Czech–English dictionary

stravitelný

Capable of being digested.

stráž

A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

strážce

Someone who guards, watches over, or protects.

strážní věž

An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.

strážný

A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

strčení

The act of jostling someone or something; push, shove.

strčit

(transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

strdlice

Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.

střechýl

A drooping, tapering shape of ice.

strečink

A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone.

střed

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).

střed otáčení

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

středa

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

středisko

A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.

středně

In or relating to the middle.

střední

Having the mean (see noun below) as its value; average.

střední rod

(grammar) A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.

Středomoří

A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

středomořský

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

středozemní

Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

strejc

(informal) An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.

strejda

The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

střela

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

střelba

(uncountable) The science of guns and gunfire, including aspects of bullet flight and impact.

střelec

(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.

střelený

(informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.

střelit

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

střelivo

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

střelnice

An area for practicing shooting at targets.

střelný prach

An explosive mixture of saltpetre (potassium nitrate), charcoal and sulfur; formerly used in gunnery but now mostly used in fireworks.

střep

(by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.

stres

(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

střet

A skirmish, a hostile encounter.

střeva

The intestines.

střevle

The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.

střevní

Relating to the intestines.

střevo

The intestines.

střežit

(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

strhnout

(transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.

strhnout masku

(transitive) To expose, or reveal the true character of someone.

stříbřitý

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

stříbrná

(uncountable) A shiny gray color.

stříbrný

(tincture) : of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

stříbro

(tincture) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

střída

(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. [Mid 19th century.]

střídat

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

střídat se

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

střídavý

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

střídka

The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.

střídmost

Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence.

střídmý

Prudent and restrained in the use of resources; careful, economical or frugal.

střih

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

střihač

(television, cinematography) Someone who manipulates video footage and assembles it into the correct order etc for broadcast; a picture editor.

stříhání

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

stříhat

To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.

stříhat, ostříhat

To cut the hair of (a person).

stříkačka

Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense, such as a syringe.

stříkat

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

strike zóna

(baseball, informal) The strike zone.

střílet

(transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.

striptér

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.

striptérka

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.

striptýz

The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.

střízlík

Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).

střízlivý

(of writing or speaking) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.

střízvý

Not drunk; not intoxicated.

strkanice

The action of a jostling crowd.

strkat

(ambitransitive) To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.

strkat se

(ambitransitive) To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

strmý

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

strn

(countable, and, uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

strnadec zimní

A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.

strniště

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

strnulost

A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.

stroboskop

Instrument for studying or observing periodic movement by rendering a moving body visible only at regular intervals.

strofa

(poetry) A metrical portion; a stanza; a staff.

strohost

A sharp and bitter hatred.

strohý

Grim or severe in manner or appearance.

stroj

A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.

strojený

Artificial, not genuine.

strojník

A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.

strojovna

The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.

stromeček

(sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.

strop

(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room.

strouha

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

stroužek

(horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.

stručně

(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

stručnost

(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.

stručný

Of short duration; happening quickly. [from 15th c.]

štrúdl

(countable, and, uncountable) A pastry made from multiple thin layers of dough rolled up and filled with fruit, etc.

struh

(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

struhadlo

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

struk

(botany) A type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds.

struktura

A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.

struktura povrchu

The feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something.

strukturovaný

Having structure; organized.

struník

(music, lutherie) An element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.

strup

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.

strupatý

Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

strupovitost

(founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

strupovitý

Affected with scabs; full of scabs.

struska

Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.

stružka

A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.

strýc

A brother or brother-in-law of one's father. (This entry is a translation hub.)

strýček

(figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.

strychnin

(organic compound) A very toxic, colorless crystalline alkaloid, derived from nux vomica, used as a pesticide.

strž

(geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.

stud

An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

studánka

A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

student

A male pupil or student.

studentka

A male pupil or student.

studený

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

studie

An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.

studijní program

(US) The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.

studio

A place where radio or television programs, records or films are made.

studium

Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.

studna

A hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids.

studovat

To come to know; to become informed of; to find out.

studovna

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

stuha

A band fastened around a hat.

stůl

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.

stupeň

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

stupidní

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

stupínek

A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]

stupnice

The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

stupňování

(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.

stupňovat

(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).

stupňovitý

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

štupovat

(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

Stuttgart

An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Kansas, located in the north of the state off U.S. Route 36 7.6 mi west-northwest of Phillipsburg and 6.6 mi east-southeast of Prairie View.

štvát

(now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]

ství

A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

stvol

(botany) A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure.

stvoření

A living creature.

stvořitel

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

stvořitelka

(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.

stvrzenka

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

stý

The ordinal form of the number one hundred.

stydící se

Embarrassed.

stydká kost

The pubic bone; the part of the hipbone forming the front arch of the pelvis.

stydlivost

The quality of being shy; a fear of social interactions.

stydlivý

(dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.

styk

Sexual intercourse usually involving humans.

stýkat se

(intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To lodge or reside; to exist.

styl

Distinctive style or elegance.

stylistika

(linguistics) The study of literary style, and how it changes within different contexts.

stylový

Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.

stylus

(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

stýskání

A wistful or melancholy longing.

styžský

Infernal or hellish.