Czech–English dictionary

synkretismus

(chiefly, religion) The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).

synod

(Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

synoda

(Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

synonymní

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

synopse

(authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.

synovec

A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).

synovský

(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

syntax

(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

syntaxe

(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

syntezátor

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

sypat

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

sypký

Not compact.

sýr

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

Syřan

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

Syřanka

A person from Syria or of Syrian descent.

Sýrie

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

syrovátka

The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

syrový

In a natural, untreated state.

syrský

Of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syrian language.

sysel

A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).

systém

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

systematika

The classification system of a branch of science, especially the classification of organisms in biology.

systematizovat

To arrange into a systematic order; to make systematic; to organise as a system

systémový

(archaic, or, academic) Of, relating to, or being a system.

systolický

(maths) Relating to the mathematical concept of a systole

sytič

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

sytost

The state of being satiated.

sytý

Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

syžet

(narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. [from 1640s]

sžíravý

(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.

tableta

(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.

tabloid

(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.]

Tábor

A mountain in Israel, Mount Tabor

táborák

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

tábořit

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

tabu

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

tabule

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.

tabulka

A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.

tabulkový procesor

(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

taburet

A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool. [from 19th c.]

tác

The large forward ring on a bicycle that a chain attaches to, in order to transfer energy to a wheel. It consists of one or more sprockets that are driven by the cranks and pedals of the bicycle.

tácek

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

tachykardie

(medicine, cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. [from 19th c.]

tady

(location) In, on, or at this place (a place perceived to be close to the speaker); compare there.

taft

A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.

tágo

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

tagovat

(transitive) To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag.

tah

A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).

tah na bránu

A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.

tahač

Something, such as a tugboat, that tows.

tahák

A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.

tahanice

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

tahat

(intransitive) To contend or vie in order to acquire something.

Tahiti

the largest island in French Polynesia.

táhnout

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

táhnout se

To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.

taipan

Any venomous elapid snake of the genus Oxyuranus, found in Australia and New Guinea. [from 20th c.]

Taiwan

A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei. [from 20th c.]

tajemně

In a mysterious manner.

tajemník

A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.

tajemný

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

tajemství

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

tajfun

(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.

tajga

A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

tajit

(transitive) To give a false representation of. [from 17th c.]

tajná neřest

(idiomatic) Something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo, unadvisable or lowbrow.

tajně

In a surreptitious manner; stealthily, furtively, secretly.

tajnůstkářský

Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

tajný

Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

tajuplně

In an eerie manner.

tajuplný

Inspiring fear, especially in a mysterious or shadowy way; strange, weird.

tak

To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.

tak či tak

(modal, set phrase) Generally, all things considered

tak jo

Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.

také

(conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14th c.]

takeláž

Dress; tackle; especially (nautical) , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.

takhle

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

takin

A goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.

takový

A person, a thing, people, or things like the one or ones already mentioned.

takt

(music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition; a bar. [from 17th c.]

taktický

Of or relating to tactics.

taktika

A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

taktní

Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.

takto

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

taktovka

(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.

takže

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

talamus

(neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.

talár

The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.

talent

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

talentovaný

Endowed with one or more talents.

tálib

A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Tálibán

A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.

talíř

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

talisman

A magical object providing protection against ill will, or the supernatural, or conferring the wearer with a boon such as good luck, good health, or power(s).

Tallinn

The capital city of Estonia.

Talmud

(Judaism) A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).

tam

In that place; there (at some distance).

tamburína

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.

tamilský

Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.

tamilština

Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.

tampón

A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.

tamta

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

tamten

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

tamto

(demonstrative) The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.

tančit

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

tancovat

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

tanec

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

tanečnice

(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

tanečník

(dance) A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

tangens

(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

Tanger

A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.

tango

(dance) A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.

tání

The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.

tank

An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.

tankista

(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.

Tanzanie

A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

taoista

A follower of Taoism.

taoistický

Relating to Taoism.

tapas

A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.

tápat

To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

tapioka

A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.

tapiserie

A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.

tarbík

Any of a number of species comprising the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.

tarif

A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.

taroky

(singular or plural) A card game played in various different variations.

tartan

A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.]

tasemnice

(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

tasit

(transitive) To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove.

taška

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

tát

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

táta

(informal) A father, a male parent.

Taťána

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Татья́на (Tatʹjána).

Tatar

A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

Tatarka

A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

tatarský

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

tatarština

An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.

tatínek

(informal) A father, a male parent.

taťka

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

tato

(abstract) This time, the present situation.

tau

The letter Τ//τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.

tautologický

Of, relating to, or using tautology.

tavba

(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

tavení

(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.

tavit

(ergative) To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.

taxa

The amount of money levied for a service.

taxi

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

taxík

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

taxonomický

(taxonomy) Of or relating to taxonomic classification.

taxonomie

(life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

tázací

(grammar) Asking or denoting a question.