Greek–English dictionary

σωτήρας

A person who rescues someone or something. · sotiras

σωτηρία

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc. · sotiria

σωφρονιστήριο

(chiefly, US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (broadly) a prison. · sofronistirio

σωφρονιστικός

Of or relating to the punishment of criminals. · sofronistikos

σώφρων

Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally. · sofron

τα λέμε

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. · ta leme

τα πάντα

(literally) All the things under discussion. · ta pada

τα περασμένα

Having already happened; in the past; finished. [from 14th c.] · ta perasmena

ταβάνι

(architecture) The overhead interior surface that covers the upper limits of a room. · tavani

ταβέρνα

A restaurant or bar. · taverna

τάβλα

A flat tray which can be used as a table. · tavla

τάβλι

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board. · tavli

ταγάρι

A small bag of cloth, often decorated, originally used for carrying betel leaf in south-east Asia. · tagari

Ταγγέρη

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

ταγγός

Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. · tangos

ταγιέρ

(card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by colour and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic, and French playing cards. · tagier

ταγκός

(of oily or fatty food) Rank in taste or smell. · tagos

ταγματάρχης

(military ranks) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel. · tagmatarchis

τάεκβοντο

A martial arts form from Korea, known for its elaborate kicking techniques. The sparring aspect is a recognised Olympic sport. · taekvodo

τάζω

(ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow. · tazo

ταϊβανικά

The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo. · taivanika

τάιγκα

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

ταϊκοναύτης

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

Ταϊλάνδη

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Thailand. Capital: Bangkok. Former name: Siam. · Tailandi

ταϊλανδικά

(uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao). · tailandika

ταινία

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. · tainia

Ταϊπέι

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

ταίρι

(especially of a non-human animal) A breeding partner. · tairi

ταιριάζω

(transitive, with to) To make conform in size and shape. · tairiazo

ταιριαστό

pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful · tairiasto

ταιριαστός

The same as another; sharing the same design. · tairiastos

τακούνι

(anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg. · takouni

τακτικά

With constant frequency or pattern. · taktika

τακτικός

One who frequents a place. [from 1818] · taktikos

τακτοποιημένος

Arranged neatly and in order. · taktopoiimenos

τακτοποίηση

The state of being settled. · taktopoiisi

ταλαιπωρημένος

That has suffered damage. · talaiporimenos

ταλαντεύομαι

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm. · taladevomai

ταλάντευση

The motion of something that wobbles. · taladefsi

τάλαντο

A marked natural ability or skill. · talado

ταλαντούχος

(business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person. [from 19th c.] · taladouchos

ταλάντωση

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated · taladosi

ταλαντωτής

A tuned electronic circuit used to generate a continuous output waveform. · taladotis

ταλέντο

(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).] · taledo

Ταλιμπάν

A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021. · Taliban

Ταλίν

The capital city of Estonia. · Talin

Ταλλίν

The capital city of Estonia. · Tallin

Ταλμούδ

(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). · Talmoud

ταμείο

(countable, film, theater) A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema. · tameio

Τάμεσης

(with the) A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound. · Tamesis

Τάμεσις

(with the) A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound. · Tamesis

ταμίας

The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment. · tamias

Ταμπάσκο

A state of Mexico. · Tabasko

ταμπλό

(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. · tablo

ταμπλό αυτοκινήτου

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves. · tablo aftokinitou

ταμπόν

A piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps. The ink gets onto the stamp by pressing the stamp on the ink-pad. · tabon

ταμπού

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. · tabou

τανάλια

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws. · tanalia

Τανζανία

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

Τάνια

A en given name. · Tania

τανκ

An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks. · tank

τάξη

(logic, mathematics, computer science) The number of arguments or operands a function or operation takes. For a relation, the number of domains in the corresponding Cartesian product. · taxi

ταξί

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

ταξιανθία

(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. · taxianthia

ταξιαρχία

(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service. · taxiarchia

ταξίαρχος

A person holding a rank, in the Royal Air Force and many Commonwealth air forces, between that of group captain and air vice-marshal, equivalent to an army brigadier general, or equivalent rank in other air forces. · taxiarchos

ταξιδεύω

To travel, to make a trip or voyage. · taxidevo

ταξιδιώτης

One who travels, especially to distant lands. · taxidiotis

ταξιδιώτισσα

One who travels, especially to distant lands. · taxidiotissa

ταξιδιώτρια

One who travels, especially to distant lands. · taxidiotria

ταξιδομανία

A strong impulse or longing to travel. · taxidomania

ταξιθέτης

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

ταξινόμηση

(uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this. · taxinomisi

ταξινομία

(life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. · taxinomia

ταξινομώ

(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes. · taxinomo

τάξος

(countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. · taxos

ταπεινός

Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing. · tapeinos

ταπεινότητα

The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior. · tapeinotita

ταπεινώνω

(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of. · tapeinono

ταπείνωση

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.] · tapeinosi

ταπετσαρία

(uncountable) Decorative paper-like material used to cover the inner walls of buildings. · tapetsaria

τάπητας

A fabric used as a complete floor covering. · tapitas

ταπιόκα

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

ταράζω

To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse. · tarazo

τάρανδος

(plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies. · tarandos

ταραξίας

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group. · taraxias

ταράτσα

(chiefly, Indian English) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather. · taratsa

ταραχή

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner. · tarachi

ταραχοποιός

(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group. · tarachopoios

Ταρζάν

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

Ταρσός

A city in Mersin Province in southeastern Turkey, an important center of Cilicia since antiquity. · Tarsos

τάρτα

A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings). · tarta

Τάρταρα

(Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god. · Tartara

τασάκι

A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars. · tasaki

τάση

Tendency or inclination under given circumstances. · tasi

τάστο

(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played. · tasto

ταταρικός

Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars. · tatarikos

Τάταρος

A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia. · Tataros

Τατιάνα

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Татья́на (Tatʹjána). · Tatiana

τατουάζ

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

ταυ

A rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by draughtsmen to draw parallel lines. · tav

ταϋλανδικά

(uncountable) The main language spoken in Thailand (closely related to Lao). · taylandika

ταυρομάχος

(bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight. · tavromachos

ταύρος

Any adult male bovine. · tavros

ταυτολογία

(uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition. · taftologia

ταυτοποίηση

(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource. · taftopoiisi

ταυτότητα

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. · taftotita

ταυτόχρονα

At the same time; simultaneously; together. · taftochrona

ταυτόχρονος

Happening at the same moment. · taftochronos

ταφή

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth. · tafi

ταφικό μνημείο

A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed. · tafiko mnimeio

ταφόπετρα

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave. · tafopetra

ταφόπλακα

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave. · tafoplaka

τάφος

(narrowly) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial. · tafos

τάφρος

A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. · tafros

τάχα

Asserted but not proved. · tacha

ταχταρίζω

(transitive) To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, usually said of a child. · tachtarizo

ταχυγραφία

A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. · tachygrafia

ταχυδακτυλουργία

(entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers. · tachydaktylourgia

ταχυδακτυλουργικός

Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc. [from 19th c.] · tachydaktylourgikos

ταχυδακτυλουργός

A performer of tricks or an escapologist or an illusionist. · tachydaktylourgos

ταχυδρομείο

(chiefly, _, US, uncountable) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person. [from 19thc.] · tachydromeio

ταχυδρομική άμαξα

(theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. · tachydromiki amaxa

ταχυδρομικός

Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail. · tachydromikos

ταχυδρομικός κώδικας

(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. · tachydromikos kodikas

ταχυδρόμος

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes. · tachydromos

ταχυδρομώ

(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail. · tachydromo

ταχυκαρδία

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

τάχυον

(particle) A hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. · tachyon

ταχυπλοΐα

(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one. · tachyploia

ταχύς

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid. [from 14th c.] · tachys

ταχύτητα

(countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. · tachytita

ταχύτητες

(automotive, trucking, heavy equipment) A device, usually an assembly of gears (gearbox) plus a clutch or torque converter, through which power is sent from the engine to the driveshaft in an automobile (motor car or motor truck). · tachytites

ταψί

(cookware) An oven-proof metal tray used to hold foods in the oven. · tapsi

τεθωρακισμένα

(military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively. · tethorakismena

τεθωρακισμένο

(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle. · tethorakismeno

τείνω

(transitive) To lengthen by pulling. · teino

τείχος προστασίας

(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat. · teichos prostasias

τεκίλα

An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana. · tekila

τεκμήριο

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support. · tekmirio

τεκμηριώνω

To record in documents. · tekmiriono

τεκμηρίωση

(computing, mechanical engineering) Documents that explain the operation of a particular machine or software program. · tekmiriosi

τεκνό

A very handsome young man. · tekno

τεκνοποίηση

The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition. · teknopoiisi

τεκτονική

(geology) The study of crustal plates and other large-scale structural features of the Earth. · tektoniki

τέλα

The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover. · tela

τελεία

(orthography, typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others. · teleia

τελεία και παύλα

(colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate. · teleia kai pavla

τελειοθήρας

Someone who is unwilling to settle for anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards. [from 20th c.] · teleiothiras

τελειοθηρία

An unwillingness to settle for anything less than perfection. · teleiothiria