Czech–English dictionary

síran

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of sulfuric acid.

Šíráz

A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.

siřičitan

(American spelling, inorganic chemistry) Any salt of sulfurous acid.

šířit

to spread or disseminate

šiřitel

One who, or that which, disseminates.

šiřitelka

One who, or that which, disseminates.

sirka

A device made of wood or paper, having the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.

široce

(figurative) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.

široce otevřený

Wide open.

široko

extensively

široký

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

široký meč

(history) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and typically a basket hilt.

sirota

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

sirotčinec

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

sirotek

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

sirup

(UK, AU, NZ) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.

šiška

The fruit of a conifer.

šišlání

The act or a habit of lisping.

šišlat

(intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

šišlavost

The act or a habit of lisping.

Sisyfos

(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

síť

A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

sitár

(musical instruments) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

sítí

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

sítnice

(ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

síto

A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

situace

The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.

Šiva

(Hinduism) The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine.

Sjælland

The largest island of Denmark.

sjednat si

(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.

sjednocení

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.

sjednotit

(ambitransitive) To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.

sjet

(transitive) To check; to reprimand.

sjetý

Of tyres: whose surface is worn away.

sjezd

A formal gathering or assembly; a conference held to discuss or decide on a specific question.

ská

Used to form nouns meaning the jargon or language used by a particular profession or being or in a particular context.

skácet

(transitive) To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

škádlení

Playful raillery; banter.

škádlil

(textiles) A person or thing that teases.

škádlit

(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.

Skála

(countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.

skalisko

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

skalnatý

Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

skalní

Dependable, loyal, reliable, trustworthy.

skalní podloží

(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.

skalní věž

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

skálolez skákavý

A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).

skálovat

(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

skalpel

A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.

skalpovat

To remove the scalp (part of the head from where the hair grows), by brutal act or accident.

skandál

An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.

skandální

Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

skandha

(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

Skandinávec

Someone from Scandinavia.

Skandinávie

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

Skandinávka

Someone from Scandinavia.

skandinávský

(of a language) Of or relating to the North Germanic family of languages to which Swedish, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Danish, Icelandic, and Faeroese belong.

škaredý

Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.

škarohlíd

Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

skartovač

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

skartovačka

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

skateboarding

The act of riding on a skateboard.

skaut

A male member of the Scout Movement.

skauting

The Scout Movement.

skeet

(uncountable) A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.

skelet

The framework of a structure, especially one not normally seen.

skelný

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

skener

A device which scans documents in order to convert them to a digital medium. [from 20th c.]

skenovat

To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.

skeptik

Someone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.

skica

A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.

skicák

A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.

sklad

A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.

skládat

(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.

skládat se

(finance) To contribute money jointly with others.

skladatel

Especially, one who composes music.

skladatelka

Especially, one who composes music.

skladba

A work of music, literature or art. [from 17th c.]

skladiště

A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions.

skládka

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

skladné

A charge for stowing and storage.

skladovací plocha

Amount of room for storing things.

skladovací prostor

Amount of room for storing things.

sklánět

(ambitransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.

sklánět se

(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

šklebit se

(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

sklenář

One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.

skleněný

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

sklenice

(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

skleník

A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants

sklep

(architecture) A floor of a building below ground level.

sklepení

The space or storerooms of a cellar.

skleróza

(pathology) The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery; the appearance of hardenings, indurations, lesions, nodules.

skleslost

A condition or posture of drooping.

skleslý

Sad because of a disappointment.

sklesnout

(intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.

sklíčenost

A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.

sklíčený

Sad because of a disappointment.

sklíčit

(transitive) Make sad or dispirited.

skličující

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

sklizeň

The yield of harvesting, i.e., the gathered crops or fruits.

sklízet

(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.

sklo

(usually, uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added).

sklon

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

sklonit

(transitive) To set (something) at an angle; to tilt.

sklonit se

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

skloňovat

(transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number, gender, and the like.

sklony

A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

sklopit

(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.

sklouznutí

A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.

sklovina

The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth.

sklovitý

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

skluz

A kind of cap affixed to the base of the legs of furniture to prevent it from damaging the floor while being moved.

skluzavka

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.

sko

Used to form the name of a territory, country, or region.

skočit

(transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe

škoda

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.

škodlivina

A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.

škodlivý

Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.

škodlivý software

(computing) Software which has been designed to operate in a malicious, undesirable manner.

škodná

A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.

škodolibá radost

An act or instance of gloating.

škodolibost

Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.

škodolibý

(informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.

skok

The act of leaping or jumping.

skok po hlavě

A headlong fall, jump or dive.

skok vpřed

A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.

skokan

Someone or something that jumps, e.g. a participant in a jumping event in track or skiing.

skokan volský

Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.

skokanské prkno

A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.

školačka

A girl attending school.

školák

A boy attending school.

školení

The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.

skolióza

(pathology) The abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.

školka

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

školné

(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

školní tým

(sports, , United States) The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)

skon

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

skončit

(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.

skoncovat

(transitive) To discontinue abruptly.

skop

Used to make terms denoting an instrument used for viewing or examination.

skopčák

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

Skopec

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 20 – April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 – May 15 (sidereal astrology).

skopičina

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

skopové

The meat of sheep used as food.

skořápka

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

skóre

(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

skorec

Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom.

skořice

Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).

skořicovník

Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum aromaticum or Cinnamomum cassia).