Czech–English dictionary

vzbouřený

Rebellious, opposing authority.

vzbudit

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

vzbudit se

(transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

vzdáleně

At a distance, far away.

vzdálenost

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

vzdálený

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

vzdát

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

vzdát se

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

vzdávat

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

vzdávat se

(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]

vzdech

A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.

vzdělání

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

vzdělaný

Learned in the ways of civilized society; civilized; refined.

vzdělat

(transitive) To instruct or train.

vzdělávací

Of, or relating to education.

vzdělávání

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

vzdor

The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.

vzdoropapež

(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

vzdorovat

(transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

vzdorovitý

Resistant to control; stubborn.

vzducholoď

(aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.

vzduchový

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

vzdušná čára

(mining, chiefly, historical) A dynamite fuse made with a small quantity of dynamite powder along its length, so that the spark travels quickly and at a specific known rate.

vzdušný

Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

vždy

At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.

vzedmout se

(intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

vzedmutí

A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

vzedmutý

protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

vzepřít

(informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.

vzepřít se

(transitive) To refuse to obey.

vzestup

The act of ascending; an ascent.

vzetí

The or an act of taking.

vzezření

An external appearance in manner or dress; an appropriate indication or expression; a garb; a shape.

vzhled

(legal) An instance of someone coming into a court of law to be part of a trial, lawsuit or other proceeding, either in person or represented by an attorney or such like; a court appearance

vzhledem k

Considering; taking into account.

vzhledem k tomu, že

(mostly, law) It being the fact that; inasmuch as. (Often used to begin recitals; sometimes emboldened or emphasized as a signifier.)

vzhůru

Not asleep; conscious.

vzít

(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).

vzít do soudní úschovy

(transitive, law) To hold in the custody of a court or its delegate.

vzít odvahu

(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

vzít si na sebe

(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.

vzít za své

(transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.

vzít zpět

To take back or withdraw (something that has been said or written); to disavow, to repudiate.

vžitý

Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.

vzkaz

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

vzkříšení

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

vzkřísit

(figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.

vzkvétající

Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.

vzkvétat

(intransitive) To grow or expand.

vzlet

A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.

vzlétnout

(surfing) To stand up on a surfboard and begin to surf a breaking wave.

vzletová a přistávací dráha

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

vzlykat

(intransitive) To weep with convulsive gasps.

vznášedlo

(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.

vznášení

The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism

vznášení se

The suspension of something via technical means without any mechanical support, such as by magnetism

vznášet

To remain stationary or float in the air.

vznášet se

To glide or soar.

vznešenost

(uncountable) The quality of being noble.

vznešený

Idealistic, implying over-optimism.

vznětlivý

Inflammable or easily ignited.

vznícení

The act of igniting.

vznik

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.

vznikající

Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

vzniknout

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

vznítit

(transitive) to set fire to (something), to light (something)

vznosný

High, tall, having great height or stature.

vzor

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

vzorek

A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.

vzorkování

(signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.

vzory

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

vzpěra

An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.

vzpírat

(informal, intransitive) To lift weights; to weight-lift.

vzpírat se

To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.

vzplanutí

A sudden outbreak, outburst or eruption (originally of flame, but now used more generally of any violent activity or emotion).

vzpomínání

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.

vzpomínka

A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

vzpoura

rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

vzpouzet se

(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.

vzpřímený

Vertical; erect.

vzpružit

(transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.

vzrušení

(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).

vzrušený

Having great enthusiasm, passion and energy.

vzrušit

(transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.

vzrůst

(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.

vzrůstající

(dated, rare) marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.

vzrušující

Creating or producing excitement.

vztah

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.

vztahovačný

(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.

vztahující se

Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.

vztažný

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

vztek

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

vztekání se

Fitful noise and violence.

vztekat se

To speak or protest loudly.

vztekle

In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

vzteklina

(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

vzteklý

Affected with rabies.

vztyčit

(transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Wales

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

waleština

(uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]

wampum

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

Washington

A placename:

wat

A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

watt

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of power; the power of a system in which one joule of energy is transferred per second. Symbol: W

WC

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Initialism of water closet: a lavatory; a toilet.

weber

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

webinář

An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

webkamera

(computing, photography) A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.

website

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

Wellington

(card games) In the game of nap, a bid that results in the bidder winning quadruple, or losing double, the amount staked.

western

(Should we move, merge or split([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiktionary%3ARequests+for+moves%2C+mergers+and+splits&action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfm-sense/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bnorthern+and+western%23rfm-sense-notice-en-%7cwestern%5D%5D +]) this sense?) (cinema) A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic (c. 1850–1910) American West (west of the Mississippi river) focusing on conflict between whites and Indians, lawmen and outlaws, ranchers and farmers, or industry (railroads, mining) and agriculture.

whisky

(Ireland, US, England) A drink of whiskey.

Wikcionář

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Wikipedie

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wikislovník

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Wisconsin

A state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

wolfram

A rare metallic chemical element (symbol W, from Latin wolframium) with an atomic number of 74.

Worms

An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wyoming

A state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Cheyenne.

wyverna

(heraldiccharge, mythology, fantasy) A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.

xantipa

(pejorative) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

Xaver

Any of various notable people with this name as given name or surname, especially Saint Francis Xavier, a Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552).

Xenie

A en given name of mainly historical use in English.

xenofobie

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

xenofobní

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

xenon

The chemical element (symbol Xe) with an atomic number of 54. It is a colorless, odorless, unreactive noble gas, used notably in camera flash technology.

xylofon

(percussion instrument) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.

yard

(obsolete) The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16+1⁄2 feet.

yeti

(cryptozoology) An unidentified humanoid animal said to live in the Himalayas.

ypsilon

The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.

Yukon

A territory in northern Canada. Capital: Whitehorse.

z

With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.

z dáli

At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

za

(Irish, Newfoundland, usually, preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity.

za chvíli

Soon; in a little while.

za druhé

In the second place.

za prvé

(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.

za školou

(specifically) Of a student: absent from school without permission.

za třetí

In the third place; third in a row.

žába

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

zabalit

To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.

zábava

(uncountable) Entertainment.

zabavit

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

zábavný

Very amusing; that entertains.

zabedněný

Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

zabednit

To furnish (something) with battens (noun sense 1).

zabetonovat

(usually, transitive) To cover with or encase in concrete (building material).

žabí muž

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

zabíjet

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

zabít

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.