Czech–English dictionary

kojná

A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s children.

kojot

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

kokain

(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

kokainovník pravý

The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

koketa

A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.

koketování

Playful flirtation; amorous play. [from 14th c.]

kokon

The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.

kokos

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

kokosový ořech

A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.

kokot

(figuratively, US, _, slang, vulgar)

kokotice

Any of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red (rarely green) parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it is now placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

kokpit

The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]

kokrhání

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

kokrhat

(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

koks

(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.

koktat

(transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

koktejl

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

kola

(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

kolaborace

(uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

kolaborant

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

kolaborantka

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

kolaborovat

To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

koláček

A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.

kolagen

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

kolář

(chiefly, historical) A craftsman who makes carts.

kolářský hřebíček

A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

kolaterál

(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.

kolaudace

(idiomatic) A party to celebrate moving into a new home.

koláž

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

kolébat

(transitive, and, intransitive) To move gently back and forth.

kolébat se

(intransitive) To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

kolébka

(figuratively) A place where something is made or formed. [from 15th c.]

kolečko

A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

koleda

(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

kolega

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

kolegiální

Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.

kolegyně

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

kolej

(UK) A building for college or university students to live in.

koleje

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

kolejní

Of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate.

kolejnice

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

kolekce

A collection of varying but related items.

kolektivista

An advocate of collectivism.

kolektivistický

Of or pertaining to collectivism.

kolektor

(electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.

kolem

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150]

kolibřík

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

kolík

(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.

kolika

(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).

Kolín

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

Kolín nad Rýnem

The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.

kolínko

Meat from that part of a food animal.

kolínská

Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.

kolínská voda

Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.

kolísat

(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.

kolmice

(geometry) A line or plane that is perpendicular to another.

kolmý

(mathematics)

kolo

Clipping of bicycle.

koloid

(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.

kolokace

(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

kolokázie jedlá

Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.

kolokvium

An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.

Kolombo

The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

koloniál

A shop or store that sells groceries.

kolonialismus

The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.

koloniální

Of or pertaining to a period when a country or territory was a colony.

koloniály

(store)

kolonie

A small village or a group of houses.

kolonizace

The process of establishing a colony.

kolosální

Extremely large or on a great scale.

Koloseum

The largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome.

kolotočář

(informal, countable) A person who works in a carnival (often one who uses exaggerated showmanship or fraud).

kolouch

A young deer.

koloušek

(gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.

Kolumbie

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

Kolumbijec

A native or inhabitant of Colombia.

kolumbijský

Of, from or relating to Colombia.

koluze

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

kóma

A state of unconsciousness from which one may not wake up, usually induced by some form of trauma.

komandér

A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.

komando

A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.

komár

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

kombinace

(mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.

kombiné

A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.

kombinéza

A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.

kombinovat

(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

komediant

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

komedie

(countable, drama) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone

komentátor

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

komentátorka

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

komerčně

In a commercial manner: a manner pertaining to commerce.

komerční

Of or pertaining to commerce.

kometa

A celestial phenomenon with the appearance of such a body.

komický

Oddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.

komíhat

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

komik

An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.

komiks

(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature; more specifically, a single work consisting of a short row of such drawings.

komínek

A mass formed in layers.

komisař

(historical, early, _, Soviet Union) The head of a commissariat.

komisařka

(historical, early, _, Soviet Union) The head of a commissariat.

komise

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

komodor

(military, nautical) A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.

komora

One of two lower chambers of the heart.

komorbidita

(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

komorník

(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.

komouš

(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.

komouška

(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.

kompaktní

Closely packed or densely constituted; having much material in a small volume.

kompaktnost

The state of being compact.

komparativ

(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).

kompas

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

kompatibilita

(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.

kompatibilní

Capable of easy interaction.

kompetence

Scope or range of interest or control.

kompilovat

(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

komplex

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

komplexní

Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

komplic

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

komplikace

An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

komplikovanost

The state or quality of being complicated.

komplikovaný

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

komplikovat

(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

kompliment

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

komplot

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]

kompost

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

kompostovat

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

kompot

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.

kompres

(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

komprese

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

kompresor

A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.

kompromis

The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.

komsomol

(historical) Young Communist League, the former youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

komu

(interrogative) What person or people; which person or people.

komunikace

A conversation or exchange between people.

komunikativní

Eager to communicate; talkative.

komunikátor

Someone who, or something that communicates.

komunikovat

(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]

komunista

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

komunistický

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

komunistka

(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.

komunita

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

komže

A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.

koňak

A brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

konat

(obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.

koncentrát

A substance that is in a condensed form.

koncentrovaný

Not dilute; having a high concentration.

koncentrovat

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.

koncepce

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

koncept

A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.

koncert

Originally (music) , a performing engagement by a musician or musical group; (by extension, film, television, theater) a job or role for a performer.