Czech–English dictionary

nitro

The deepest or innermost part.

nitroděložní

Located or taking place inside the uterus.

nitrolební

Of or pertaining to the brain or inside of the head; within the cranium.

nitrosvalový

Inside a muscle or the muscles.

nitrožilní

Inside the veins.

nivelační bod

A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

Nix

(astronomy) One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)

nížina

An area which is considered particularly low or lower than surrounding areas.

nízké žebro

A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs.

nízkoenergetický

Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.

nízkokalorický

Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.

Nizozemec

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

Nizozemka

(collective) The people of the Netherlands, or one of certain ethnic groups descending from the people of the Netherlands.

nizozemský

Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.

nizozemština

The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.

nižší šlechta

(British) In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

nó

A form of classical Japanese music drama.

no ano

Indicates emphatic agreement.

no nazdar

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]

Nobelovka

A Nobel Prize.

nóbl

Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.

noblesní

Aristocratic.

noc

(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

nocebo

(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]

nocleh

A place to live or lodge.

noclehárna

A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.

noční doba

The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

noční klub

A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.

noční košile

A long loose robe worn mainly by women for sleeping in.

noční motýl

Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

noční stolek

(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.

nočník

A container used for urination and defecation, particularly those used in early modern towns before the advent of the flush toilet.

nocovat

(intransitive, British, slang) To sleep, especially in the open or in a derelict building because one is homeless.

noha

The base or bottom of anything.

nomád

(anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.

nomenklatura

A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

nominace

An act or instance of nominating.

nominalismus

(philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

nominovat

To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.

nonkonformismus

Refusal to conform to the doctrine, discipline, or practice of a state religion, especially refusal by other Protestants to conform to the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England; the principles or practice of nonconformists; nonconformists as a class.

nonkonformista

(by extension) One who is unconventional or does not abide by rules. [from 1880s]

nonparej

(uncountable, typography, chiefly, historical) A size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.

nonšalance

Indifference, unconcern; carelessness; coolness; disregard, detachment.

nonšalantní

light-hearted; vivacious

nonsens

(literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.

nonstop

A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.

nopálovec karmínový

(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).

Nor

A native of Norway.

nora

A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.

norek

(plural mink or minks) Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).

Norimberk

A major city in Bavaria, Germany.

Norka

A native of Norway.

normalita

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

normální

(chiefly, US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard. [from 17th c.]

normálnost

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

normativní

Of or pertaining to a norm or standard.

normotvorný

Attempting to establish or prescribe a norm.

norník

Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

Norsko

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.

norský

Of or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.

norština

(uncountable) The language of Norway, which has two official forms (written standards): Bokmål and Nynorsk.

nosatec

Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip.

nosatý

Having a large or elongated nose.

nosič

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

nosit

(transitive) To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.

nosit roušku

(transitive) To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

nositel

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

nositelka

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

nosítka

A frame, supported by poles, used for carrying things; similar to a litter or stretcher

nosná konstrukce

A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

nosní dírka

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

nosník

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

nosný signál

A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

nosorožec

Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

nostalgický

Of, having, or relating to nostalgia.

nostalgie

The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

nóta

A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.

notace

A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.

notář

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notářka

(legal, Canada, US) A notary public, a public officer who serves as an impartial witness to the signing of important documents, but who is not authorised to practise law.

notebook

(computing) A laptop computer.

notes

(computing, sometimes, attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

notorický

Firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing.

notová osnova

(music) The set of five horizontal and parallel lines on and between which musical notes are written or pointed; the staff.

ňouma

(obsolete) A fool, a simpleton, a mindless person.

noumenon

(from Kantian, _, philosophy, _, on) A thing as it is independent of any conceptualization or perception by the human mind, postulated by practical reason but existing in a condition which is in principle unknowable and unexperienceable.

nouze

(transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.

nouzová situace

(sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

nováček

(Internet) A new user or participant; someone who is extremely new and inexperienced (to a game or activity). A beginner.

Novák

A surname transferred from the nickname.

novela

A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]

novic

Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

novicka

Of a beginner; unfamiliar or unexperienced in a particular subject.

novinář

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

novinářka

One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.

novinářství

The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.

novinový papír

(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

novinový stánek

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public.

noviny

New information of interest.

novorozeně

A recently born baby.

novorozenec

A recently born baby.

novorozený

Recently born.

novost

The state of being new or novel; newness.

nozdra

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

nožíř

One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.

nožní

Of or relating to the foot.

nuance

(countable) A minor distinction.

Núbie

(by extension) The former polity ruling that region.

Núbijec

An inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent.

Núbijka

An inhabitant of ancient Nubia or a person of Nubian descent.

núbijský

Pertaining to Nubia, its people or its language.

nucená dovolená

A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.

nuda

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; a bored state.

nudismus

The belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.

nudit

(transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.

nudle

(usually, in the plural) A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

nudle u nosu

Nasal mucus; snot.

nudný

Causing boredom or tiredness; making one feel tired and impatient.

nugát

(uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in, _, western, _, Europe) almonds or (in, _, eastern, _, Europe) hazelnuts or (in, _, America) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

nukleární

Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]

nula

Someone or something of no importance.

nulovat se

(mathematics) To become equal to zero.

nultá léta

(chiefly, UK, sometimes, capitalized) The decade consisting of the last year of the previous century and the first nine years of the next: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.

Numeri

The Book of Numbers, the fourth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fourth book in the Torah.

numerický

(relational) Of or pertaining to numbers.

nutit

(transitive) To force, constrain, or coerce.

nutkání

An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.

nutkavý

Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.

nutnost

The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.

nutný

Essential; crucial; extremely important.

nůž

A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.

ný

The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν and ν.

nylon

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

nylonky

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

nylonové punčochy

(in the plural) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.

nýmand

Someone who is not important or well-known.

nymfička

A sexually attractive girl or young woman. [from 20th c.]

nymfomanie

Excess of sexual behaviour or desire in women.

nymfomanka

A woman with an excessive libido.

nyní

At the present time.

nynorsk

Nynorsk; Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this

nýt

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

nýtovat

(transitive) To install rivets.

Nyx

(Greek mythology) The primordial goddess of night.

o

Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of. [from ca. 1150–1350]

o něco méně než

(informal) Short, insufficient or less than.

o sobě

(emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate

oba

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

obal

(figuratively) Any form of useless, dried up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something.

obalamutit

(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.