Czech–English dictionary

směrovat

(transitive) To direct or divert along a particular course.

směs

A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.

směsice

A mixture of often unrelated things.

směšně

In a ridiculous manner. In a way that is funny, embarrassing or extremely implausible.

směšnost

(uncountable) The characteristic of being ridiculous.

směšný

(archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

smést

(transitive) To beat or overcome thoroughly, to defeat heavily; especially (games, sports) to win against (someone) by a wide margin.

smět

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

smetadlo

(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it.

smetana

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

smetánka

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

smetí

Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.

smetiště

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

smích

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

smíchat

(transitive) To mix separate things together.

smíchat se

(intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

smilnit

(intransitive) To engage in fornication.

smilovat se

(intransitive) To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.

šminky

The study of such products.

šmírák

A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

smirek

(rock) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

smířit

(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

smířit se

(ambitransitive) To restore a friendly relationship; to bring back or return to harmony.

smirkový papír

An abrasive material, like sandpaper, made by gluing grains of emery to a paper surface.

smířlivý

Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.

šmírovat

(transitive) To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.Wp

smíšený

Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.

smísit

(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

smísit se

(intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

smítko

(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A small particle; a speck.

smlouva

(uncountable, legal) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

smočit

(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.

smog

A noxious mixture of particulates and gases that is the result of urban air pollution.

smola

A dark, extremely viscous material still remaining after distilling crude oil and tar.

smolka

(medicine) A dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn.

šmouha

A mark made by smearing.

šmoula

(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

smrad

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) A stench, a bad smell.

smradlavý

(of oily or fatty food) Rank in taste or smell.

smraďoch

One who stinks.

smrdět

(intransitive) To have or give off a strong, unpleasant smell.

smrdutý

Foul-smelling, stinking.

smrkový

(used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.

šmrnc

(informal) Energy, high spirits.

šmrncovní

(informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.

smršť

A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.

smrštit

(intransitive) To become smaller; to contract.

smrt

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.

smrtelně bledý

Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.

smrtelník

A human; someone susceptible to death.

smrtelný

Causing death; lethal.

smrtící

Causing death; lethal.

smrtka

The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

smrtonosný

Causing death; lethal.

smrž

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

smůla

(uncountable) Bad luck.

smutek

The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

smutný

Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.

smyčec

(musical instrument) A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.

smyčka

Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

smyk

An out-of-control sliding motion as would result from applying the brakes too hard in a car or other vehicle.

smýkat

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

smyrek

(rock) An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or polishing.

smysl

Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

smyšlený

Invented, as opposed to real.

smyslnost

(uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.

smyslný

Amorous; lustful.

smyslový

Of the physical senses or sensation.

smyslům lahodící

Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.

smysluplný

Having meaning, significant.

snadno

Without difficulty.

snadný

Requiring little skill or effort.

snaha

The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

snášenlivost

(uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]

snášenlivý

Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.

snášet

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

sňatek

The state of being married. [from 14th c.]

snažení

The act of pursuing.

snažit

To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.

snažit se

(intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

snažit se o

(intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously. [from 16th c.]

sněhobílá

The white color of snow.

sněhobílé

The white color of snow.

sněhobílý

The white color of snow.

sněhová bouře

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.

sněhová koule

A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.

sněhová vichřice

A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.

sněhová vločka

A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.

sněhulák

A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and stones or coal (eyes, mouth).

šnek

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

snesitelný

Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

snést

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

snést se

(intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.

sněť

(pathology, dated) A diseased condition of the face or skin; specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva of the eye, a form of skin rash, or a palsy of the face due to cold.

sněžit

(intransitive, impersonal) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have snow (noun sense 1) fall from the atmosphere.

sněžný

Marked by snow, characterized by snow.

sněžný muž

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

sněžný skútr

(vehicle) A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport.

snící

One who dreams.

snídaně

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

snídat

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

sníh

(archery) The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

snílek

One who daydreams.

snímání

(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.

snímat

(transitive, card games) To be dealt or to take (a playing card) from the deck; also, to have (a particular hand) as a result of this. [from 16th c.]

snímek

A photograph.

sníst

To ingest; to be ingested.

snít

(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

snížené

A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.

snížení

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]

snížit

(transitive) To reduce the force of something; to abate.

snížit riziko

(intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.

snížit se

To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.

snob

(informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]

snobský

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

snop

A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.

šňořit se

(of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.

snoubenec

A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.

snový

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

snowboarding

The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.

SNS

Initialism of Commonwealth of Independent States.

šňupat

(transitive, slang, originally, US) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.

šňupnout

(transitive, slang, originally, US) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.

šňůra

A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

šňůrka

(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.

šnycl

(by extension) A Germanic dish of breaded and deep-fried meat cutlet.

šnytlík

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

so

Abbreviation of Saturday.

sob

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.

sobeckost

The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.

sobectví

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

sobol

(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.

sobota

The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

socha

(countable) A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).

sochař

A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.

sochařka

A person who sculpts; an artist who produces sculpture.

sochařská výzdoba

Statues considered collectively.

sochařství

(countable) More generally (since modernism), a three-dimensional work of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.

sochor

A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

sochy

Statues considered collectively.

socialista

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

socialistický

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

socializace

(sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.

sociálně nejistý

Uncomfortably over-conscious of one's appearance or behaviour; socially ill at ease.

sociální darwinismus

(science) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.

sociální média

(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

sociologický

Of or pertaining to sociology.

sociologie

A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

sociopat

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

sodík

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.