Czech–English dictionary

ák

(added to numbers, measurements or nouns denoting quantified sets) A person or thing to which a certain number or measurement applies.

akácie

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

akademi

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

akademička

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

akademický

Having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical and without obvious practical application; often with mystical or religious connotations.

akademie

A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

akademik

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

akcelerace

(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).

akceptování

An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

akceptovat

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

akceptovatelný

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

akcident

Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.

akcie

(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

akcionář

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

akcionářka

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

akciová společnost

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

aklimatizace

The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.

aklimatizovat

(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.

akné

A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

akomodace

(countable, medical) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.

akord

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

akordeon

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

akr

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

akreditace

The giving of credentials.

akreditovaný

Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.

akrobacie

The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

akrobat

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

akrobatika

The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

akrobatka

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

akronym

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

Akropole

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

Akropolis

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

aksamitník

Any of the New World plants, of the genus Tagetes, with orange, yellow or reddish flowers.

akt

(countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.

akta

A collection of papers and/or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject, together with a synopsis of their content.

aktinid

(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.

aktinoid

(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.

aktivace

Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.

aktivismus

The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

aktivista

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

aktivistka

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

aktivita

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

aktivně

In an active manner.

aktivní

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.

aktivovat

(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.

aktovka

A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.

aktualizovat

(transitive) To bring (a person) up to date: to inform (a person) about recent developments.

aktuální

Existing or occurring at the moment.

akupunktura

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

akurátní

Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.

akustický

Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds.

akustika

(usually, in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.

akvizice

The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

Alabama

A state of the United States. Capital: Montgomery. Largest city: Birmingham.

Alan

(historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.

Albánec

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

Albánie

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

Albánka

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

albánský

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

albánština

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Albany

The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.

Albert

A en given name.

Alberta

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

Albína

(rare) A en given name.

Albion

(now, poetic) Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).

album

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

alchymie

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

alchymista

One who practices alchemy.

alchymistický

(alchemy) Of or pertaining to the medieval chemical science and philosophy of alchemy.

ale

However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).

alej

A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.

aleluja

An exclamation used in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God.

Aleš

A en given name.

Alexandr

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Alexandra

A en given name.

Alexej

A en given name.

álf

(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.

alfa

The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

alfa samec

(zoology, ethology) The dominant male in a group of animals.

algoritmický

(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.

aliance

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

Alice

A en given name popular in England since the Middle Ages.

alifatický

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

aligátor

Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.

alimentární

Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.

alimenty

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

aljašský

Of or pertaining to Alaska, its people, or their culture.

alkálie

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.

alkan

(organic compound) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

alkohol

(countable, and, uncountable, slang) Any alcoholic drink.

alkohol test

A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

alkoholička

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

alkoholický

Having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents.

alkoholik

A person who is addicted to alcohol.

alkoholismus

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

alkoholizmus

A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

alkovna

(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.

Alláh

(Islam) God, in Islamic or Arabic contexts

almanach

(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.

almužna

Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

Alois

A en given name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.

alokovat

To set aside for a purpose.

alpaka

A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

alpinismus

The sport of climbing mountains.

alpský

Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.

Alpy

A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

Alsasan

A native or inhabitant of Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

Alsasko

A cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

alsaský

Of, from or relating to Alsace (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).

alsaština

The Germanic lect (language or dialect) spoken in Alsace.

altán

A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.

altánek

A shady, leafy shelter or recess in a garden or woods.

alternativa

A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. [from 17th c.]

alternativní

(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

alternátor

(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

altruista

A person showing altruism.

altruistický

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

aluze

An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned.

Alvin

A en given name.

Alžběta

The mother of John the Baptist according to the Christian and Islamic scriptures

alžbětinský

Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603.

Alžír

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

Alžířan

A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.

Alžířanka

A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.

Alžírsko

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]

alžírský

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.

amalgám

(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.

Amálie

A en given name.

amatér

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

amatérka

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

amatérský

(pejorative) Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.

Amazonka

(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

ambasáda

An organization or group of officials who permanently represent a sovereign state in a second sovereign state or with respect to an international organization such as the United Nations.

ambiciózní

(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.

ambivalentní

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

ambon

(Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

ambona

A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.

ambra

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.

Ambrož

A en given name.

ambrózie

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.

ambulance

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

ambulantní

(healthcare) Provided without requiring an overnight stay by the patient.

améba

(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.

amébiáza

(medicine) An infectious disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; amoebic dysentery.

amen

(biblical) Certainly; verily.

americká kobliha

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

Americký indián

(countable) An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik). [from 16th c.]

Amerika

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole.

ametyst

A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.

amfetamin

(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.