Dutch–English dictionary

clandestien

Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.

clarificeren

(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

Clark

A en given name.

classicus

(dated) One learned in the literature of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; a student of classical literature.

classificatie

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.

classificeren

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

claustrofobie

The fear of closed, tight places.

clausule

(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

claxon

(countable, automotive) A loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle.

claxonneren

(transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.

Clemens

A en given name, borne by an early pope and by several saints.

clementie

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

clericus

A member of a clergy.

clerus

Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

cliché

(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]

client

(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.

clignoteur

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.

clique

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

clitoris

(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]

cloaca

(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.

cloud

(cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.

clown

A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon.

club

(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.

co-assistent

A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.

co-existentie

The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.

co-existeren

(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.

coach

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

coachen

(intransitive, sports) To train.

coagulaat

A mass formed by means of coagulation.

coaguleren

(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

coalitie

A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

coaster

A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.

coaten

(transitive) To cover with a coating of some material.

coaxiale kabel

Clipping of coaxial.

coaxkabel

Clipping of coaxial.

Cobain

A surname.

cobra

Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Naja.

coca

The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

cocaïne

(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

cochenilleluis

(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).

cockpit

The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]

cocktail

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

code

A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.

coderen

(transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.

codering

(computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.

codicil

(legal) An addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.

codificatie

The process of precisely formulating a statement, such as a code of laws.

cognaat

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

Cognac

A city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy.

cognitief

Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.

coherent

Unified; sticking together; making up a whole.

cohesie

State of cohering, or of working together.

coiffeur

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

coiffure

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

coïncideren

To occur at the same time.

coïtus

(formal, now, also, humorous) Sexual intercourse, especially involving penile–vaginal penetration.

coke

(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

cokes

(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.

col

The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

cola

(countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.

colectomie

(surgery) The surgical procedure to remove all or part of the large intestine or colon.

coleslaw

A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).

collaborateur

A person who cooperates traitorously with an enemy.

collaboratie

(uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.

collaboreren

To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

collage

A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.

collageen

(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.

collateraal

Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.

collectant

A person who collects money from the public for some cause.

collecte

(Christianity) A prayer said or sung as an anthem while offerings of bread and wine are placed on the altar during the Roman Catholic Mass or the Anglican Communion service. [from 14th c.]

collectie

(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.

collectief

(by extension) A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.

collectivisme

An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively

collega

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

college

An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

college van bestuur

The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

collegegeld

(North American, Philippines) A sum of money paid for instruction (such as in a private school, boarding school, university, or college).

collocatie

(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.

colloquium

An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.

colluderen

(intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire

collusie

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

colofonium

(organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.

Colombia

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

Colombiaan

A native or inhabitant of Colombia.

Colombiaans

Of, from or relating to Colombia.

Colombiaanse

A native or inhabitant of Colombia.

Colombië

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Colombia. Capital: Bogotá.

Colombo

The commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

colonne

A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

colonoscopie

(medicine) The examination of the colon using a colonoscope.

columbarium

(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.

columnist

A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

columniste

A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper.

comateus

In a coma: unconscious.

combinatie

The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.

combineren

(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

combo

A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.

comfort

Contentment, ease.

comitatief

(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.

comité

A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.

commandant

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.

commanderen

(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

commanderij

(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.

commandeur

A rank within an honorary order: e.g. Commander of the Legion of Honour.

commando

A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.

commentaar

An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.

commentator

A person who makes a commentary, particularly

commercialiseren

(transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.

commercie

(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

commercieel

Of or pertaining to commerce.

commerciële bosbouw

(uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.

commissaris

A member of a commission.

commissie

A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.

commotie

(dated or archaicizing, figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.

commune

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

communicatie

(uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.

communiceren

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

communie

The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist; (in particular) the reception of the body and blood of Christ (the consecrated bread and wine), which is believed to bring about communion between the recipient and Christ.

communist

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

communiste

(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.

communistisch

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

commuun

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the common gender.

comorbiditeit

(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

compact

Compressed into a tiny area.

compactheid

The state of being compact.

compactificeren

(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

compactor

A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.

compagnie

(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.

comparitie

The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.

compatibel

Capable of easy interaction.

compatibiliteit

(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.

compendium

A short, complete summary; an abstract.

compensatie

(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

compenseren

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

competent

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

competentie

A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

competitie

(uncountable) The action of competing.

competitief

(of someone's character) Inclined to compete.

compilatie

(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

compileren

(rare, computing) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

compleet

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

complement

(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]

complementair

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

complete

(used as an intensifier) Complete; absolute.

complex

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

complexiteit

(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

complicatie

(medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.

compliceren

(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

compliment

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

complimenteren

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).