Czech–English dictionary

džem

(less common in the, _, US, &, Canada) A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts

džez

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.

džin

A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.

džingl

(broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.

džínovina

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

džínsovina

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

džínsy

denim trousers

džíny

denim trousers

džíp

(genericized trademark) A sport utility vehicle or similar four-wheel-drive vehicle.

džiu-džitsu

A Japanese martial art and method of self-defence, typically unarmed, emphasizing manipulating an opponent’s force against themselves rather than directly opposing it with force, and using a wide variety of holds, throws, and defensive techniques.

džunka

(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

džus

(uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.

ě

Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.

e-mail

(uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.

ebenové dřevo

(countable) A tree that yields such wood.

ebonit

The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur; vulcanite.

ec

(added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.

echo

A reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer.

edém

(medicine) An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.

edikt

A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

Edita

A en given name.

editor

(computing) A program for creating and making changes to files, especially text files.

editovat

To change a text, or a document.

Edmonton

The capital city of Alberta, Canada.

Edo

(historical) The former name of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan.

Eduard

A en given name.

Edvard

A en given name.

efekt

(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.

efektivita

The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

efektivně

In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.

efektivní

Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.

efektivnost

A degree of ability to produce a desired effect; effectiveness.

efemerní

Lasting for a short period of time.

efendi

An educated or well-respected man in an eastern Mediterranean or Arab country; often used as a title of respect or courtesy in Turkey or a former Ottoman territory.

eferentní

Carrying away from.

efuze

(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.

ego

(psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.

egoismus

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.

Egypt

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

Egypťan

A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.

egyptský

Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

egyptština

The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt

einsteinium

A transuranic chemical element (symbol Es) with atomic number 99: a soft, silvery, paramagnetic metal.

ej-

Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.

ejakulace

(specifically) A reflex in human beings and other mammals in response to sexual stimulation involving the forcible ejection from the urethra of, in males, semen; and, in females, vaginal fluid.

ejakulát

Fluid or some other substance ejected or suddenly thrown from a duct or other body structure; specifically, semen or vaginal fluid ejected by a human being or other mammal during an ejaculation.

ejhle

(archaic, _, except in the phrase lo and behold) look, see, behold (in an imperative sense).

eji

(added to certain adverbs) More; used to form the comparative.

ejší

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative.

Ejtan

A en given name, of mostly American usage since the 18th century; popular in the 2000s.

eklektik

Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.

ekliptika

(astronomy) The plane in which this great circle lies.

eko-

ecology or the environment (in the ecological sense)

ekologický

Relating to ecology, the interrelationships of organisms and their environment.

ekologie

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

ekologista

One who advocates for the protection of the environment and biosphere from misuse from human activity through such measures as ecosystem protection, waste reduction and pollution prevention.

ekonom

An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories.

ekonomický

Pertaining to an economy.

ekonomie

(social sciences) The study of resource allocation, distribution and consumption; of capital and investment; and of management of the factors of production.

ekonomika

The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.

ekosystém

A system formed by an ecological community and its environment that functions as a unit.

ekumenický

(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]

Ekvádor

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Ecuador. Capital: Quito.

ekvinokce

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.

ekvinokcium

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.

ekvivalence

(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.

ekvivalent

Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.

ekvivalentní

Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

ekzém

(biology, medicine) A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.

Elam

(historical) An ancient civilization and empire in modern southwestern Iran, existing between c. 3200 BCE and 539 BCE. Capital: Susa.

elán

(informal) Energy, high spirits.

elastický

Capable of stretching; particularly, capable of stretching so as to return to an original shape or size when force is released.

elegance

Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

elegantně

In a graceful manner.

elegantní

Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.

elegie

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation. [from early 16th c.]

elektivní

Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.

elektorát

The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.

Elektra

(Greek mythology) Any of several mythical women, including a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, one of the Pleiades, and one of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.

elektrický

Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.

elektrikář

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

elektřina

(specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.

elektřina a magnetismus

A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.

elektro-

and electrical.

elektroda

The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.

elektromagnetický

Relating to electromagnetism.

elektromagnetismus

A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. (technically it can be unified with weak nuclear to form electroweak) Its gauge boson is the photon.

elektron

(particle) The subatomic particle having a negative charge and orbiting the nucleus; the flow of electrons in a conductor constitutes electricity.

elektronický

Generated by an electronic device.

elektrotechnik

A tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.

element

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

elementární

Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

Eleonora

A en given name.

elf

(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.

Élí

A en given name of Biblical origin.

Eliáš

(Abrahamism, biblical character) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.

eliminace

The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.

eliminovat

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

elipsa

(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.

eliptický

(mathematics, in combination, of certain functions, equations and operators) That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse.

elita

A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

elitář

(usually, derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.

elitářský

Of or relating to elitism.

elitářství

The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.

elitní

Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

elný

Able to be done; fit to be done.

Ema

A en given name.

email

(uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.

emancipace

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

emancipovaný

Having been set free from someone's control, or from some constraint; at liberty, free.

emancipovat

(also, reflexive, figurative) Often followed by from: to free (oneself or someone, or something) from some constraint or controlling influence (especially when evil or undue); also, to free (oneself or someone) from mental oppression.

Emanuel

A en given name of Biblical origin.

emblém

A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.

embolie

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.

embolus

(pathology) An obstruction causing an embolism: a blood clot, air bubble or other matter carried by the bloodstream and causing a blockage or occlusion of a blood vessel.

embryo

In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

emergence

The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

emeritní

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

emigrace

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

emigrant

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

emigrantka

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

emigrovat

(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

Emil

A en given name.

Emílie

A en given name.

emír

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

emisar

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

emise

The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation.

emitent

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

emoce

The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.

emocionálně

In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.

emoční

Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.

emodži

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

emoji

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

emotivní

Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.

empatie

The ability to share the feelings of another.

empirický

(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

emu

A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]

emulace

(computing) Execution of a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

emulze

A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

encefalitida

(pathology) Inflammation of the brain.

encyklopedie

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

endemický

(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

endemie

A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

endokard

(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.

endoskelet

(anatomy) The internal skeleton of an animal, which in vertebrates is composed of bone and cartilage.

energetický

Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action.

energický

Tenacious, energetic, spunky.

energie

(informal) Energy, high spirits.

enormní

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

ent

(fantasy) A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.