Czech–English dictionary

Ind

(countable) A person from India. [from 13th c.]

index

An alphabetical listing of items and their location.

indexovat

(chiefly, economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.

indián

(countable) An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik). [from 16th c.]

Indianapolis

The capital city of Indiana, United States and the county seat of Marion County, with which the city is consolidated.

indiánka

(countable) An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik). [from 16th c.]

indiánský

Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. [from 16th c.]

indický

Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies. [from 14th c.]

Indie

(chiefly, historical, proscribed, _, in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.

indigo

A purplish-blue color.

indikativ

(grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.

indikátor

(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.

indiskrétní

Not discreet; lacking in discretion.

indium

A chemical element (symbol In) with an atomic number of 49: a soft silvery-white metal.

individualista

Someone who believes in individualism as a sociopolitical system.

individualistický

Showing independence in thoughts or actions.

individuální

Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.

Indka

(countable) A person from India. [from 13th c.]

Indočína

(dated) A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.

indoktrinace

The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated.

indoktrinovat

To teach (a person) with a biased, one-sided or uncritical ideology; to brainwash.

indolentní

Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

Indonésan

(countable) A person living in or coming from Indonesia.

Indonésanka

(countable) A person living in or coming from Indonesia.

Indonésie

A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.

indonéský

Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.

indonéština

Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.

industrializovaný

Having undergone industrialization

inerciální

Of, relating to, or depending on inertia.

inertní

(chemistry) Not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.

infantilní

Childish; immature.

infarkt

(pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.

infekční

(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).

inference

(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

infiltrace

The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

infinitezimální

(mathematics, not comparable) Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.

influencer

(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

influencerka

(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

informace

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]

informant

An informer.

informatika

The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.

informátor

An informer.

informátorka

One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

informovaný

With knowledge of; party to; let in on. [from late 14th c.]

informovat

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

infračervený

Having a wavelength in the infrared spectrum.

infule

A covering for the head, worn on solemn occasions by church dignitaries, which has been made in many forms, mostly recently a tall cap with two points or peaks.

ingredience

One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.

Ingrid

A en given name.

inhalátor

(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.

inherentní

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

inhibitor

(chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.

iniciála

(typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

iniciovat

(transitive) To begin; to start.

injekce

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

injekční stříkačka

A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

Inka

A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

inkasovat

(sports) To have a goal or point scored against

inklinace

(geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.

inkontinentní

Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.

inkrementální

Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

inkubátor

(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

inkvizice

(historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.

inkvizitor

(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

inovativní

Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions.

inovátor

Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

inovovat

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.

insekticid

A substance used to kill insects.

insolvence

(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.

insolventní

Unable to pay one's bills as they fall due.

insomnie

(medicine) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

inspekce

An organization that checks that certain laws or rules are obeyed.

inspektor

(management) A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.

inspirovat

(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.

inspirující

Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

instalace

Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.

instalatér

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

instalatérka

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

instalátor

(computing) A program that installs software in a computer and prepares it for use.

instalovat

(transitive) To connect, set up or prepare something for use

instance

(computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming. [from 20th c.]

instantní

Very quickly and easily prepared.

instinkt

A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.

instrukce

(computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

instruktiv

(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.

instruktor

One who instructs; a teacher.

instrument

A measuring or displaying device.

instrumentál

(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).

instrumentálka

(music) A composition written or performed without lyrics or singing, using a lead instrument to replace vocals.

instrumentální

(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).

integrál

(mathematics) One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.

integrita

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

integrovaný

composed and coordinated to form a whole

integrovat

(mathematics, science, transitive) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.

intelekt

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

intelektuál

An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.

intelektualismus

The use or development of the intellect.

intelektuální

Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.

inteligence

(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.

inteligentně

In an intelligent manner; cleverly.

intenzita

The quality of being intense.

intenzivní

(also, figurative) Under tension; tightly drawn; strained, stressed, tense.

interagovat

(intransitive) To act upon each other.

interakce

The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.

interaktivní

Involving active participation.

internacionála

(politics) A transnational organization of political parties of similar ideology.

internát

A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.

Internet

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

internetový

Of or pertaining to the Internet.

internista

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

interpolovat

(mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.

interpret

(computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance. [1954]

interpretka

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

interpretovat

(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.

interpunkce

A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

interregnum

The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another.

intervence

The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.

intervencionismus

(politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.

interview

A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]

intimní sprcha

A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; in particular, such a jet directed at the vagina for irrigation.

intonace

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

intrakraniální

Of or pertaining to the brain or inside of the head; within the cranium.

intramuskulární

Inside a muscle or the muscles.

intrika

That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.

intronizace

The act of enthroning or the state of being enthroned.

introspekce

(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

introspektivní

Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.

inuita

the people

inuité

the people

inuitský

Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

inuitština

Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

invalidita

(countable, law) Lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.

invalidní

Having a disability.

invalidní důchod

(uncountable, informal) Regular payments received by a disabled person, usually from the state.

invaze

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

inventář

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

inventura

(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

inverzní

Opposite in effect, nature or order.

investor

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

investorka

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

inženýr

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.

inženýrka

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.

inzerát

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

inzulin

A polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism (in various animals including humans).

Íó

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.

ion

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

iont

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

iota

The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).

Iowa

A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.

iPhone

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.