Czech–English dictionary

honosné sídlo

A large building, or mass of buildings.

honosnost

Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

honosný

Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.

Honza

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

Honzík

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

hopsat

(intransitive) To leap about lightly.

Hor

(Egyptian god) The ancient Egyptian falcon-headed god of the sun, sky, war, and kingship.

hora

(countable) An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit. [from 12th c.]

horák

(Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

horal

(Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

hořce

In a bitter manner.

hořčík

The chemical element with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.

hoře

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

horečka

(symptom) A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.

horečnatý

Having a fever, an elevated body temperature.

horečný

Filled with excess energy.

hoření

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

hořet

(transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.

hořící

Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. [18th century.]

horizont

The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.

horizontální

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

horko

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

horkokrevný

Warm; ardent.

hořkost

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

hořký

Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.

hořlavost

The quality or state of being combustible

hořlavý

Capable of burning.

horlivec

One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.

horlivost

The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.

horlivý

Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.

hormon

(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.

hormonální

(hormone) Pertaining to hormones.

hornatý

Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.

horní

At a higher level, rank or position.

horní celá část

(mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.

hornictví

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

horník

A person who works in a mine.

hornina

(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.

horolezec

A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. [from 19th c.]

horolezectví

The sport of climbing mountains.

horoskop

An astrological forecast of a person's future based on such information.

horší

(for non-slang definitions)

horská dráha

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

horské oko

(US, chiefly, Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.

hosana

A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.

hospitalizace

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

hospoda

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

hospodaření

The prudent management or conservation of resources.

hospodárný

Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.

hospodářský

Pertaining to an economy.

hospodářství

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

Hospodin

A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.

hospodská

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

hospodský

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

hospodyně

Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.]

hospodyňka

(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.

host

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

hostel

A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.

hostina

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

hostinec

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

hostinská

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

hostinský

The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.

hostit

To perform the role of a host.

hostka

A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

hot

(intransitive) Of a horse, pack animal, etc.: to move forward; go faster; or turn in a direction away from the driver, typically to the right.

hotel

An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.]

hotovo

(literary, poetic) (that's) enough; stop!

hotový

Prepared for immediate action or use.

houba

A cocktail consisting of approximately 50% red wine and 50% cola-based soft drink.

houbařit

(intransitive) To gather mushrooms.

houbovec

(countable) Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

houbový

Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.

houf

(collective) A small group of persons, especially of girls and women.

houfnice

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.

houkat

To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.

houpací síť

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

houpačka

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

houpat

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

houpat se

(intransitive) To move gently and vertically, in either a single motion or repeatedly up and down, at or near the surface of a body of water, or similar medium.

house

A young goose.

houser

A male goose.

housle

(musical instrument) A single-stringed lute-like musical instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played with a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.

houslista

One who plays the fiddle.

houslistka

A person who plays the violin.

houští

Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

houština

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

houstnout

(intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).

houžev

(countable, uncountable) Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

houževnatý

Tenacious, energetic, spunky.

hovadina

(US, vulgar, Spanglish) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.

hovado

(originally, North America, slang, pejorative) A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, self-centered, or disagreeable.

hovězí

(not comparable) Of, relating to, or characteristic of cattle.

hovor

A telephone conversation; a phone call.

hovořit

(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]

hovorový

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

hovorový jazyk

Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

hození

An act of throwing, often violently.

hra

(countable) A particular instance of playing a game.

hra na babu

(slang) A person's name.

hrabáč

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

hrabáč kapský

The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. [from late 18th c.]

hrabat

To research a particular subject.

hrabat se

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

hrabě

The male ruler of a county.

hraběnka

A woman holding the rank of count or earl in her own right; a female holder of an earldom.

hrabivost

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

hrabivý

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

hraboš

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

hrabství

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

hráč

(gambling) A gambler.

hráč druhé řady

(rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.

hráč na křídle

(sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.

hračka

(figurative) Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.

hrad

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

hradba

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

hradba z kůlů

(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

hradit

To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

hradítko

A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

hřadovat

(intransitive, of birds or bats) To settle on a perch in order to sleep or rest.

hrana

The topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container.

hranice

The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.

hraničit

(intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

hranol

(geometry) A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides.

hranostaj

A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.

hraný

Imitation, not genuine; fake.

hrást

(geology) A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.

hrát

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

hrát rock

(intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.

hrát si

(intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.

hrát v poli

(intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.

hravost

The quality of being playful.

hravý

liking play, prone to play frequently, such as a child or kitten; rather sportive.

hráz

An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.

hrazení

(nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

hrázka

An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.

hrb

A hump; a protuberance.

hrbáč

(derogatory) A person with kyphosis, a spinal deformity that causes a hunched over appearance.

hrbatý

Having a hump on the back, either naturally or due to a medical condition.

hrbení se

A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance

hřbet

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

hřbetní

(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

hřbitov

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

hrčet

To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.

hrdě

In a proud manner.

hrdina

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

hrdinka

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

hrdinové

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

hrdinský

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.

hrdinství

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

hrdlička

(countable) A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called either a pigeon or a dove or both) of more than 300 species of the family Columbidae.