Czech–English dictionary

kazatelna

(Christianity, countable) A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.

každoroční

Of, for, or relating to a whole year, often as a recurring cycle; determined or reckoned by the year; accumulating in the course of a year; performed, executed, or completed over the course of a year. See also circannual.

každý

All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).

kázeň

A controlled behaviour; self-control.

kázeňský

For the purpose of imposing punishment.

kazeta

(computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.

Kazimír

A en given name.

kazišuk

(vulgar, slang) A person who cockblocks.

kazit

(transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

kbelík

The amount held in this container.

kdákání

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

kdákat

(intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

kde

In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

kdekoli

In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.

kdekoliv

In or at any location.

kdežto

In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although.

kdo

(fused relative, archaic, or, marginal) Whoever, he who, they who.

kdokoliv

Any thing(s) or person(s).

kdoule

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

kdouloň

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

kdy

(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

kdykoliv

At any time that.

kdysi

at some time in the past

když

During the time that; at the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.

ke

Indicating destination or final position: In the direction of, so as to arrive at or reach.

ke zvážení

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

kebab

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

kecal

(Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner. [from c. 1840]

kecat

(colloquial, intransitive) To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.

kecky

(US, Atlantic Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An athletic shoe with a soft, rubber sole. A trainer.

kecnout si

(reflexive) To sit down heavily and without ceremony.

kečup

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

kecy

(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

kejhání

The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.

kejklíř

One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.

kel

A sharp point.

kelka

A short, erect tail, as of a hare, rabbit, or deer.

kelpa

Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (order Laminariales).

Kelt

(historical) A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans.

keltský

A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.

keltština

A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over Western and Central Europe in the pre-Christian era.

Keňa

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Kenya.

Kenaan

(biblical character) A grandson of Noah.

Keňan

A person from Kenya or of Kenyan descent.

kenotaf

A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

keňský

Of, from, or pertaining to Kenya or the Kenyan people.

kentaur

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

keř

(horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category.

Kérala

A state in southern India. Capital: Thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as Trivandrum).

keramický

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

keramika

(uncountable) A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.

keratin

(protein) The protein of which hair and nails are composed.

Kerberos

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

kešu oříšek

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

ketering

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

ketština

The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

khaki

A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

khmerština

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

kibuc

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

kicune

(Japanese mythology) A Japanese fox spirit, often but not exclusively female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.

kiks

A faux pas, a social error.

Kilimandžáro

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

kilo

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

kilogram

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

kilohertz

A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

kilometr

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kinestetický

Of or relating to kinesthesia.

kinetická energie

(physics) The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.

Kingston

The capital and largest city of Jamaica; it is also the capital of its eponymous parish.

kino

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

kiosek

A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.

kipa

(Judaism, headwear) The cloth skullcap or yarmulke traditionally worn by male Jews.

kivi

A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

Kjóto

A prefecture of Japan.

Kjúšú

The third-largest of Japan's islands and the southwesternmost of its four main islands.

klacek

(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.

klad

(genetics) A higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup.

kláda

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

kladívko

A wooden mallet, used by a courtroom judge, or by a committee chairman, struck against a sounding block to quieten those present, or by an auctioneer to accept the highest bid at auction.

kladivo

(anatomy) The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.

kladka

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

kladně

(manner) In a positive manner.

klakson

The horn in a motor vehicle.

klam

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

klamat

(transitive) To trick or mislead.

klamat tělem

(intransitive, boxing, fencing, also, often, military) To make a feint or mock attack.

klamný pohyb

(often, military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

klan

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

klanět se až k zemi

(historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.

klapačka

A wooden mechanical device used as a scarecrow; bird-scaring rattle, a wind-rattle or a wind-clapper.

klapání

A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.

klapat

(intransitive) To make a rattling sound.

klapka

(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.

klapot

A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.

klarinet

(woodwind instrument) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).

klas

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

klásek

(botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.

klasický

Exemplary of a particular style; defining a class/category; typical.

klasifikace

The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.

klasifikovat

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

klasobraní

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

klást

To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

klást jikry

(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

klášter

A place, especially a monastery or convent, devoted to religious seclusion.

klátit

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

klátit se

(archaic) To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter.

Klaudie

A en given name.

klaun

(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

klauniáda

The behaviour expected of a buffoon; foolishness, silliness.

klaustrofobie

The fear of closed, tight places.

klauzule

(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

klávesa

(computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.

klávesnice

(computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

klávesy

(music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

klaviatura

(music) A component of many instruments, including the piano, organ, and harpsichord, consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.

klavír

(musical instruments) A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803]

klavírista

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

klaxon

A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century. [from 1908]

klec

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

klečet

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

Kleió

(Greek god) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.

kleknout

(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.

Klement

A en given name, borne by an early pope and by several saints.

klementinka

A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.

klenba

An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

klenot

(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.

klenotnice

A place where treasure is stored safely.

klenotníčka

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

klenotník

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

klenoty

Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.

Kleopatra

A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.

klep

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

klepadlo

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

klepat

(transitive) To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.

klepat se

(intransitive) To shake or tremble as one moves, especially as of old age or childhood; to totter.

klepátko

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

klepeta

The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

klepna

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

klepnout

(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

kleptokracie

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.

kleptoman

One who steals compulsively.

klerikální

Of or relating to clerks or their work.

klesat na duchu

(intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.

klesnout

(transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.

kleště

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

kleštěnec

A castrated human male.

klestit

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

kletba

A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.