Czech–English dictionary

fotr

A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).

foukací balónek

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.

foukat

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

fous

(colloquial) The (very small) distance between two things.

foxtrot

A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.

foyer

A lobby, corridor, or waiting room, used in a hotel, theater, etc.

fracek

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

frajerské pohyby

A bold or arrogant strut.

frakce

(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.

fraktální

(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.

Francie

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

franciszkański

Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.

Francouz

A man of French birth or nationality.

Francouzi

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

Francouzka

A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.

francouzský

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

francouzský jazyk

(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.

francouzština

(chiefly, _, uncountable) The language of France, shared by the neighboring countries Belgium, Monaco, and Switzerland and by former French colonies around the world.

Frankfurt

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

františkán

A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.

františkánský

Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.

fráter

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

fráze

A short written or spoken expression.

frazeologie

Study of set or fixed expressions.

frc

The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security

fregata

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]

fregatní kapitán

A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.

frekvence

(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

frenetický

In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.

fretka

An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.

Freud

A surname from German.

freudista

A follower of Freud or his methods.

freudovec

A follower of Freud or his methods.

freudovský

Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

frigidní

Very cold; lacking warmth; icy.

frikativa

(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.

frisbee

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

frivolnost

(countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.

frkat

(intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

frknout

(intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

frknutí

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

frňák

(slang) The human nose, especially one that is large.

front

(historical) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

fronta

A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]

frťan

A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.

fruktóza

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

frustrace

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

frustrovaný

Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.

frustrující

Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.

fuchsie

A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.

Fudžiwara

A surname from Japanese; variant form Fujiwhara.

fuga

(music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.

fuj

Used to show disgust.

fuj!

An expression of disgust in response to an unpleasant odor.

fukar

Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.

fukarovat

(transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

Fukuoka

The capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

Fukušima

The capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

fundamentalismus

(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.

fundamentalista

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

funebrák

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

funění

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.

funět

(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.

fungovat

(transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.

funkce

(computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.

funkcionalismus

(architecture) A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.

funkcionální

(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.

funkcionář

One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

funkcionářka

One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.

funkčnost

(uncountable) The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.

fůra

(informal) A large amount.

fúrie

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

fusekle

(clothing) A knitted or woven covering for the foot.

fušer

A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler.

fušeřina

A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.

fušerství

A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.

fušovat

To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.

futurismus

(art) An early 20th century avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions.

fúze

The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.

fylogeneze

(systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.

fysika

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

fyzická síla

Physical strength; muscularity.

fyzické napadení

(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.

fyzický

Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]

fyzik

A person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics, especially at a professional level.

fyzika

The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.

fyzikální

Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal, bodily. [from 18th c.]

fyziognomie

The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.

fyziologický

Of, or relating to physiology.

fyziologie

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

fyzioterapie

(British, Commonwealth, Irish) Therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage, ultrasound, heat, and exercise.

gabardén

(uncountable, countable) A type of woolen cloth with a diagonal ribbed texture on one side.

Gabriela

A en given name, a latinate feminine form of Gabriel.

Gád

(biblical character) The seventh son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

gaelský

Of or relating to the Gaels, the Goidel peoples of Scotland and Ireland, and the Manx, or their languages.

gag

A generally humorous routine.

gagát

The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

gajdy

(football, hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.

Gal

A native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France.

gala

Celebratory; festive.

galaktický

(astronomy, specifically, sometimes capitalized) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.

galanterie

Accessories used with a dress.

galantní

Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

galantnost

Courteous behaviour, especially that of men towards women.

galaxie

(galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]

galeje

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

galeona

A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.

galéra

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

Galicie

A former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain.

Galie

(chiefly, historic) A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine.

Galilea

A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel.

galimatyáš

nonsense, gobbledygook

Gallipoli

A peninsula in Turkey, north of the Dardanelles, between the Aegean and Marmara seas.

galoše

(British) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.

galvanizovat

(broadly, dated) To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.

gama

The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ).

gambit

(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.

Ganéša

(Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.

Ganga

A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism.

gangréna

The necrosis and rotting of flesh, usually caused by lack of blood supply.

gangster

A member of a criminal or street gang.

gangsterka

A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.

garance

Anything that assures a certain outcome.

garantovat

To give an assurance that something will be done right.

garáž

A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.

garde

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

gardedáma

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

gardénie

Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.

garnizón

A permanent military post.

garnizona

A permanent military post.

gastronomie

The study of the relationship between food and culture.

gatě

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

gauč

(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.

gauner

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.

gaussovský

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.

gay

(now, _, chiefly, in plural) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual.

gaydar

(LGBTQ slang) The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is gay by observing that person's appearance, mannerisms, etc. [from early 1980s]

Gaza

A city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine in the Levant; in full, Gaza City.

gazela

An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

gazetteer

(geography) A dictionary or index of geographical locations.

Gehenna

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.

gejša

A Japanese female entertainer skilled in various arts such as tea ceremony, dancing, singing and calligraphy.

gejzír

(planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam.

gelignit

An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.

gen

(genetics) A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms which may take several values and (in principle) predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

gender

Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) [from 20th c.]

genealogický strom

(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.

generace

The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation. [from 14th c.]

generál

(military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of the army or general of the air force in the US army and air forces. [from 16th c.]

generalissimus

(military) A supreme commander of the armed forces of a country, especially one who is also a political leader.