Czech–English dictionary

zdokonalovat

To gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve.

zdolat

To overcome an abstract obstacle.

zdolávat

To cause to surround, to cover.

zdráhat

To be unwilling to give or allow (someone something). [from 16th c.]

zdravit

(transitive) To greet; give salutation to; salute.

zdravotní karta

(countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

zdravotní sestra

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

zdravý

(dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

zdravý rozum

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

zdrbat

(transitive, informal) To criticize harshly.

zdrcený

Broken, saddened, depressed, devastated.

zdrhnout

(intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

zdřímnout si

(informal, chiefly, UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

zdřímnutí

(informal, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.

zdrobnělina

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

zdroj

(Internet) online content presented sequentially:

zdrtit

(transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.

zdrženlivost

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

zdrženlivý

Wary, careful, shrewd.

zdržet

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

zdržet se

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

zdržování

trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion

zdržovat

(ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.

zdržovat se

(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

zdůraznění

Special attention or prominence given to something.

zdůraznit

(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

zdůrazňovat

(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

zduřelý

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

zduření

A swelling due to the presence of fluid.

zduřet

(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

zdůvodnění

(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

zdvihání

An act of lifting or raising.

zdvihat

To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.

zdvihnout

(transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).

zdvižení

(countable) An effort to raise something, such as a weight or one's own body, or to move something heavy.

zdvojit

(transitive) To make a copy of.

zdvojnásobit

(transitive) To multiply by two.

zdvořile

In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.

zdvořilost

Courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others; social harmony.

zdvořilý

Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.

zdymadlo

A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.

ze

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

že ano

Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.

ze strachu, že ...

For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.

žebračka

A person who begs.

žebrák

A person who begs.

žebrat

(intransitive) To request the help of someone, often in the form of money.

žebříček

A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.

zeď

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

zednická lžíce

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

zednictví

The art or occupation of a mason.

zedník

A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.

zefýr

Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze.

Zefyros

(Greek god) The god of the West Wind.

žehlit

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

žehnání

Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

žehnat

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

žehrat

(intransitive, originally, military, _, slang, informal) To complain or grumble. [from late 19th c.]

zející

Wide open.

zejména

(focus) Especially, individually or specifically.

zejtra

On the day after the present day.

Zéland

A province of the Netherlands.

želatina

A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc.

želatinová tobolka

a pill where the medicine is held inside gelatin capsules

zeleň

Green foliage or verdure.

zelená

The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.

zelenáč

(chiefly, US) An inexperienced person; a novice, beginner, or newcomer.

zeleninový banán

The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

zelený

The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.

zelený zákal

(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

želet

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

železářské zboží

Metal implements.

železnatý

(chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.

železnice

The transport of passengers and goods by means of wheeled vehicles that are specially designed to run on railways or railroads.

železniční spodek

The supporting part of a structure (either physical or organizational; the foundation).

železný kozlík

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

zelinář

(chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A person who sells fresh vegetables and fruit, normally from a relatively small shop.

želízka

A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

zelkova

A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]

zelkova habrolistá

A tree of species Zelkova carpinifolia.

zelný salát

A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).

želva

Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly, North America) or the order Testudines (chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, India) , whose body is enclosed in a shell (carapace plus plastron). The animal can withdraw its head and four legs partially into the shell, providing some protection from predators.

zemák

(informal) A potato. [from 1845]

Země

The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.

zemědělec

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

zemědělská půda

Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.

zemědělská výroba

The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.

zemědělský

Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.

zemědělství

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

zeměkoule

The planet Earth.

zeměměřič

A person occupied with surveying: the process of determining positions on the earth's surface.

zeměměřičství

The applied science of accurately determining the position of points and the distances between them.

zeměpis

The study of the physical properties of the earth, including how humans affect and are affected by them.

zeměpisný

Pertaining to geography (or to geographics).

žemle

A miniature round loaf of bread, often accompanying a meal.

zemljanka

(military) A pit dug into the ground as a shelter, especially from enemy fire.

zemní

Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.

zemnice

(military) A pit dug into the ground as a shelter, especially from enemy fire.

zemřelý

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

zemský

Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.

zen

(religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.

žena

One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.

žena v domácnosti

(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

ženatý

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

ženich

A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

ženit

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. [from 14th c.]

ženit se

(transitive) To marry.

ženitba

The state of being married. [from 14th c.]

ženšen

Any plant of two species of the genus Panax (Panax ginseng and Panax quinquefolius), having forked roots supposed to have medicinal and aphrodisiac properties.

ženská

(pejorative, slang) A woman.

ženskost

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

ženský

Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it. [from 14th c.]

ženský rod

(grammar) The feminine gender.

ženství

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

zeptat se

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

žerď

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

žert

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

žertík

Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.

žertovat

(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.

žertovný

playful; characterized by joking

žerzej

(uncountable) A type of fabric knit.

zešikmit

(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.

zesílený

Raised up, amplified.

zeslabit

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

zeslábnout

To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]

zesměšnění

Act of treating with disdain.

zesměšnit

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

zesměšňovat

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

zesnulý

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

zestárnout

Of, or relating to old age.

žestě

(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.

žesťový

(music) A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound; a band or the section of an orchestra that features such instruments.

zet

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.

zéta

The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)

žeton

A token used in a special establishment like a casino.

Zeus

(Greek god) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.

zevrubný

Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

žezlo

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

zfetovaný

(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.

zfušovat

(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

žhář

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

žhářka

One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.

žhářský

Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.

žhářství

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

zhatit

(transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

žhavé uhlíky

The smoldering or glowing remains of a fire, smoldering ash.

žhavící

Emitting light as a result of being heated.

žhavý

A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.

zhltat

(transitive, idiomatic) To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.

zhltnout

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.