Dutch–English dictionary

syndicalist

A person who advocates syndicalism.

syndroom

(pathology) A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition.

synode

(Christianity) An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.

synoniem

(taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.

synoniemenboek

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

synopsis

A brief summary of a text.

syntaxis

(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences, and language.

synthesizer

(musical instrument) An electronic musical instrument that creates its sounds with electronics and generally is played via a keyboard.

Syracuse

Syracuse University (in New York)

syrah

A variety of black grape used to make wine.

Syrië

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic. Capital: Damascus.

systeem

(physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.

t

(archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)

taai

Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

taaiheid

(materials science) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

taak

An assigned task.

taal

Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.

taalkunde

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

taalkundige

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.

taalregio

(computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

taalregulering

(linguistics) The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.

taaluiting

An act of, or the process of, uttering.

taalvaardig

Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.

taalwetenschappen

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

taart

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

taartenbakker

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

taartvorm

(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

tabak

(uncountable) Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.

tabakshandelaar

A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.

tabaksplant

(uncountable) Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.

tabaksverkoper

A person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, snuff and sundry items.

tabel

A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.

tabelleren

To tabulate; to put into a table or grid. [from 15th c.]

tabernakel

A sukkah, the booth or 'tabernacle' used during the Jewish Feast of Sukkot.

tabloid

(newspapers) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of a broadsheet, especially characterized as favouring stories of a popular or sensational nature over serious news. [from early 20th c.]

taboe

Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.

taboeïseren

To mark as taboo.

tachtig

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

tachycardie

(medicine, cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute; palpitations. [from 19th c.]

tackle

(sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.

taco

(culinary) A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.

tact

Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing. [from early 19th c.]

tactiek

A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

tactisch

Of or relating to tactics.

tactloos

having no tact; unaware or intentionally inconsiderate of someone else's feelings

tactvol

Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.

taf

A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.

tafel

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.

tafelkleed

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

tafelvoetbal

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

tafelzeil

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

tafelzilver

(US, Atlantic Canada) Knives, forks and spoons.

Tahiti

the largest island in French Polynesia.

tahoe

A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

taifoen

(in particular) A weather phenomenon in the northwestern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane except for its geographical region, typically resulting in wind speeds of 64 knots (119 km/h) or above. Equivalent to a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and Indonesia and Australia.

taiga

A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

taikoen

A wealthy and powerful business person.

taikonaut

A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.]

taikonaute

A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.]

taille

(anatomy) The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.

tailleband

A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.

Taipei

The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan. [from late 19th c.]

Taiwan

A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei. [from 20th c.]

Taiwanees

Of or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.

Taiwanese

(in the plural, chiefly, collective) People from Taiwan.

tak

Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.

takelage

Dress; tackle; especially (nautical) , the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.

takje

A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

taks

(countable) A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.

talenkenner

(also, figuratively) One who has mastered (especially when able to speak) several languages.

talent

(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

talentenjager

A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.

talentloos

Having no talent or natural ability.

talg

(physiology) A thick oily substance, secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin, that consists of fat, keratin and cellular debris.

taliban

A Taliban militia.

talibanstrijder

A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

taling

(countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.

talisman

A religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.

Tallinn

The capital city of Estonia.

talloos

(of a number) Too large to be counted to.

talmen

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

Talmoed

(Judaism) A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud).

taloor

A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.

talrijk

Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.

tam

Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

tamboerijn

A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.

tamelijk

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

Tamil

Of or pertaining to the Tamil people, culture, or language.

tamme kastanje

The fruit of this tree.

tampon

A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.

tamtam

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

tand

A tooth on a gear.

tandarts

A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.

tandeloos

Having no teeth.

tandem

(countable) A group of two or more machines, people, etc., working together; hence (uncountable) , close collaboration.

tandenborstel

A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

tandenknarsen

(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

tandenpoetsen

(transitive) To clean with a brush.

tandenstoker

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

tanderosie

(math) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology).

tandheelkunde

(uncountable) The field of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.

tandloos

Having no teeth.

tandpasta

A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the teeth.

tandpijn

(medicine) A pain or ache in a tooth.

tandvlees

(often, in the plural) The flesh around the teeth.

tandwielstelsel

A set of gears, as in a car or bicycle.

tandwieltand

A tooth on a gear.

tanen

(transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

tang

A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.

tangens

(music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.

Tanger

A port city, the capital of the region of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.

tanig

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour; orangey brown tinged with gold.

tank

A closed container for liquids or gases.

tankbeurt

Refuelling, fuel to refill an empty fuel tank (of a vehicle or machine) or other fuel container.

tanken

(intransitive) To fill the tank of a vehicle with fuel.

Tanzania

A country in East Africa. Official name: United Republic of Tanzania.

tapa's

A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.

tapas

A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.

tapijt

A fabric used as a complete floor covering.

tapioca

A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.

tapkast

The counter of such premises.

tappen

To draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; also, to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source).

taps

Narrowing gradually towards a point.

tapuit

(countable) Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

tarantisme

An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.

tarantula

(dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism). [from mid 16th c.]

target

A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful. [from 14th c.]

tarief

A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.

tartan

(uncountable) Woven woollen fabric with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles originally associated with Scottish Highlanders, now with different clans (though this only dates from the late 18th century) and some Scottish families and institutions having their own patterns; (countable) a particular type of such fabric.

tarten

(transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.

tarwe

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

Tarzan

(fiction) A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.

tas

(countable, uncountable) In certain phrases: money.

tasje

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

tastbaar

Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

tasten

(obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

tastzin

The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.

Tataars

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.

tateren

(slang, intransitive) To talk, particularly informally but persistently; to chatter or prattle.

tatoeage

An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle.

tatoeëren

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

tau

The letter Τ//τ in the Greek alphabet; being the nineteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, and the twenty-first letter of the Old and Ancient Greek alphabets.

Taurus

A mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast

taveerne

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

taverne

A restaurant or bar.

taxateur

One who performs appraisals.

taxatie

An appraisal or evaluation.

taxi

A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.

taxichauffeur

One who drives a taxi for a living.

taxichauffeuse

(slang) The driver of a taxicab (hackney cab).