Czech–English dictionary

běžně

As a rule; frequently; usually.

beznohý

(not comparable) Without legs.

běžný

Mutual; shared by more than one.

bezoár

A mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.

bezobratlý

Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.

bezobsažný

(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.

bezohledný

Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.

bezostyšný

Impudent, insolent.

béžový

Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

bezpáteřný

Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.

bezpečí

The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.

bezpečně

In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.

bezpečnost

The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.

bezpilotní letoun

An aircraft operated by remote control, especially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

bezplatně

Without paying; free.

bezpodmínečný

Absolute; without conditions, limitations, reservations or qualifications.

bezpohlavní

(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.

bezpráví

Absence of justice; unjustice.

bezprecedentní

Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

bezpředsudkovost

Impartiality.

bezpříkladný

Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.

bezpříznakový

(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.

bezprizorný

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

bezprostřední

Very close; direct or adjacent.

bezradnost

A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement.

bezradný

(idiomatic) Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability.

bezruký

Having no arms.

bezskrupulózní

Without scruples; immoral.

bezstarostný

light-hearted; vivacious

beztížnost

(countable) An experience or instance of being weightless.

beztížný

Without weight.

beztrestnost

(uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.

beztřídní

Not divided into societal or economic groups.

beztvarý

Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

bezúčelný

Without any apparent reason or purpose.

bezútěšný

Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

bezvadně

In a perfect or flawless manner.

bezvadný

Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.

bezvědomí

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

bezvládí

(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

bezvlasý

Destitute of hair.

bezvousý

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

bezvýhradný

Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.

bezvýznamný

Lacking meaning.

Bhútán

A country in South Asia, in the Himalayas. Official name: Kingdom of Bhutan. Capital: Thimphu.

bi-

Every two; a rate of once every two.

Bianka

A en given name.

biatlon

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

Bible

The Jewish holy book that was largely incorporated into the Christian Bible.

bibliofil

One who loves books.

bibliografie

A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

bič

A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.

biceps

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.

bicí

(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.

bičík

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.

bičovat

(transitive) To whip or scourge as punishment.

bída

Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.

bídák

(dated) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person.

bidet

A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus.

bidlo

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

bídný

Of an insignificant, mean, or poor nature; miserable, paltry, worthless.

biflování

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

biftek

(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).

bigamie

The state of having two (legal or illegal) spouses simultaneously.

bígl

A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.

bikiny

A brief bathing suit worn by men.

bílá

The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

bílek

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

biletář

A person, in a church, cinema etc., who escorts people to their seats.

biliarda

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015.

bilingvní

Having the ability to speak two languages fluently.

bilión

(dated, British & Australian, long scale) A million (times a) million (logic: 1,000,0002): a 1 followed by twelve zeros (1012); a thousand milliard.

bílý

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.

bílý límeček

(pejorative, slang, metonym) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.

binárka

(computing) .

binární

(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.

binární soustava

(mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.

binec

(countable) A great mess or clutter.

bingo

(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

bio-

life

biochemický

of, or relating to biochemistry

biochemik

A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry

biodiverzita

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

biograf

The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.

biografie

A person's life story, especially one published.

biolog

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biologická diverzita

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

biologické riziko

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

biologie

The study of all life or living matter.

bioložka

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biom

Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

biometrie

The automated recognition or authentication of an individual's identity based on their behavioural and biological characteristics, such as iris appearance, fingerprint, or face shape.

biometrika

The automated recognition or authentication of an individual's identity based on their behavioural and biological characteristics, such as iris appearance, fingerprint, or face shape.

biopsie

The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

biosféra

The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.

biotický

(biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

birdie

(golf) The completion of a hole one stroke below par.

biřmování

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

biřmovat

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

bisexuál

A person who is bisexual.

bisexuální

(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. (Compare pansexual.)

biskup

(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

biskvit

(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

bít

(transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.

bitevní pole

A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.

bití

(music) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.

bitka

An occasion of fighting.

bitmapa

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

bitva

(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.

bitý

Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

bivak

An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.

bizarní

Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.

bizon

A bovine mammal, a species of bison, Bison bison.

bizon americký

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

bizon evropský

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

blábolit

To talk inconsiderately; blab.

bláboly

(uncountable, colloquial) Pablum or nonsense.

blahé paměti

(not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)

blaho

Perfect happiness.

blahobyt

(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.

blahopřání

The act of congratulating.

blahopřát

To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.

blahosklonný

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

blahovičník

Any of many trees, of genus Eucalyptus, native mainly to Australia.

bláhový

Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

Blanka

A en given name.

blankyt

(countable, and, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

blankytný

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

blasfemie

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

blátivý

Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud.

blatník

A cover over the wheels of a vehicle, or a flap behind that wheel, to prevent water and mud being projected.

bláto

Slimy mud, sludge.

blaze

In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.

Blažej

A en given name.

blázen

(slang, countable) An insane or eccentric person; a crackpot.

blaženě

In a blissful, happy or joyful manner.

blaženost

Perfect happiness.

blažený

Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.

blazeovaný

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

bláznivá komedie

(uncountable, comedy) A style of humor focusing on physical comedy, such as slipping on a banana peel, and with foolish characters who get into humiliating situations.

bláznivý

Of unsound mind; insane; demented. [from 17th c.]

blb

A stupid person; a dolt.

blbec

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

blbeček

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person. [from 20th c.]

blbiny

A frolic or romp, some fun.

blbnout

To sit astride of; to bestride.

blbnutí

A frolic or romp, some fun.

blbost

(uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.

blbosti

(uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.

blboun

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.