Dutch–English dictionary

certificatie

(legal) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.

cervix

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

cessie

(legal) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.

cf.

Compare; compare to; compare with.

chagrijn

Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.

chaiba

(slang) A marijuana cigarette.

chakra

(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.

Cham

(biblical character) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

Champagne

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champagneglas

A piece of stemware with a long stem and a tall, narrow bowl on top, designed to keep champagne desirable during its consumption by preventing heat from the drinker's hand from warming the champagne while retaining its carbonation.

champagnekleur

(countable) A very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

champagnekleurig

Of a very pale brownish-gold colour, similar to that of champagne.

Chanoeka

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

chantage

The extortion of money or favors by threats of public accusation, critique, or exposure.

chanten

To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

chanteren

(Kenya) To speak ill of someone; to defame someone.

chanteur

Someone who blackmails.

chaos

The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

chaotisch

Filled with chaos.

Charel

A en given name.

charge

(military) An attack in which combatants rush towards an enemy in an attempt to engage in close combat.

charismatisch

Of, related to, or having charisma: having a form of compelling charm which inspires devotion in others due to their strength of character and being full of personality; charming, fascinating, magnetic

charlatan

A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

Charlotte

A en given name.

charmant

Pleasant, charismatic.

charmeuse

A beautiful, charming and irresistible woman.

Chartoem

The capital city of Sudan.

chat

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

chatbot

(internet, AI) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

chatten

To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network such as a social media chat room or messaging application (as if having a face-to-face conversation instead of SMS or writing emails or letters).

chauffeur

A person employed to drive a private motor car or a hired car of executive or luxury class (like a limousine).

chauvinisme

(pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.

chauvinist

(pejorative) A chauvinistic person.

cheat

(video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

checken

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

checklist

A list of tasks to be completed, names to be consulted, conditions to be verified and similar.

cheerleader

(chiefly, US) A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for.

cheeta

(cat) A distinctive member (Acinonyx jubatus) of the cat family, slightly smaller than the leopard, but with proportionately longer limbs and a smaller head; native to Africa and southeast Asia (where it is nearly extinct) and also credited with being the fastest terrestrial animal.

chef

A person in charge of a business or company.

chef-kok

The head cook of a restaurant or other establishment.

cheffin

A headdress; a covering for the head.

chemicalie

(chemistry, sciences) Any specific chemical element or chemical compound or alloy.

chemicaliënindustrie

The chemical industry.

chemicus

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

chemie-

Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

chemisch

Of or relating to chemistry.

chemische industrie

The chemical industry.

chemo-

Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

cheque

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) A written order directing a bank to pay money to a person or entity.

cherub

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

cherubijn

(biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.

chi

The twenty-second letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets.

chianti

A Tuscan red wine.

chic

Elegant, stylish.

Chicago

A large city, the county seat of Cook County, in northeastern Illinois, United States, located on Lake Michigan.

chicane

(motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve. [from 20th c.]

chihuahua

The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.

chikane

(uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

Chileen

A person from Chile or of Chilean descent.

Chileens

Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.

Chileense

Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.

Chili

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

chilipeper

(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

chillen

(intransitive, slang) To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.

chimaera

(genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two or more zygotes.

chimère

(figurative) A foolish, incongruous, or vain thought or product of the imagination.

chimpansee

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

Chinees

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

Chinese

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

Chinese radijs

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

Chinezen

(uncountable, collective) The citizens of China, particularly citizens of the People's Republic of China.

chip

(electronics) A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate; a microchip.

chipmunk

Any of the subtribe Tamiina of small, striped rodents; they are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.

chique

Elegant, stylish.

chiropracticus

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chiropractor

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chirurg

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chirurgie

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

chloor

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

chloride

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid.

chloroform

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

chlorofyl

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

choco

A sweet spread made from hazelnuts, sugar, vegetable oils, cocoa solids and skimmed milk, generically called chocolate spread.

chocola

(mostly, uncountable) A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

chocolaatje

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

chocolade

Made of or containing chocolate.

chocolade-

Made of or containing chocolate.

chocoladebonbon

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

chocoladekleur

(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate (also called chocolate brown).

chocoladekleurig

Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

choke

A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.

cholera

(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.

cholerisch

(humorism, historical) Having a temperament characterized by an excess of choler; easily becoming angry.

cholesterol

(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

choquerend

Inspiring shock; startling.

chorizo

A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.

christelijk

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

christen

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

christendom

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

christenheid

The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. [from 14th c.]

christin

(obsolete, England) A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.

Christina

A en given name.

Christoffel

A person who makes a great discovery.

Chroesjtsjov

English transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв; usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.

chromatische toonladder

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.

chromatografie

(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

chromosoom

(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

chronisch

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

chronologie

(uncountable) The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

chronologisch

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

chronometer

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

chronometreren

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

chroom

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

chrysant

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

ciao

(chiefly, Commonwealth, informal) goodbye, especially as a sign-off in an email or after writing a comment.

cicade

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

cicero

(typography, Continental, _, printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.

cichorei

(chiefly, Britain) Common chicory (Cichorium intybus), source of Belgian endive, radicchio, and certain other cultivars with other names.

cijfer

A numeric character.

cilinder

The part of a revolver that contains chambers for the cartridges.

cilindervormig

Shaped like a cylinder.

cilindrisch

Shaped like a cylinder.

cinema

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

cinnaber

A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

cipier

One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.

cipres

An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.

circa

Approximately, about, around (typically in relation to time)

circuit

(electricity) Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

circus

A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. [from late 18th c.]

cirkel

(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.

cirkelen

(intransitive) To travel in circles.

cirkelring

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

cirrose

(pathology) A chronic disease of the liver caused by damage from toxins (including alcohol), metabolic problems, hepatitis, or nutritional deprivation, characterised by an increase in fibrous tissue and the destruction of liver cells.

cisterne

A reservoir or tank for holding water, especially for catching and holding rainwater for later use.

cisvrouw

A cisgender woman.

citaat

The act of citing a passage from a text, or from another person, using the exact words of the original text or speech and giving credit to the original by referencing.

citatie

A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.

citeren

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

citroen

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

citroen-

Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

citroenboom

A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

citroengeel

A yellowish citrus fruit.

citroengele

Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

citroensmaak

A yellowish citrus fruit.

citroenvlinder

The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.

civiel

(uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

civilisatie

The act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized.

civiliseren

To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.

claimen

To demand ownership or right to use for land.

clan

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.