Czech–English dictionary

kypřič

A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

kyprý

(of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.

kyrys

A piece of armor that covers the chest.

kysané zelí

(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

kyselá okurka

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

kyselina salicylová

(carboxylic acid) A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C6>H4(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.

kyselost

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

kyselý

Excessively acidic and thus infertile. (of soil)

kysličník

(chemistry) A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element.

kyt

Any of various putties used in glazing (window installation and repair) to affix the panes to the muntins, mullions, and frames, traditionally or archetypically used by glaziers (although today likely to be used by renovation contractors or DIY renovators).

kýta

(countable) A thigh and/or buttock of a hog slaughtered for meat; (occasionally) the corresponding cut from some other animal.

kytara

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

kytarista

Someone who plays a guitar.

kytaristka

Someone who plays a guitar.

kytice

A bunch of cut flowers.

kytovec

An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

kyvadlo

(clocks, mechanics) A body suspended from a fixed support so that it swings freely back and forth under the influence of gravity, commonly used to regulate various devices such as clocks.

kývaní

An unsteady motion.

kývat

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

kývat se

(intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.

kývnout

(ambitransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

Labe

A major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.

labiální

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

Labuť

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.

labužník

(colloquial) A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.

labyrint

A structure similar to a maze, but containing only one path with no branches, as distinguished from a maze which contains multiple branching paths

lacerace

An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.

lachtan

A seal belonging in the Otariidae family; a fur seal or a sea lion, differing from the true seals in having small, visible ears and the ability to walk on land.

laciný

Involving little expense; reasonable in price; cheap.

lacl

The upper part of an apron or overalls.

lačný

Distastefully keen or desirous, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

lada

(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.

ladič

A person who tunes a piano or organ.

ladička

(music) A device much like a harmonica, used to supply a sought pitch.

ladit

(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.

ladných tvarů

Having a pleasing shape, pleasant to look at.

lado

(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.

Lagos

The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.

laguna

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

láhev

A bottle equipped with a teat, used for bottlefeeding infants.

lahodný

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

lahůdka

A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).

lahvička

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

laička

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

laický

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

laik

Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.

lajdácký

Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.

lajknout

(Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

lajkovat

(Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

lajna

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

lajsna

(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.

lák

Salt water; water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; a salt-and-water solution for pickling.

lákadlo

Anything which allures; something or someone used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something

lákat

(ambitransitive) To seem attractive and inviting.

lákavý

Attractive, alluring, tempting.

lakomec

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch.

lakomství

Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth

lakomý

Like a miser, very or objectionably cautious with money.

lakonický

Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

lakota

The property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.

lakotný

Withholding for the sake of meanness; stingy, miserly.

lakros

(sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.

Lakšmí

The Hindu goddess of wealth, the consort of Vishnu and married to Rāma (in her incarnation as Sita) and Krishna (as Radha and Rukmini).

laktace

The secretion of milk#Noun from the mammary gland of a female mammal.

laktóza

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

lalok

A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).

láma

A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

lamač dívčích srdcí

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

lámání chleba

(Christianity) In a eucharistic service, the breaking of the host.

lámavý

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

lambda

The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

lamela

A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

lamentovat

(transitive) To moan or complain about (something).

lamia

(Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

laminát

Material formed of thin sheets glued together. [from 1939]

lampa

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

laň

(countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.

lano

(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.

lanthan

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol La) with an atomic number of 57: a soft, ductile, silvery-white metal that tarnishes slowly when exposed to air.

Lao-c'

(Chinese history) An honorific title for the legendary Taoist philosopher Li Er, who supposedly lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and (Chinese mythology) has subsequently been worshipped as a Taoist god.

Laos

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Capital: Vientiane.

Laosan

(countable) A Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia.

laoský

Of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the Lao people or their Kra-Dai Lao language.

laoština

(uncountable) The official language of Laos that is closely related to Thai.

lapák

(slang, with "the") prison.

lapání po dechu

A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.

lapat po dechu

(intransitive) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.

lapidární

Of a piece of writing or a writing style: characteristic of or suitable for an inscription; embodying the precision and refinement of inscriptions on monuments; concise and stately.

lapit

(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.

lapnout

(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.

larva

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]

laryngála

(Indo-European, _, linguistics) In Proto-Indo-European, one of the typically three reconstructed consonants usually marked as ⟨h₁⟩, ⟨h₂⟩ and ⟨h₃⟩.

laryngální

(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the larynx.

laryngitida

An inflammation of the larynx, typically resulting in hoarseness.

lasagne

An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).

lascivní

Obscene; filthy; unchaste. [from 15th Century]

lascivnost

The quality, state or instance of being lewd; promiscuous.

laser

A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.

lasice

The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.

láska

The quality of being fond: liking something, foolishness; doting affection; propensity.

laskat

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

laskat se

(transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.

laskavě

In a benevolent manner.

laskavost

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

laskavý

Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

lásko

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

laškování

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

laškovat

(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.

láskyplný

Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.

laso

A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.

lastura

The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

lať

(carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.

latentní

Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

laterála

(linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).

latina

Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.

Latinka

(uncountable) The Roman script.

laťka

(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.

latrína

(India, otherwise, _, military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.

laudanum

Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

laureát

(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

laureátka

(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

láva

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.

lavice

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

lavice obžalovaných

(law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

lavička

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

lávra

(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

laxní

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

lazaně

An Italian baked dish comprising layers of such pasta with various ingredients (usually a meat ragù (chiefly Bolognese), a fish ragù or a vegetarian/vegetable ragù with bechamel sauce).

lazaret

A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

lázeň

A building with baths for communal use.

lazura

A transparent or semi-transparent layer of paint.

Le

A surname.

lebeční

(anatomy) Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.

lebeční šev

(anatomy) A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.

lebka

(skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

léčba

A method, device or medication that restores good health.

léčebný

Of, or relating to therapy.

lechtat

(transitive) To touch repeatedly or stroke delicately in a manner which typically causes laughter, pleasure and twitching.

lechtivý

Sensitive or susceptible to being tickled.

léčit

(transitive) To restore to health.

léčitel

One who heals, especially through faith.

léčka

A mental or psychological trap.

led

A frozen dessert made of fruit juice, water and sugar.

ledabylost

Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.

ledabylý

Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.

ledárna

A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.

leden

The first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February.

lednice

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

lednička

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

ledoborec

(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.