Czech–English dictionary

chiropraktik

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chirurg

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chirurgický zákrok

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

chirurgyně

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chiruržka

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chlácholit

(transitive) To appease (someone).

chlad

(uncountable) A condition of low temperature.

chladič

(automotive, mechanical) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.

chladicí kapalina

A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.

chladně

In a manner that shows no emotion.

chladnička

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

chladný

Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

chlap

(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.

chlapácký

(slang, originally, _, Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

chlapec

A male child. [from 15th c.]

chlápek

(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.

chlapík

(informal) A male person; a bloke, a chap, a guy, a man; also, preceded by a modifying word, sometimes with a sense of mild reproach: used as a familiar term of address to a man.

chlast

(colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage (especially beer or hard liquor).

chlastat

(intransitive, or, transitive) To drink to excess.

chlazení

(uncountable) Refrigeration.

chlebař

(gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

chlemtat

To drink or eat quickly, voraciously, or to excess; to gulp down; to swallow greedily, continually, or with gusto.

chlípně

(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.

chlípný

Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

chlípný pohled

A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.

chlív

(figurative) A messy, dirty or debauched place.

chlívek

An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

chlopeň

A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.

chlór

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

chlorát

(chemistry) Any salt of chloric acid.

chlorečnan

(chemistry) Any salt of chloric acid.

chlorid

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid.

chloroform

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

chlorofyl

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

chlouba

Something that exhibits exceptional quality, something worth being shown.

chlubil

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

chlubit

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

chlubit se

(intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.

chlup

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

chmurný

Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.

chmýří

Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.

chňapnout

(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.

chobot

The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.

chobotnice

(countable, strictly) A mollusc from genus Octopus.

chocholka

A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.

chod

(culinary) A stage of a meal.

chodba

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

chodec

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

chodidlo

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

chodit

(transitive) To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.

chodit (s někým)

To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

chodit po špičkách

(intransitive) To walk quietly with only the tips of the toes touching the ground. [from late 14th C.]

chodit za zábavou

(intransitive) To move from one location to another in an apparently random and frivolous manner.

chodkyně

A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.

chodníček

A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

cholera

(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.

cholesterol

(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

chomáč

A tangled clump of hair or similar.

chomout

A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.

chopit se

(transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

chór

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

chorál

(Christianity) A form of Lutheran or Protestant hymn tune.

choreograf

A person who choreographs.

choroba

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

chorobný

(originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]

choroboplodný

(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.

choroboplodný zárodek

A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.

Chorvat

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Chorvatka

An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.

Chorvatsko

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

chorvatský

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

chorvatština

Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.

choť

The spouse of a monarch.

choulit se

(intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.

choulostivý

Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky. [from 19th c.]

choutky

A strong desire; yearning.

chovanec

A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).

chování

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

chovat

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

chovat se

(intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.

chození

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chození za školu

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

chrabrost

Strength of mind in regard to danger; the quality which enables a person to encounter danger with firmness

chrabrý

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

chrám

(countable, Christianity) A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place. [from 9th c.]

chráněný

defended

chránit

To protect; to keep from harm or injury.

chrápání

The act of snoring, and the noise produced.

chrápat

(ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

chraplavý

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

chraptivý

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

chrastítko

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

chrchel

(US, slang) A thick quantity of sputum, usually containing phlegm.

chřest

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

chřestýš

Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

chřipka

(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

chrlič

A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters.

chrlit

(transitive) To eject forcibly and in a stream,

chro

Representing the grunting sound made by a pig.

chrobák velký

Any of species Geotrupes stercorarius of large European dung beetles that make a droning noise while flying.

chrochtání

The snorting cry of a pig.

chrochtat

(intransitive, of a pig) To make a grunt or grunts.

chrom

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

chromovat

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

chromozom

(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

chromý

(especially, of an, animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

Chronická

(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.

chronolog

A person skilled in chronology.

chronologický

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

chronometr

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

chroupat

(ambitransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

chroust

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

chroust obecný

Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation.

chroustat

(ambitransitive) To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently.

chrt

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

chrupavka

(skeleton, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.

Chruščov

English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.

chryzantéma

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

chtíč

A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.

chtít

(transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. [from 8th c.]

chtivý

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

Chu-nan

A province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting. Capital: Changsha.

chuchvalcovitý

Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

chuchvalec

(countable) A lump of soft or sticky material.

chucpe

(informal) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion.

chudačka

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

chudák

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

chuďas

One who is extremely poor.

chudí

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

chudoba

(uncountable) Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.

chudokrevnost

(American spelling, uncountable, pathology) A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue.

chudokrevný

Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.

chudý

In need; poor.

chujovina

(US, vulgar, Spanglish) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.

chuligán

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.

chuligánka

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.

chumel

(by extension) Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic.

chundelatý

Like a bush in having many branches that spread out densely in all directions.

chuť

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

chuť do života

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

chutnat

(intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.

chutný

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

chůva

A child's nurse.

chůze

Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving on legs.

chvála

The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

chválit

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

chvalořečení

Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

chvalozpěv

Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.

chvályhodný

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

chvástání

Pompous, officious talk.