Czech–English dictionary

figurína

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

figurka

(idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

fíha

An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.

fík

The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds. [from 12th c.]

fikce

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fíkovník

A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]

fiktivní

Invented, as opposed to real.

fíkus

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

filantrop

A person who loves humankind in general.

filantropický

Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind

filantropie

(chiefly, _, uncountable) Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind.

filc

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

filcky

(in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

filé

A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

filetovat

(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

filie

(countable) a psychological disorder characterized by an irrational favorable disposition towards something

filigrán

(chiefly, jewellery) A delicate and intricate ornamentation made from platinum, gold or silver (or sometimes other metal) twisted wire.

filip

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

filipika

(by extension) Any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation.

Filipínec

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filipínka

A citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.

Filipíny

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Philippines. Capital: Manila.

filírovat

(transitive) To slice, bone or make into fillets.

Filištín

(historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

film

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

filolog

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filologie

(philosophy, rare) Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

filoložka

A person who engages in philology (historical linguistics), especially as a profession; a collector of words and their etymologies.

filozofický

Of, or pertaining to, philosophy.

filozofovat

To ponder or reason out philosophically.

filtrace

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

filtrovat

(transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.

Fin

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

finále

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

finalista

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

finalistka

A university student during the period of sitting their final examinations (whether or not in their final year of study).

finance

The science of management of money and other assets.

finanční

Related to finances.

finanční rok

(accounting) An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

finančník

A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions.

financovat

(transitive) To manage financially; be financier for; provide or obtain funding for a transaction or undertaking.

finesa

A small detail or distinction.

fingovaný útok

(boxing, fencing) A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

Finka

(by extension) A member of any Finnic nationality, such as (more narrowly) a Baltic Finn such as a Karelian or Estonian, or (more broadly) a Volga Finn or Perm Finn.

Finsko

A Nordic country having borders with Sweden, Norway and Russia in Europe. Official name: Republic of Finland.

finský

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

finština

Of or pertaining to Finland or the Finns; Finlandic, Finlandish.

finta

(often, military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

fintil

A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.

fintit se

(of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.

fióla

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

firemní

Of or relating to a corporation.

firewall

(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.

firn

A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles and thus is made of numerous small icy grains, though it is not nearly as saturated with water as snowcone slush is; can be hard or somewhat soft depending on recent and current weather conditions.

fízl

(derogatory, slang) A police officer. [From ante 1785.]

fjord

A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

flákač

(pejorative) A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.

flákat

(dated) To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

flákat se

(dated, informal) To be unyielding; to hold out.

flamenco

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

flamendr

A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities.

flanel

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

flaška

The contents of such a container.

flastr

(slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.

flegmatický

Not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.

flek

An uneven patch of color or discoloration.

fleš

(poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

flétna

(colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

flexe

(grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

flexit

(intransitive, slang) To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.

flíček

An uneven patch of color or discoloration.

flikovat

(transitive) To assemble in an improvised way.

flirt

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

flirtování

Playful flirtation; amorous play. [from 14th c.]

flirtovat

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]

flís

(countable) An insulating wooly jacket

flok

(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.

flór

A soft, sheer fabric.

flóra

Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.

Florenčan

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Florenčanka

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Florenťan

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Florenťanka

A native or inhabitant of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

florentský

Of, from or relating to the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

floskule

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

flota

A group of vessels or vehicles.

flotila

(nautical) A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

fluidní

(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.

fluktuace

A wavering; unsteadiness.

flundra obecná

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

fluorescenční

Of or relating to fluorescence.

fluorid

(chemistry) The anionic form of a fluorine atom.

fluoxetin

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound which inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.

flusat

(slang, ambitransitive) To spit, especially to spit phlegm.

fňukání

The act of snivelling.

fňukat

(informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain.

fňukavý

Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.

fobie

An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).

fofrem

Used to urge someone to do something quickly.

foldovat

(intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.

foliant

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.

fólie

A very thin sheet of metal.

folikul

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

folio

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.

fón

(acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.

fond

A sum or source of money.

foném

(phonology) An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

fonograf

(British, historical) A device that records or plays sound from cylinder records.

fonotéka

A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

font

In digital typesetting, a set of glyphs in a single style, representing one or more alphabets or writing systems, or the computer code representing it.

fontána

An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.

fontanela

(anatomy) A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.

fór

A generally humorous routine.

Ford

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a ford.

fórek

A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.

forenzní

Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law.

forhend

(racket sports) A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

forma

The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.

formaldehyd

(organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, HCHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formol (10%) and formalin.

formální

In accordance with established forms.

formálnost

(uncountable) The state of being formal.

formant

(physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants.

formátovat

(computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

formování

The action of the verb to shape.

formovat

(transitive) To give something a shape and definition.

formulace

The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

formulář

A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.

formulovat

(transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.

fortel

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]

fosfát

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

fosfor

(chemistry) a chemical element (symbol P) with an atomic number of 15, that exists in several allotropic forms.

fosforečnan

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid.

fosilie

The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.

foťák

(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

fotbal

A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

fotbalista

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

fotbalistka

(American football, US, uncommon, dated) One who plays American football.

fotbalový míč

(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".

fotka

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

foto-

light, electromagnetic radiation

fotoaparát

(photography) A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

fotogenický

Looking good when photographed.

fotograf

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

fotografický

Pertaining to photographs or photography.

fotografie

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

fotografka

(photography) One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation.

fotografování

The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

fotografovat

(transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).

foton

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

fotosyntéza

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) Any process by which plants and other photoautotrophs convert light energy into chemical energy.