Czech–English dictionary

ševelit

To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.

seveřan

A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.

seveřanka

A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc.

Severka

(astronomy) The current northern pole star, the star nearest the northern celestial pole, which has been Polaris for the last 1500 years.

severní

Toward the north; northward.

severovýchod

The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.

severovýchodní

Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.

severozápad

The intercardinal compass point halfway between west and north; specifically at a bearing of 315°.

Sevilla

The capital city of Andalusia, Spain.

sevření

(uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

sevřít

(transitive) To take hold of; to grasp.

sex

(uncountable) Sexual activity, usually sexual intercourse unless preceded by a modifier. [from 1899]

sexismus

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

sexista

A person who discriminates on grounds of sex; someone who practises sexism.

sexistický

Unfairly discriminatory against one sex in favour of the other.

sexizmus

Discrimination or different treatment based on sex or gender, especially discrimination against women.

sexta

(music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale; for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth.

sextant

(nautical) A navigational device for deriving angular distances between objects so as to determine latitude and longitude.

sextet

(music) A composition for six voices or instruments.

sexteto

A group of six singers or instrumentalists.

sexuálně

In a sexual manner; erotically.

sexuální

Arising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes. [from 17th c.]

sexy

Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

Seychely

An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

sežehnout

(transitive) To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it

sežehnutí

A slight or surface burn.

sezení

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

seznam stop

(computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.

seznámit se

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

sezóna

(North America, Australia, broadcasting) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

sezónní

Of, related to, or reliant on a season or period of the year, especially with regard to weather characteristics.

sféra

(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]

sfinga

(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

sfinx

(mythology) A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.

sflikovat

(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

shakespearovský

(literature) Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.

shánět

To search for and gather food for animals, particularly cattle and horses.

shazovat

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]

sherpa

(countable) A local mountain guide or porter, particularly a male of the Nepalese Sherpa people so employed.

sherry

(uncountable) A fortified wine produced in Jerez de la Frontera in Spain, or a similar wine produced elsewhere.

shlédnout

(informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.

shluk

A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.

shluknout se

(intransitive) To form a bunch.

shlukovat se

(intransitive) To form a bunch.

shnilý

Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

shoda

General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

shoda okolností

A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.

shodit

(transitive) To shed (weight).

shodit ze sebe

(transitive) To remove (any outer covering).

shodnout se

To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.

shodný

(mathematics) Coinciding exactly when superimposed.

shodovat

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

shodovat se

(intransitive) To be in agreement (with); to be of an accord. [from 16th c.]

shovívavost

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

shovívavý

Lenient or merciful; charitable.

show

A show or spectacle.

shození

A deliberate affront or slight.

shrbený

(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.

shrnovač

(informal) A bulldozer.

shrnutí

An abridgement or summary of a longer publication. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

shromáždění

A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.

shromaždiště

A place for gathering.

shromáždit

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

shromažďovat

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

ší

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.

šibal

One who performs pranks.

šibalství

Mischief.

šibenice

A wooden framework on which persons are executed by hanging. [from 1300s]

Sibiř

The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

Sibiřan

(ethnology) A person from Siberia.

sibiřský

Of or relating to Siberia.

šíbovat

(transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.

Šibuja

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Shinjuku, Minato, Shinagawa, Meguro, Setagaya, Suginami, and Nakano special wards.

šič

One who sews.

síci

(transitive) To cut down grass or crops.

Sicílie

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.

sicilský

Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.

sicilština

The language of Sicily.

šička

A woman who sews clothes professionally.

šidit

(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

šídlo

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

sifon

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.

šifra

A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

šifrovací klíč

(cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.

šifrování

A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

sigma

The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets (Σ, σ), the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.

signál

A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.

signatář

One who signs or has signed something.

šíje

(landforms) A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

Sijón

(biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.

šik

Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

šikana

(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]

šikanovat

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

šikmé ostění

A bevel, slant, or slope, especially of the frame or jamb of a door or window, by which an opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.

šikmo

Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

šikmo střižený

Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

šikmý

Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.

šikovnost

skillfulness or ease of ability.

šikovný

(obsolete) Skillful, artful.

síla

(countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

síla ducha

Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

síla vůle

The unwavering strength of will to carry out one's wishes.

silan

(inorganic chemistry) Monosilane (SiH₄).

šílená žena

A woman who is insane or mentally disturbed.

šílenec

(slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

silenka

Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.

šílenost

The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.

šílenství

The state of being insane; madness.

šílený

Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]

šilhat

(intransitive) To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus.

silikon

(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.

šilink

The old currency of Austria, divided into 100 groschen.

silně

In a strong or powerful manner.

silnice

A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]

silniční zátaras

Something that blocks or obstructs a road.

silný

(also, figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.

silueta

An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]

Silvestr

A en given name used in English since the sixteenth century.

Silvie

A en given name.

šimitar

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

Šimla

A city and district, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, India.

Simona

A en given name.

šimpanz

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

šimrat

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

simsalabim

A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.]

simulátor

A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.

simulovaný

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

simulovat

To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

Sinaj

A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

Sinajský poloostrov

A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

sinalý

Ash-colored; pale; anemic

šindel

A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.

Singapur

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

single

One who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.

singulár

(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

singularita

(physics) Ellipsis of gravitational singularity (“a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes”).

šinout se

To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

šintoismus

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

sinus

(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

Sión

(biblical) A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.

sionista

An advocate of Zionism. [1890s]

sionistický

Of or relating to a Zionist or Zionists.

šíp

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

sípání

A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

šípař

One who fletches or feathers arrows.

sípat

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

šípatka

Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.

šípek

The fruit of a rose.

šipka

A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.

síra

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.