Czech–English dictionary

Dubaj

A city in the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Dubai emirate.

duben

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.

dubina

(countable) A wood populated with oak trees.

Dublin

(metonym) The government of the Republic of Ireland.

Dubrovník

A city and port in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea; formerly, Ragusa.

duch

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

duchaplnost

the quality of being witty

důchod

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

důchodce

(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

důchodkyně

(chiefly, UK, Canada) Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.

duchovenstvo

Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

duchovní

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

dudák

One who plays the bagpipes.

dudlík

(North America) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]

dudy

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

duha

A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

duhovka

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

důkaz

(mathematics, philosophy) A proof.

důkazní břemeno

(legal) The duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion; the onus probandi.

důkazní povinnost

(legal) Burden of proof, onus probandi.

důkladně

In a thorough or complete manner.

důkladnost

The state of being thorough.

důkladný

Thorough; comprehensive.

důl

(British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

důlčík

(countable) A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface.

důlek

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

důležitost

The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.

důležitý

Having relevant and crucial value; having import.

dům

(countable) A closed structure with walls and a roof.

duma

A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).

dumání

thought, meditation, contemplation

dumat

(intransitive) (typically with over, on or about) To dwell upon moodily and at length, mainly alone.

důmyslný

(of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.

duna

(geomorphology) A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

Dunaj

(with the) A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.

dunění

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

dunět

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

dunivý

Loud and resonant.

duo

(musician group) Two musicians who perform music together.

dupačky

(US) A one-piece garment for an infant or small child, generally worn over a diaper.

dupat

(intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.

duplikát

One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

dur

Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)

důrazný

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

duření

A swelling due to the presence of fluid.

Durga

A powerful Indian female deity.

durian

The spiky edible fruit of this tree, known for its strong taste and very strong, unpleasant odor.

durový

Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)

dusat

(intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.

dusátko

A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.

důsažný

Having impact. [from c. 1940]

duše

The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.

dušení

The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.

dušený

Cooked by steaming.

duševně zdravý

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.

duševní

(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

duševní porucha

(psychology) A serious mental imbalance or illness.

duševní rovnováha

Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

dusík

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

dusit

(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

důsledek

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

dušnost

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

dusný

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.]

důstojník

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

Důstojnost

(Christianity) A title indicating respect, prefixed to the names of Christian clergy.

důstojný

Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.

dutina

(now, _, uncommon) A hollow in a rock; a cave or cavern. [from 9th c.]

dutinka

(printing) A hollow cylindrical piece of cardboard around which a web of paper or plastic is wound.

důtka

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

důtky

(nautical) A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.

dutý

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

důvěra

A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

důvěřivý

Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

důvěrník

A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

důvěrnost

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

důvěrný

Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly

důvěřovat

(intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.

důvěryhodnost

Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

důvěryhodný

Deserving of trust, reliable.

důvod

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

důvtip

(UK, Irish) Common sense, initiative, resourcefulness. [from early 18th c.]

důvtipný

(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

dužina

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

dužnina

The soft center of a fruit.

dva

The digit/figure 2.

dva týdny

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

dvacátý

The ordinal form of the number twenty.

dvacet

The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

dvacka

(colloquial) A banknote with a denomination of 20.

dvakrát

Two times.

dvanáct

The cardinal number occurring after eleven and before thirteen, represented in Arabic numerals as 12 and in Roman numerals as XII.

dvanáctý

The ordinal form of the number twelve, describing a person or thing in position number 12 of a sequence.

dvě

A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).

dveře

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

dveřník

The person in charge of an entryway, sometimes just a doorman, sometimes responsible for security in the immediate area of the entryway, similar to a bouncer.

dvířka

A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.

dvojče

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

dvoje

A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••).

dvojice

Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.

dvojitě

(usually, of relative importance, of degree, quantity or measure) In a double manner; with twice the severity or degree.

dvojitý

Of twice the quantity.

dvojjazyčný

Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.

dvojka

(cards) A card with two pips, one of four in a standard deck of playing cards.

dvojková soustava

(mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.

dvojkový

(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

dvojlist

A book made of sheets of paper each folded in half (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 centimetres in height.

dvojnásobně

In a double degree; doubly.

dvojné číslo

(mathematics) Of a vector in an inner product space, the linear functional corresponding to taking the inner product with that vector. The set of all duals is a vector space called the dual space.

dvojníčka

A remarkably similar double.

dvojník

A remarkably similar double.

dvojný

Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.

dvojsmysl

(countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

dvojtečka

The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.

dvojverší

(literature) A pair of lines, typically with rhyming end words.

Dvořák

(music) Antonín Leopold Dvořák, Czech composer

dvořan

A person in attendance at a royal court.

dvořanka

A person in attendance at a royal court.

dvorec

(anatomy) The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.

dvorek

A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

dvoření

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

dvořit se

(transitive) To attempt to attract; to invite by attractions; to allure.

dvouhra

(sports, plurale tantum) A game between individual players.

dvounažka

The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.

dvůr

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

dýchání

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

dýchat

(ambitransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

dychtit

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

dychtivý

Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.

dýha

A thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.

dýhovat

(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

dýka

(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.

dým

(uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.

dýmat

(intransitive) To give off smoke.

dynamika

(physics) The branch of mechanics that is concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.

dynamit

A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.

dynastie

A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

dýně

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

dysfemismus

(uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one that is derogatory, offensive or vulgar) to replace a (more) neutral original.

dysforie

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

dysfunkce

(mostly, medical) A failure to function in an expected or complete manner. Usually refers to a disorder in a bodily organ (e.g. erectile dysfunction), a mental disorder, or the improper behavior of a social group.

dýško

An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.

dyslektický

Of or pertaining to dyslexia.

dyslektik

A person who has dyslexia.

dyslexie

(neurology, pathology) A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.

dýza

A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

dyzentérie

(pathology) A disease characterised by inflammation of the intestines, especially the colon (large intestine), accompanied by pus (white blood cells) in the feces, fever, pain in the abdomen, high-volume diarrhea, and possible blood in the feces.

džaur

(religious slur) A non-Muslim, especially a Christian, an infidel; especially as used by Turkish people with particular reference to Christians such as Greeks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Serbs and Assyrians.

džbán

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

džbánek

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water

džehenna

In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation.