Czech–English dictionary

violoncello

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.

vír

A whirlwind, whirlpool, or similarly moving matter in the form of a spiral or column.

víra

(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.

virbl

(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.

víření

(figuratively) Anything that involves constant violent or chaotic activity around some centre.

Virgiňan

A native or resident of the state of Virginia in the United States of America.

virgule

Rod used for dowsing, a technique of divination used to locate subterranean sources of water, metal, other mineral resources or even various other things through magic, or according to many believers a natural phenomenon.

vířit

(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.

vířivka

A hot tub or whirlpool bath with underwater jets that massage the body.

virtuální

Simulated in a computer and/or online.

virulence

The state of being virulent.

virulentní

(medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host.

visací zámek

A detachable lock that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle

viset

(intransitive) To hang extended from the mouth, like the tongue of an animal heated from exertion. [from 1610s]

víska

A small village or a group of houses.

viskózní

Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).

višňová

Of a bright red color; cherry red.

Višnu

(Hinduism) One of the Trimurti (trinity) in Hindu mythology, and the most venerated god in Hinduism.

vistárie

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.

visutá hrazda

A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.

Vít

A en given name.

vitalismus

The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.

vitalita

(biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.

vitální

Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy

vítáme tě

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

vítáme vás

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

vitamín

Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function; found in minute amounts in plant and animal foods or sometimes produced synthetically; deficiencies of specific vitamins produce specific disorders.

vítaný

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

vítej

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

vítejte

Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

vítěz

(by extension) An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages.

vítězit

(transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.

vítězka

One who has won or often wins.

vítězoslavně

In a triumphant manner.

vítězství

The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.

vítr

(countable) Expulsion of such gas through the anus.

vitrina

A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

vize

A mental image.

vizionář

Someone who has visions; a seer.

vízum

A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

vjem

The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.

vkapat

(transitive) To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

vklad

(banking) Money placed in a bank account, as for safekeeping or to earn interest.

vkládat

(transitive) To enter data.

vkus

One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.

vkusný

Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.

vláčet

(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

vláčet se

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

vláda

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

vladař

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

vladařství

A system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.

vládce

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Vladivostok

A city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai.

vládkyně

A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

vládní

Relating to a government.

vládnout

(intransitive) To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.

vládnutí

The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.

vláha

The state of being moist.

vlahý

Of weather, mild and pleasant.

vlaječka

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

vlajka

(in the plural) A standard or banner.

vlajkosláva

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

vlajková výzdoba

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

vlajkovina

(nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.

vlajkový stožár

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

vláknitý

Of or pertaining to fibre.

vlákno

(countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.

Vlám

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

Vlámka

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

vlámský

Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.

vlámština

Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders.

vlas

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

vlasové nudle

Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

vlašský ořech

A nut of the walnut tree.

vlast

The country of one's ancestors.

vlastenec

A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.

vlastenecký

Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country

vlastenectví

Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

vlastenka

A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.

vlastizrada

Criminal disloyalty to one's country or a sovereign.

vlastizrádce

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

vlastizrádkyně

(by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.

vlastní

(archaic) Accustomed; usual.

vlastní životopis

(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

vlastnička

One who owns something.

vlastnictví

Something that is owned.

vlastník

One who owns something.

vlastnit

(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.

vlastnost

A characteristic or quality of a thing.

vlaštovka

Hirundo rustica, the most widespread species of swallow in the world; a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings, is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

vlasy

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

vlát

(intransitive, archaic) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

vlažný

Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.

vlčí

Wolfish (all senses); wolflike.

vlčí bob

Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.

vlečení

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

vléci

(transitive) To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

vléci se

To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

vlečné lano

A rope or cable used in towing.

vléct

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

vléct se

(intransitive) To walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.

vlevo

On the left side.

vlezdoprdelka

(figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.

vlezlý

Falsely earnest, smug, ingratiating, or pious.

vlhká

(slang, vulgar, of a female) Sexually aroused and thus having the vulva moistened with vaginal secretions.

vlhkost

The state of being moist.

vlhký

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

vlhnout

(intransitive) To become moist or moister.

vlichotit se

(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.

vlídně

In a benevolent manner.

vlídný

Kind; gentle; mild.

vliv

(informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

vlivný

Having or exerting influence.

vlk

A toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string.

vlkodlak

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

vlna

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

vlněný

Made of wool.

vlnitý

Having curls.

vlnka

A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

vlnolam

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

vlnová délka

(physics) The length of a single cycle of a wave, as measured by the distance between one peak or trough of a wave and the next; it is often designated in physics as λ, and corresponds to the velocity of the wave divided by its frequency.

vlnovec

Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.

vlnovka

A diacritical mark ⟨˜⟩ placed above a letter to modify its pronunciation.

vločka

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

vlog

(Internet) A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. [from 21st c.]

vloha

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

vložit

(transitive) To put money or funds into an account.

vmáčknout se

(ambitransitive) To fit into a tight place.

vměšovat

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

vmetek

(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.

vmísit

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

vnadná

(of a woman) Having a full, voluptuous figure, especially possessing large breasts.

vnadný

(of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

vně

On the outside of, not inside (something, such as a building).

vnějšek

The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.

vnější

Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.

vnější lesk

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.

vnější nátěr

An attractive appearance that covers or disguises one's true nature or feelings, the veneer of culture.

vnímající

Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.

vnímání

Conscious understanding of something.

vnímat

(transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

vnímavý

(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.

vnitřek

The interior or inner part.

vnitřně

In an intrinsic manner; internally; essentially.

vnitřní

Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.

vnitřnosti

(usually used in the plural) ; an internal organ of an animal.

vnitrozemí

The interior part of a country.

vnouče

A child of someone's child.

vnučka

The daughter of someone's child.

vnucovat

(transitive) To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.