Czech–English dictionary

hlodavec

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

hloh

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

hloubat

(intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.

hloubavý

Deeply or seriously thoughtful.

hloubka

the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep

hloubkový

Thorough; comprehensive.

hlouček

(obsolete) A dense and disorderly crowd.

hloupá chyba

(US, informal) A mistake or error.

hloupost

(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.

hloupý

(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.

hlt

The usual amount swallowed.

hltan

(anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.

hltat

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

hltavý

(of a person or their appetite) Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.

hlubina

(frequently, figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

hluboký

Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people). [16th–19th c.]

hlubotiskový

An engraved copper roller used in print works.

hlučet

(intransitive) To make a din, to resound.

hluchota

The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear.

hluchý

Unable (or partially able) to hear.

hlučný

Creating a loud noise. (of people, animals or things)

hluk

Any loud and continued noise.

hlupačka

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

hlupák

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

hm

(informal, chiefly, Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, AU, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

hmat

The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.

hmota

A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.

hmotař

(gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

hmotařský

Being overly concerned with material possessions and wealth.

hmotnost

A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.

hmotný

Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.

hmoždíř

(countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.

hmyzožravec

Insect-eating animal or plant.

hnací plyn

the compressed gas in a pressurised container (especially an aerosol can) that is used to expel its content

hnát

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

hnát se

(intransitive, chiefly, US) To career, to move rapidly straight ahead, to rush carelessly. [from at least early 20th c.]

hněď

(countable, and, uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

hnědák

A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.

hnědočervený

(especially, of horses) Of a reddish-brown colour.

hnědý

Having a brown colour.

hněv

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

hněvivě

In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

hnida

The egg of a louse.

hnidopišský

(chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.

hnijící

Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

hniloba

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

hnis

(medicine, pathology) A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria, normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

hnisat

(intransitive) To become septic; to become rotten.

hnisavý vřed

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

hníst

(transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the materials of bread, cake, etc.

hnít

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

hnízdečko

A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.

hnízdo

Such a home prepared by the bees themselves, in which some species of honey bees live and raise their young.

hnojit

To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.

hnout

(transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.

hnout se

(intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.

hnůj

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

hňup

A stupid person; a dolt.

hnus

An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

hnusit

(transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.

hnusný

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

ho

With accusative effect or as a direct object. [from 12th c.]

hobby

An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

hobit

A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet. [from 20th c.]

hoblík

(countable, carpentry) A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

hoblovat

(transitive, carpentry) To smooth (wood) with a plane.

hoboj

(woodwind instrument) A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

hoch

A male child. [from 15th c.]

hochštapler

Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

hod

A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.

hodinář

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

hodinářka

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

hodit

(transitive) To batter, bruise; to cause to bulge or swell.

hodit do sebe

To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down in one swallow.

hodit se marod

(ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

hodit sebou

(intransitive, now, archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

hodit žabku

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

hodlat

(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

hodně

Many things, much.

hodně štěstí

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

hodnocení

An appraisal or evaluation.

hodnost

A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.

hodnota

(countable, uncountable) Value.

hodnotný

Having a great value.

hodnověrný

Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

hodný

Of sufficient worth for; deserving of.

hodža

A Muslim schoolmaster.

hogan

A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud. [from 19th c.]

hohol bělavý

A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola. [from 1850s]

hojení

The psychological process of dealing with a problem or problems.

hojivá mast

An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.

hojně se vyskytovat

(intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

hojnost

An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

hojný

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

hokej

(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

hokejka

(hockey) The potential accuracy of a hockey stick, implicating also the player using it.

Hokkaidó

The second largest island of Japan, capital Sapporo.

hokynář

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

hokynářka

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

hokynářství

A shop or store that sells groceries.

holá pravda

inside information, the story or truth.

Holanďan

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Holanďané

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Holanďani

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Holanďanka

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Holandsko

A traditional region of the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland.

holandský

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

holandština

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

holčička

A female non-human animal, especially, in affectionate address, a female pet, especially a dog.

hold

An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.

holeň

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

holenní kost

(anatomy) The inner and usually the larger of the two bones of the leg or hind limb below the knee

holič

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

holicí strojek

A tool or machine for shaving; an electric razor.

holička

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

holičství

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

holistický

Related to holism.

holit

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

holka

(euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Hollywood

A neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, known as the center of the American motion picture industry.

holocaust

(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

holografie

(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms

hologram

A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.

holokaust

(historical, broadly) The systematic mass murder (democide) of somewhere between eleven and fourteen million people, namely six million Jews and from five to eight million others (including Romanis, Slavs, homosexuals, and people with physical and mental disabilities), perpetrated by Nazi Germany shortly before and during World War II.

holoubě

A young dove or pigeon.

holub

(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

holubník

A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.

homeopatický

Of or pertaining to homeopathy.

homeostáza

(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.

Homér

Ancient Greek poet; author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

homilie

(Christianity) A sermon, especially concerning a practical matter.

homofobie

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

homofon

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homofonum

(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.

homogenní

(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)

homograf

A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.

homologní

(cultural anthropology, structural anthropology) Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.

homosexuál

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

homosexualita

Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]

homosexuální

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

hon

A hunting expedition.

honák

A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.

honba

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

honba (za čím)

The act of pursuing.

Honduras

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Honduras. Capital: Tegucigalpa.

honem

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

honěná

(slang) A person's name.

honič

A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals.

honit

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

honorář

An additional monetary payment charged for a service or good, especially one that is minor compared to the underlying cost.