Czech–English dictionary

třesot

A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.

trest

(uncountable, dated) Suffering inflicted as punishment or penalty.

trestat

(transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.

trestný

Against the law; forbidden by law.

trestný čin

(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.

třetí

The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

třetí mocnina

(mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

třetí osoba

The person or thing in the third position.

třetina

One of three equal parts of a whole.

třetit

To divide into three equal parts.

tretka

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

Trevír

A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.

trezor

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

trh

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

trhák

(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.

trhan

A person with tattered clothing.

trhání

(dentistry) A removal of a tooth from its socket.

trhaný

Discontinuous, intermittent.

trhat

(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.

trhat se

(intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

trhavý

Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.

trhlina

An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

trhlý

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

trhnout

(transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.

trhnout sebou

(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.

trhnutí

A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.

tři

A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

triáda

A grouping of three.

triangl

(geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.

triangulace

(uncountable, surveying) A technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.

tribun

(historical) An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.

tribuna

(US, usually, in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.

tribunál

(legal) An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.

třicet

The cardinal number occurring after twenty-nine and before thirty-one, represented in Arabic numerals as 30.

tříčtvrteční kalhoty

(historical, now only, _, in the plural, or, attributive) A garment whose purpose is to cover or clothe the buttocks. [from 11th c.]

třída

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

třídění

The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.

třídit

(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

trigonometrie

(geometry, analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.

trik

A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.

třikrát

(somewhat, dated, outside, Asia, Canada, Australia, &) Three times.

trilión

(dated, _, British, Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (times a) million: 1 followed by eighteen zeros, 1018.

třímat

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.

trimestr

(sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.

třináct

The cardinal number occurring after twelve and before fourteen: ten and three.

třináctina

One of thirteen equal parts of a whole.

třináctý

The ordinal form of the number thirteen.

tringelt

A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation. [from mid-18th c.]

trinitrotoluen

A highly explosive yellow crystalline substance, (CH3C6H2(NO2)3), obtained by reacting nitric acid with toluene.

třínožka

A three-legged stand or mount.

triola

(music) A group of three notes played or written where two notes would ordinarily be; a form of tuplet.

triptych

(arts) A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.

tříska

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

třísknout

(informal) To strike heavily.

tříslo

The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.

tříštit se

(intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

tristní

Disappointingly inadequate.

třít

(transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.

trmácet se

(intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.

trn

An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers.

trnitý

Covered in spines or thorns.

trocha

A modest, small, or trifling amount.

trochu

To a small extent or degree.

trofej

An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.

Trója

(historical) An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.

troje

A numerical value after two and before four. Represented in Arabic digits as 3; this many dots (•••).

trojice

(Christianity) In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

trojjediný

(chiefly, religion, Christianity) Both trine and one at the same time.

trojka

(cards, occasionally, _, dice) A playing card or die with the rank of three.

trojkolka

A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.

trojlist

A symbol having the shape of such leaves, especially when used as an architectural ornament.

trojlístek

The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.

trojnásobně

By a factor of three.

trojnásobný

Three times as great.

trojnožka

A three-legged stand or mount.

trojský

Of, or relating to, the famed city of Troy or its inhabitants.

Trójský kůň

(figuratively) A subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.

trojtečka

(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.

trojúhelník

(geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.

trojúhelníkovitý

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

trojúhelníkový

Of, or pertaining to, triangles.

trojzvuk

(music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale OR any chord with three notes.

trol

(originally, Scandinavian, _, mythology, now, also, European folklore) a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges. [from early 17th c.]

trolej

A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.

trollování

The act of one who trolls (in various senses of provoking others).

trombón

A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).

trombóza

(pathology) The formation of thrombi in the blood vessels of a living organism, causing obstruction of the circulation.

tropismus

(uncountable, biology) The turning of an organism (chiefly a plant) or part of an organism either towards or away from a stimulus; (countable) an instance of this.

tropus

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.

tropy

(geography) The region of the Earth centred on the equator and lying between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn and characterized by a hot climate.

trosečník

(nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

trošička

A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.

troška

A small amount of something.

trosky

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

trouba

(derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person.

troubit

(intransitive, transitive) To produce a beep sound.

troud

Small dry sticks and finely-divided fibrous matter etc., used to help light a fire.

troufalost

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

troufalý

Courageous, daring.

troufat

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

trousit se

(intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.

trpaslík

(especially in, _, botany) Miniature.

trpělivě

In a patient manner.

trpělivost

The quality of being patient.

trpělivý

(of a person) Willing to wait if necessary; not losing one's temper while waiting.

trpící

Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.

trpkost

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

trpný

(grammar) Being in the passive voice.

třpyt

The quality of being bright.

třpytit

To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.

třpytit se

(intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

třpytivý

Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.

třpytka

(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.

trs

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

trs trávy

A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock. [from 10th c.]

trubač

Someone who plays a bugle.

trubadúr

An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.

trubec

(derogatory, slang) A stupid or foolish person.

trubka

(brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series

truchlení

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

truchlící

exhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person)

truchlit

(intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.

truchlozpěv

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

trucovat

(intransitive) To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.

trudnomyslný

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

truhla

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

truhlář

A maker of wooden furniture or fittings.

truhlík

(obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.

truismus

A self-evident or obvious truth.

trumpeta

(brass instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

trumpetista

Someone who plays the trumpet; a trumpeter.

trup

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

trus

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

trvalka

(botany) Of a plant: active throughout the year, or having a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.

trvalý

Unremitting, steady and persistent.

trvání

(obsolete) A given or assigned length of life; duration.

trvanlivost

The ability to last a long time by virtue of the power to resist stress or force.

trvat

(archaic, intransitive) To last, continue, endure.

trvat na

(with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.

trychtýř

A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.

trylek

A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.

trylkovat

(intransitive) To create a trill sound; to utter trills or a trill; to play or sing in tremulous vibrations of sound; to have a trembling sound; to quaver.

trysk

The fastest gait of a horse, a two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously.

tryska

A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

tryskat

(intransitive, also, figurative) To flow forth suddenly, in great volume.

trýzeň

Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.

trýznit

(transitive) To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.

tržiště

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

tržní

A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.

tržnice

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.