Czech–English dictionary

rajče

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

rajón

A particular geographic region.

rajské jablíčko

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

rak

Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.

raketa

(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.

rakev

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

rákosí

(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

rákosník

Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

rákosovec

Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World.

Rakousko

A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

rakouský

Of, from, or pertaining to Austria.

rakovina

(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

rakovinný

(oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.

Rakušák

A person from Austria or of Austrian descent.

Rakušan

Of, from, or pertaining to Austria.

Rakušanka

A person from Austria or of Austrian descent.

rally

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

rallye

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

rám

A frame or framework.

ramadán

(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

rámec

A frame or framework.

rámec působnosti

Scope or range of interest or control.

ramen

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

rameno

A series of stairs between landings.

ramínko

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

ramlice

A female rabbit.

Rampelník

A fairy tale about a dwarf who saves the miller’s daughter by spinning straw into gold in exchange for her first-born child, but is foiled when she guesses his name.

rampouch

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

rámus

A loud sound.

rána

A sudden percussive noise.

ranč

A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.

rande

A pre-arranged meeting.

rání

The wife of a rajah.

ranit

(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.

ranní ptáče

(idiomatic) A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

ransomware

(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

ranvej

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

raný

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

rapír

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling

rapsodie

(music) An instrumental composition of irregular form, often incorporating improvisation.

ras

One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.

řasa

(biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

rašelina

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]

rašeliniště

(wetland science, specifically) An acidic, chiefly rain-fed (ombrotrophic), peat-forming wetland. (Contrast an alkaline fen, and swamps and marshes.)

řasenka

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

řasinka

(cytology) A short microscopic hairlike organelle projecting from a eukaryotic cell (such as a unicellular organism or one cell of a multicelled organism) which serve either for propulsion by causing currents in the surrounding fluid or as sensors.

rasismus

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

rasista

A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.

rasistický

Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.

rašit

(intransitive, archaic) Of plants, to bloom, bud.

rasizmus

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

rasově

Relating to race.

rasový

Of or relating to a race (or a people).

rašple

A coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.

rašplovat

(intransitive) To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps.

ratifikovat

(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

raut

(informal) A large party; a gala event.

ráž

Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.

ráže

Unit of measure used to express the length of the bore of a weapon. The number of calibres is determined by dividing the length of the bore of the weapon, from the breech face of the tube to the muzzle, by the diameter of its bore. A gun tube the bore of which is 40 feet (480 inches) long and 12 inches in diameter is said to be 40 calibers long.

razie

(law enforcement) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

razit

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

rázný

Tenacious, energetic, spunky.

rčení

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

rdít

(intransitive) To become red or redder.

Re

(Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun.

reagování

The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.

reál

Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.

realismus

A concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary.

realizovat

(chiefly, passive voice, slightly, _, formal) To convert (something imaginary or planned, as a goal or idea) into reality; to bring into real existence, to make real. [from early 17th c.]

reálný

True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.

rebarbora

Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).

rebel

A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

rebelant

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

rébus

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

řeč

(countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.

recenzent

A person who writes reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.

recenzovat

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

recepce

(informal) A large party; a gala event.

recepční

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

recept

Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes. [from 18th c.]

receptor

(biochemistry, medicine) A protein on a cell wall that binds with specific molecules so that they can be absorbed into the cell in order to control certain functions.

recese

(economics) A period of reduced economic activity

recesivní

(genetics) Able to be masked by a dominant allele or trait.

řeči

Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

řečičky

Glib and rapid speech, such as from an auctioneer or a sports commentator.

recidiva

Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.

řečík terebintový

A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)

reciprocita

(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.

reciproký

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

řečiště

(countable) The bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river. [from later 16thc.]

recitace

The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.

recitovat

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

Řecko

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

řecký

Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

řečnice

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

řečnické umění

The art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.

řečnický

Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

řečnický pultík

A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.

řečnictví

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

řečník

Someone who orates or delivers an oration.

řečniště

A dais, pulpit, or similar platform for a speaker, conductor, or other performer.

řečnit

(ambitransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.

řečtina

Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

recyklace

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

recyklovat

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

ředění

The process of making something dilute.

ředěný

(of a gas etc.) Less dense than usual; thin.

ředidlo

A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.

ředit

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

ředitel

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

ředitelka

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

ředitelství

An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

ředkev

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

ředkev setá

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

ředkev setá bílá

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.

ředkvička

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

redukce

An organized killing of selected animals.

redukovat počet

To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

reenaktment

The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event.

reference

(academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.

referendum

(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment.

referent

(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes: what it refers to.

reflektor

A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.

reflex

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

reflexe

Careful thought or consideration.

reforma

The change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative, in order to correct or improve it

reformace

(historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church.

reformátor

One who reforms, or who works for reform.

refrakce

(physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium into another of different optical density.

refrén

A part of a song which is repeated between verses to emphasize the song's content; a refrain.

regata

(countable) A series of boat races, or sometimes a single race.

regent

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

Regina

A en given name.

regionalismus

(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

regionální

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

registr

A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.

registrace

The record of such enrolling; registration.

registrovat

(transitive) To enter in a register; to enlist.

regresivní

(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

regulátor

A device which regulates or controls some action of a machine through automatic feedback.

regulovat

To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.

rehabilitace

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

Řehoř

A en given name.

řehtačka

A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.

řehtání

The cry of a horse.

rejnok

Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

rejsek

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

rejstřík

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

Řek

(countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

řeka

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.