Czech–English dictionary

odposlouchávající

One who eavesdrops.

odpouštějící

Inclined to forgive.

odpověď

(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

odpovědět

(transitive) To answer; to address.

odpovědnost

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

odpovědný

(postpositive, followed by "for") Having the duty of taking care of something; answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.

odpovídající

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

odpovídání

The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.

odpovídat

(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

odprašovat

(physics, intransitive) To cause surface atoms or electrons of a solid to be ejected by bombarding it with heavy atoms or ions.

odpružení

(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

odpudivý

Irritating, repellent.

odpůrce

A person who belittles the worth of another person or cause.

odpůrkyně

One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.

odpustek

(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.

odpuštění

The action of forgiving.

odpustit

(transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).

odpuzovat

(transitive, physics) To force away by means of a repulsive force. [from 17th c.]

Odra

A river in central Europe, that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea.

odradit

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

odrážet

(transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

odrazit

(transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.

odrážka

(typography) A printed symbol in the form of a solid circle, “•”, often used to mark items in a list.

odrazový můstek

A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.

odrazující

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

odřenina

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

odřezek

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

odřít

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

odročení

(legal) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.

odročit

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

odrovnat

(UK, slang, transitive) To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.

odrůda

(botany, taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.

odsadit

(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.

odsazení

The act of indenting or state of being indented.

odseknout

(intransitive, of a person) To make a grunt or grunts.

odseknutí

A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

odškodné

Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.

odškodnění

Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.

odškrtnutí

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

odsoudit

(chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

odsouzení

(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

odsouzeníhodný

Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.

odsouzený

(legal) A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

odstavit

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

odšťavňovač

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

odštěpek

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

odštěpit

(figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.

odstín

These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).

odstoupit

(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [from mid 17th c.]

odstranění

The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.

odstranit

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

odstraňování závad

The identification and resolution of problems, especially problems of a technical nature.

odstrašit

(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

odstředit

To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

odstředivka

By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)

odstředivý

Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

odstřel

An organized killing of selected animals.

odstřelovač

A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.

odsunout

(transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.

odsuzovat

(chiefly, religion, ethics) To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

odtáhnout se

To pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment. [from 16th c.]

odtahové parkoviště

(UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

odtajnit

to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on

odtažení

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

odtažitý

Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.

odtok

The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.

odtrhnout

To cause one to feel unable to relate.

odtud

(archaic) From here, from this place, away.

odulý

Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.

odumírání

(medicine) The death of part of the body.

oduševnělý

Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.

odůvodnění

(countable) A reason, explanation, or excuse which someone believes provides convincing, morally acceptable support for behavior or for a belief or occurrence.

odvaha

Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

odvázat

To set free from restraint or danger.

odvážit

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

odvážně čelit

(transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy, to provoke.

odvážný

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

odvážný čin

(countable) A brave act.

odvazovat

(transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.

odvažovat se

(transitive) To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to.

odvést

To draft someone into military service.

odveta

An act of retaliation.

odvod

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

odvodit

(transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

odvodnění

A natural or artificial means for the removal of fluids from a given area by its draining away.

odvodnit

(transitive, ergative) To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.

odvolací

That can be (legally) appealed to, especially of a court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.

odvolání

An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

odvolat

(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

odvození

The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.

odvozenina

(calculus) One of the two fundamental objects of study in calculus (the other being integration), which quantifies the rate of change, tangency, and other qualities arising from the local behavior of a function.

odvozený

A product of derivation

odvozovat se

To be caused or derived; to originate.

odvrátit

(transitive) To turn aside or away.

odvrhnout

(ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

odvšivit

To remove lice from; to delouse.

odvšivovat

To remove lice from; to delouse.

odvyknout

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

odvzdušnit

(transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

odýhovat

(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

Odysea

An epic poem, ascribed to Homer, that describes the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy.

Odysseus

(Greek mythology) The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.

odzbrojení

The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

odznak

(US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

ofenzíva

(countable, military) An attack.

offline

Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.

oficiálně

In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.

oficiální

Official.

oficír

A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.

ofina

(chiefly, _, US, Philippines) Hair hanging over the forehead.

ofsajd

(sports) An offside play.

ofsajdový

(sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.

oftalmolog

A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.

ohánět se

To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.

oharek

Partially or mostly burnt material that results from incomplete combustion of coal or wood etc.; it often rides the rising smoke column into the air, and it can pose a fire hazard when it lands, in dry conditions.

ohavnost

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]

ohavný

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

ohbí

(obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.

ohebnost

The quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.

ohebný

Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

oheň

(countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).

ohlávka

A bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.

ohled

(preceded by “in” or “with”) A particular aspect or detail; respect, sense. [from 16th c.]

ohleduplnost

The quality of being discreet.

ohleduplný

Characterised by careful and conscious thought.

ohlodávat

Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites.

ohlušovat

(transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.

ohlušující

Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.

ohm

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical resistance; the electrical resistance of a device across which a potential difference of one volt causes a current of one ampere.

Ohmův zákon

(physics) Ohm's observation that the direct current flowing in an electrical circuit consisting only of resistances is directly proportional to the voltage applied.

ohnat se

(transitive, and, intransitive, boxing) To move one's arm in a punching motion.

ohniště

A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.

ohnivá voda

(informal) High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).

ohnivý

Very bright and the color of flame.

ohňostroj

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

ohňostroje

(plural only) An event or a display where fireworks are set off.

ohnout

(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

ohnout se

To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.

ohnutý

(Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.

ohodnocení

A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

ohodnotit

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

oholený

Having been shaved.

oholit

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

ohon

An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.

ohrada

(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

ohradit se

Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.

ohraničit

(transitive) To put a border on something.

ohraničovat

(transitive) To put a border on something.

ohraný

Repeated too often.

ohřát

(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.