Czech–English dictionary

mauzoleum

A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

mávat

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

mávnout

(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

maxim

A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.

maxima

A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

maximalizovat

(transitive) To make as large as possible.

maximální

Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.

maximum

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

Maxmilián

A en given name, rare in English.

mazadlo

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

mazánek

(now, _, rare) A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.

mazání

An ointment or salve.

mazanost

The quality of being astute.

mazaný

Quickly and critically discerning.

mazat

To make slippery or smooth (normally to minimize friction) by applying a lubricant.

mazat máslem

(transitive) To spread butter on.

mazivo

A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.

mazlavý

Of or pertaining to slime

mazlit se

(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.

mdlo

A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.

mdloba

(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

mdloby

A faint.

mdlý

Lacking in taste or flavor.

mě

As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.

meandr

(geography) One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse

mecenáš

An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

mečení

The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat.

mečet

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

měch

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

mechanik

A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.

mechanika

(computer hardware) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.

mechanismus

(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.

mechanizace

The use of machinery to replace human or animal labour, especially in agriculture and industry.

mechanizovaný

(military) Equipped with armoured motor vehicles; compare .

mechovka obecná

A floury-smelling mushroom, Clitopilus prunulus.

měchýř

(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

měchýřek

(botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

mečík

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.

mečoun

A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

Méd

Any of a Western Iranian people who inhabited the ancient region of Media.

medailista

Someone who has received a medal. [from 18th c.]

medailón

A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.

medailónek

A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.

měďák

(countable) A copper coin, typically of a small denomination, such as a penny.

Médea

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.

Médeia

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.

měděnka

A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals.

média

Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people.

medián

(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values. [from 19th c.]

mediánový

(statistics) Having the median as its value. [from 19th c.]

mediátor

One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.

medicína

(uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.

Médie

(historical) A geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.

Medína

A city, the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, named for the city in Saudi Arabia.

meditace

Holy meditation.

médium

(parapsychology) A person who supposedly contacts the dead; a medium.

medovice

(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.

medovina

(alcohol) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.

médština

The northwestern Old Iranian language of the Medes, attested only by numerous loanwords in Old Persian, few borrowings in Old Armenian and some glosses in Ancient Greek; nothing is known of its grammar.

medúza

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

medvědí služba

Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.

medvědí trh

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 20% or more on some specific stock market index.

medvídek koala

A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia.

Mefistofeles

The Devil to whom Faust sold his soul in the legend.

mega-

In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by one million (106).

megabajt

(computing, formal) One million (106, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.

megabit

(computing) One million (106, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes).

megabyte

(computing, formal) One million (106, or 1,000,000) bytes or 1,000 kilobytes.

megafon

A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.

megalit

A prehistoric monument made up of one or more large stones.

megaloman

One affected with or exhibiting megalomania.

megalomanský

Of, exhibiting, or affected with megalomania.

megalopole

A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.

megamix

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]

megera

A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry woman.

meióza

(usually, uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.

mejnstrým

(usually, with the) That which is common; the norm.

Mekka

A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible.

měkkost

The quality of being soft.

měkkota

(slang, mildly, derogatory) A weak, ineffectual, cowardly, or timid person.

měkký

(of food) Soft and easily chewed.

měl by

Ought to; expressing expectation.

mela

An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

melancholický

Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.

melancholie

A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.

melanin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of naturally occurring dark pigments, especially the pigment found in skin, hair, fur, and feathers.

melanom

(oncology, disease) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

melasa

A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (North America) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

mělčina

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.

melodický

Of a pleasant sound.

melodičnost

A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.

melodie

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.

melodram

(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.

melodramatický

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

melouch

The act of, or a period of, working on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night, either openly or secretly.

meloun

(countable) The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants

mem

(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

Memfis

A city of ancient Egypt.

memoáry

A biography; a book describing the experiences of a subject from personal knowledge of the subject or from sources with personal knowledge of the subject.

memorování

Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

memorovat

To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.

měna

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

měňavka

(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.

méně

To a smaller extent or degree.

méněcenný

Of low rank, standard or quality.

menhir

(archaeology) A single tall standing stone as a monument, especially one dating to prehistoric times.

meningitida

(pathology) Inflammation of the meninges, characterized by headache, neck stiffness and photophobia and also fever, chills, vomiting and myalgia.

měnit

(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.

měnit kurs

(intransitive, nautical) To swerve off course to port or starboard.

měnit směr

(intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

měnitelný

(metaphorical) Flexible, liable to change.

Mennofer

A city of ancient Egypt.

menopauza

The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

menševik

(now, chiefly, historical) A member of the gradualist or moderate wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party during the years preceding the Russian Revolution, when they split with the Bolsheviks; or a member of a later independent moderate-Marxist party formed in 1917. [from 20th c.]

menšina

Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority. [from 18th c.]

menstruace

The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

menstruační

Of or relating to the menses.

mentalista

A practitioner of mentalism.

mentalita

A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.

mentol

(organic compound) A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.

mentorský

Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.

menu

(computing, gaming) A list from which the user may select an operation to be performed, often done with a keyboard, mouse, or controller under a graphical user interface.

menza

(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.

Mercie

(historical) One of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England.

měření

The act of measuring.

měřič

A device that measures things.

měřit

To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

měřit hloubku

(also, figurative) To measure the depth of (water); to take a sounding of; to sound.

měřitelnost

Susceptibility to measurement.

měřitelný

Able to be measured.

měřítko

The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.

meritokracie

Rule by merit and talent.

merkantilismus

(historical, economics) The theory that a nation must always have a positive balance of trade, in the manner that a merchant would operate a shop. Typically this model presupposes protectionism.

meruňkový

Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

měšec

(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

Mesiáš

(Christianity) Jesus Christ.

Měsíc

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

měsíček

Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds.

měsíčky

(euphemistic) The menstrual period.

měsíčně

Every month.

měsíční

(astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

měsíční svit

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

měsíčník

A publication that is published once a month.

měsíčný

Lit by moonlight.

mešita

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

meškat

(intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

měšťačka

A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.

měšťák

(usually, pejorative) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.

měšťan

A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.

měšťanka

A citizen of a borough or town, especially one belonging to the middle class.