Dutch–English dictionary

arachnofobie

An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.

Aragón

An autonomous community in northeastern Spain. Capital: Zaragoza.

Aramees

The language of the Arameans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.

arbeid

(uncountable) Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.

arbeider

One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.

arbeidsgalop

A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four-legged animals.

arbeidsintensief

(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.

arbeidskracht

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

arbeidsloon

(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

arbeidsloos

Having no job despite being able and willing to work.

arbeidsplaats

The place where one is employed.

arbeidster

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

arbiter

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

arbitrage

In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.

arbitrair

(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

arboreal

Living in or among trees.

arboretum

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arboricultuur

The branch of horticulture concerned with the planting, growth, and maintenance of trees.

Arcadia

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

Arcadië

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

arceren

To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

arcering

A pattern of crossing lines.

arch

leading, leader

archaïsch

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

archeologe

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

archeologie

The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

archeologisch

Relating to the science or research of archaeology.

archeoloog

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

archetype

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]

archie

form of government or rule

archief

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

archipel

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

architectonisch

Pertaining to architecture.

architecturaal

Pertaining to architecture.

architectuur

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

archivaris

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

archiveren

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

archivering

The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.

Arctica

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

Arctisch

(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape. [from 16th c.]

Ardennen

forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes.

are

(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

areligieus

(obsolete) Lack of religious belief.

Ares

(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.

argeloos

Free from guile; honest but naive.

Argentijns

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

Argentinië

A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

argon

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

argumentatie

(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.

argwaanend

Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

argwanend

(archaic) Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.

Arianne

A en given name.

Ariër

(dated) An Indo-European, a Proto-Indo-European.

aristocraat

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristocratie

The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.

aristocratisch

Aristocratic.

aritmetica

The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Arkansas

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

arm

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

armadillo

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

armbuigspier

(informal) The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.

arme

A person in need, or in poverty.

Armeen

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

Armeens

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

Armeense

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

armen

(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.

armenhuis

A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.

Armenië

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

Armeniër

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

Armeria

(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.

armlastige

A person in need, or in poverty.

armoede

An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

armoedzaaier

A person suffering from extreme poverty.

armsteun

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

armzalig

Of little monetary worth.

Arnoud

A en given name brought to England by Normans.

aroma

A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

aromaat

A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

aromatherapie

(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.

aromatisch

Fragrant or spicy.

arrangement

(music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.

arrangeren

(transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]

Arras

A city, the capital of Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France, the historic centre of the Artois region

array

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

arrest

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

arrestatie

(legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.

arresteren

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

arriveren

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

arrogant

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

arrogantie

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

arseen

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

arsenaal

A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

arsenicum

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

artefact

A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

arterie

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

Arthur

A en given name.

articuleren

(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.

artiest

(often, in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.

artificieel

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

artikel

(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).

artillerie

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

artillerist

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

artisjok

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

arts

A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

as

(formal, somewhat, dated) For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)

asbak

A container for collecting ashes, especially from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.

asbest

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

asceet

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

ascese

(Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.

ascetisme

The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.

aseksueel

(biology) Lacking distinct sex, lacking sexual organs.

asem

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

asemen

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

asemhalen

(intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

asfalt

(loosely, UK, Ireland, Canada) Any bituminous road surfacing material.

asfalteren

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

Asgaard

(Norse mythology) The realm of the Æsir gods.

asiel

A place of safety or refuge.

asiel aanvragen

(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.

aspect

Any specific feature, part, or element of something.

asperge

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

aspic

A meat or fish jelly.

aspics

A meat or fish jelly.

aspiratie

(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.

aspirientje

(uncountable, carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid

aspirine

(uncountable, carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid

Assassijn

(historical, , usually, capitalized) A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.

asse

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

assertief

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

assimilatie

The assimilation and understanding of ideas.

assimileren

(transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

Assisi

A city in the province of Perugia in the Central-Italian region of Umbria.

assist

(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

assistent

(countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.

assistente

A person who assists or helps someone else.

assistentie

Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.

assisteren

(transitive) To provide assistance to (someone or something).

associatie

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

associëren

(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

assonantie

(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.

assortiment

A collection of varying but related items.

assurantie

A means of indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event.

astaat

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

astatium

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

asterisk

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

asterisme

A rarely used typographical symbol of three asterisks arranged in a triangle, ⁂, used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book. Distinct from a dinkus which also uses asterisks to separate.

asteroïde

(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

astma

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

astrofysica

The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.