet

(colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).

brumlat

To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.

brunátný

Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

Brunej

A country in Southeast Asia. Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan.

bruneta

A person, especially female, with brown hair.

Bruno

(countable) A en given name.

Brunšvík

Synonym of Braunschweig: a city in Lower Saxony, Germany.

brus

A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

brusinka

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.