Czech–English dictionary

dolík

Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.

dolina

An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.

dolní

Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.

dolní celá část

(mathematics) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number.

dolní čelist

The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.

dolovat

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.

dolů

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

doma

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at,‎ home. In one's place of residence.

domácí

Made at home.

domácí krb

(figurative) Home or family life.

domácí mazlíček

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.

domácí práce

domestic household chores such as cleaning and cooking

domácí úkol

(literally, now, _, rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.

domácí úkoly

(literally, now, _, rare) Any work that is done at home; housework.

domácí zvíře

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.

domácký

Characteristic of, belonging to, or befitting a home; domestic, cosy. [from early 14th c.]

domeček na stromě

(chiefly, US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.

doména

A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.

domestik

(cycle racing) A cyclist on a cycle racing team whose role is to assist the team's designated leaders (for example, by riding in front of them to create a slipstream, or to set the pace), even if at the expense of their own individual performance.

dominance

The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy.

dominanta

(music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.

dominantní

Ruling; governing; prevailing

dominický

Of, from, or pertaining to Dominica, or its people.

Dominik

A en given name, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.

dominikán

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

Dominikánec

A person from the Dominican Republic or of its descent.

dominikánka

A member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic.

domino

Any of several games played by arranging domino tiles on a flat surface.

dominová kostka

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

dominovat

To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power

dominový kámen

(dominoes) A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. [from c. 1800]

domlouvat

(ambitransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.

domluva

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

domnělý

Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

domněnka

Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.

domnívat se

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

domorodec

(potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.]

domovina

The country of one's ancestors.

domovní zvonek

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

domovnice

(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).

domovník

(Scotland, Hong Kong) A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).

domů

(internet) To the home page.

domýšlivost

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

domýšlivý

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Don

A river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov.

donašeč

(slang) An informer, one who betrays their group.

donášet

(slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.

donucení

Constraint by threat.

donucovací

Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce.

donutit

(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.

doopravdy

(modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

dopad

(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.

dopadat

(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.

dopadnout

(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.

dopal

Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.

dopálený

Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

dopalovat

(transitive) to irritate; annoy; bother

dopamin

(neurotransmitter, pharmaceutical drug) A monoamine C8H11NO2 that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin.

doping

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dopink

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.

dopis

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

dopisovatel

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

dopisovatelka

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

doplněk

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

doplnit

(transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate.

dopoledne

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

doporučeníhodný

(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

doporučit

(transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

doporučovat

(transitive) To recommend (a course of action).

doposud

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

dopouštět se násilí

(transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.

dopřát si

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.

doprava

The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

dopřávat si

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.

dopravce

A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

dopravit

(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

dopravní letoun

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

dopravník

A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.

dopředu

(nautical) At, near, or towards the bow of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

doprošovat se

To beg or request for (something).

doprovod

(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

doprovodit

(transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.

doprovodný

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]

dopustit se násilí

(transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.

dorazit

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

Dorota

A en given name.

dorozumívání

A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.

dort

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

dortík

A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).

doručená pošta

(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.

doručení

The act of conveying something.

doručit

To bring or transport something to its destination.

dorzální

(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

dosah

The ability to reach or touch with the person, a limb, or something held or thrown.

dosáhnout

(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]

dosahovat

(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]

dosazení

The act of installing; installation.

dosažitelný

Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.

došek

Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

doširoka otevřený

Wide open.

doširoka rozevřený

Wide open.

doslech

Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.

doslov

an epilogue.

doslova

With phrasings that might normally be used or understood as figurative: truly; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor.

doslovně

Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.

doslovný

Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.

dospělá

An animal that is full-grown.

dospělost

The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

dospělý

Fully grown.

dospívající

A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.

dospívání

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

dost

Sufficiently.

dostat

(sports) To have a goal or point scored against

dostat smyk

(intransitive) To slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard, the wheels sliding with limited spinning.

dostat záchvat

(intransitive) To have a seizure.

dostat závrať

(transitive) To make (someone or something) dizzy or unsteady; to dizzy.

dostatečně

(manner) In a sufficient manner; enough.

dostatečnost

(uncountable) The quality or condition of being sufficient.

dostatečný

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

dostatek

(countable) An adequate amount.

dostávat

(transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.

dostaveníčko

An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.

dostih

Any of several annual horse races.

dostředivý

Carrying towards.

dostupnost

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.

dostupný

Easy of access or approach. [from 1640s]

dosud

(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.

dotace

Property or funds invested for the support and benefit of a person or not-for-profit institution.

dotáhnout

(transitive) To make tighter.

dotázaný

A person replying to a questionnaire.

dotazník

A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.

dotčenost

A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.

dotčený

(informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.

dotek

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

dotěrně

(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.

dotěrný

Causing weariness; tiresome.

dotírat

To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.

dotknout

(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.

dotknout se

To wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.

dotovat

(transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.

dotřes

(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").

dotyk

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

dotýkat

(transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with.

dotýkat se

(transitive) To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. [from 14th c.]

doubrava

(countable) A wood populated with oak trees.

doubravina

(countable) A wood populated with oak trees.

doufat

(intransitive) To hope, to wish.

doutnat

(intransitive) To worsen, especially due to lack of attention.

doutník

A cigar with square-cut ends.

dovádění

Rough or rowdy play that can often result in unintentional physical harm.