Czech–English dictionary

Apačka

A person belonging to an Apache people.

Apačové

Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.

apačština

The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.

aparát

A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.

apartheid

To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.

apartmá

A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access. [from 18th c.]

apatický

Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.

apatie

Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).

apelovat

(intransitive) To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.

apendektomie

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.

apendicitida

(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix

apetizér

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.

aplaus

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

aplikace

(computing, mobile phones) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

aplikační rámec

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

aplikovatelný

Suitable for application, relevant.

apnoe

(pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.

apokalypsa

A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events. [from 14th c.]

Apollón

(Greek god, Roman god) The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.

apologeta

(usually) One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.

apologetika

The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines.

apologetka

(usually) One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.

Apop

(Egyptian god) An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night.

apostázie

The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.

apoštol

(Christianity) Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.

apoštolský

(Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.

apostrof

(orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.

apostrofa

(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.

appeasement

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

apríl

The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played

ař

(added to nouns, chiefly denoting occupations) A person whose occupation is the root noun; (more broadly, occasionally with adjectives) a person characterized by the root.

Arab

A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula.

Arábie

A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.

Arabka

A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula.

arabský

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

arabský jazyk

The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

arabština

Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective).

arachnofobie

An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.

Aragonie

An autonomous community in northeastern Spain. Capital: Zaragoza.

aramejský

Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

aramejština

Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

arašíd

A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

arbitr

A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.

arbitrární

(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

arbitrárnost

The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

arbitráž

(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.

arboretum

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arch

A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.

archa

leading, leader

archaický

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

archanděl

A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).

archeolog

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

archeologie

The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

archeoložka

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

archetyp

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]

archie

form of government or rule

Archimédes

(astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

archipel

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

archipelag

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

architektonický

Pertaining to architecture.

architektura

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

archiv

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

archivář

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

archivářka

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

archivovat

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

arcibiskup

A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)

arcidiecéze

(Christianity) A group of dioceses administered by an archbishop

arcikacíř

(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]

arcikníže

(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

arcivévoda

(historical) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

arcivévodkyně

A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary

Ardensko

A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Charleville-Mézières (INSEE code 08).

Ardeny

forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes.

areál

The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

Arés

(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.

Argentina

A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

argentinský

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

argon

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

argot

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

argumentace

Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.

argumentovat

(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

árie

(music) A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

arigató

(colloquial) Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).

árijec

(theosophy, Germanic, _, mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense

árijský

Pertaining, in racial theories, to the (alleged) Aryan master race.

aristokrat

One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)

aristokratický

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

Aristotelés

An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

aritmetický

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

aritmetika

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

arkáda

(architecture) A row of arches.

Arkansas

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

arktický

(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. [from 16th c.]

Arktida

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

armáda

Military personnel in uniform.

Armén

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

Arménec

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

Arménie

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

Arménka

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

arménský

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

arménština

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

Arnošt

A en given name; popular in the 19th century.

arogance

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

arogantní

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Arras

A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region

arsen

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

artefakt

A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

Artemis

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)

artilerie

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

artritida

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Artur

A en given name.

artyčok

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

artyčok kardový

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

arzen

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

arzenál

A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

áš

(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)

ásana

A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

ASAP

Initialism of as soon as possible.

asasín

(historical, , usually, capitalized) A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.

asertivní

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

Ásgard

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.

asi

Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost. [from before 1150]

Asijec

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

Asijka

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

asijský

Of, relating to or from Asia.

asistence

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

asistent

A person who assists or helps someone else.

asistentka

A person who assists or helps someone else.

asistovat

(transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

asketa

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

asketický

Of or relating to ascetics.

asketismus

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

asketizmus

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

askeze

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

asociace

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

asociativní

(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a, b and c, (a * b) * c = a * (b * c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.

asociovat

(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

asonance

(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

aspik

A meat or fish jelly.

aspirin

(uncountable, carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid

assembler

(programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.

astat

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

asteroid

(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

astma

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

astmatický

Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".

astmatik

A person who suffers from asthma.

astro-

celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy

astrofyzik

One who studies astrophysics.

astrofyzika

The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.