Greek–English dictionary

τελειομανής

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

τελειομανία

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

τελειοποιώ

(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone. · teleiopoio

τέλειος

Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors · teleios

τελειότατος

Of the nature of a quintessence (in all senses); being or relating to the ultimate essence of something. · teleiotatos

τελειότητα

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence. · teleiotita

τελειωμένο

(of an activity or task) Completed or finished. · teleiomeno

τελειώνω

(transitive) To finish, terminate. · teleiono

τέλεξ

A network of teletypes. · telex

τελεσίγραφο

(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time. · telesigrafo

τελεστέος

(mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3 - x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x). · telesteos

τελεστής

(ellipsis, mining) The company that operates a mine; often the same one that owns the mine. · telestis

τελετή

A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. · teleti

τελετή αποφοίτησης

(sciences) A marking (e.g., on a container) indicating a measurement on a scale, usually one of many such markings. · teleti apofoitisis

τελετή εγκαινίων

A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. · teleti egainion

τελετουργικό

(uncountable) A formal socially established behaviour, often in relation to people of different ranks; formality. · teletourgiko

τελετουργικός

Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony. · teletourgikos

τελευταία

(referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times. · teleftaia

τελευταίος

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. · teleftaios

τέλη ελλιμενισμού

(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring. · teli ellimenismou

τελικά

In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks. · telika

τελικός

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. · telikos

τέλμα

An undesirable situation; a predicament. · telma

τέλος

(by extension, often with "the") Death. · telos

τέλος πάντων

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point. · telos padon

τελούγκου

A Dravidian language of India. · telougou

τελωνείο

An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit · teloneio

τεμαχίζω

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. · temachizo

τεμάχιο

(mathematics) A portion. · temachio

τεμαχισμός

An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another. · temachismos

τέμενος

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid. · temenos

τέμνουσα

(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec · temnousa

τεμπέλης

A lazy person. · tebelis

τεμπελιά

The quality of being lazy · tebelia

τεμπελιάζω

(intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle. · tebeliazo

τεμπεσίρι

(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO4), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard). · tebesiri

τεμπούρα

A Japanese dish made by deep-frying vegetables, seafood, or other foods in a light batter. · teboura

τένγκου

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, mythological creature) A mythical Japanese creature, typically birdlike and having a long nose. · tengou

τενεκές

A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). · tenekes

Τενεσί

A state of the United States. · Tenesi

τένις

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. · tenis

Τεννεσσή

A state of the United States. · Tennessi

τένοντας

(anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts. · tenodas

τεντωμένος

Pulled taut, without any slack. · tedomenos

Τεξανός

A native or inhabitant of the state of Texas, United States. · Texanos

Τέξας

A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston. · Texas

τέρας

(often, _, collective) All non-human animals seen as a group. · teras

τεράστιος

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. · terastios

τερατόμορφος

Freakish or grotesque. · teratomorfos

τερατούργημα

A monstrous person, thing, or act. · teratourgima

τερατώδης

Hideous or frightful. · teratodis

τερεβινθέλαιο

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner. · terevinthelaio

τερεβινθίνη

A volatile essential oil now obtained from such oleoresin of from the wood of pine trees by steam distillation; a complex mixture of monoterpenes; now used as a solvent and paint thinner. · terevinthini

τερετίζω

(Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue. · teretizo

τερέτισμα

A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect. · teretisma

τέρμα

The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. · terma

τερματίζω

(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy. · termatizo

τερματικός σταθμός

A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes. · termatikos stathmos

τερματισμός

A result that one is attempting to achieve. · termatismos

τερματοφύλακας

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal. · termatofylakas

τερμίτες

A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. · termites

τερος

(added to certain adjectives and adverbs, now especially short ones) More; used to form the comparative. · teros

τέρπω

(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to. · terpo

τερτσίνα

a three-line stanza in a poem · tertsina

Τερψιχόρη

(Greek god) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne. · Terpsichori

τέσλα

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux density or magnetic inductivity. · tesla

τέσσερα

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. · tessera

τέσσερις

A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••) · tesseris

τεστοστερόνη

(steroid hormone) A steroid hormone that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics, produced mainly in the testes, but also in the ovaries and adrenal cortex. · testosteroni

τεταμένος

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. · tetamenos

τέτανος

(pathology, usually, uncountable) A serious and often fatal disease caused by the infection of an open wound with the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani, found in soil and the intestines and faeces of animals. · tetanos

Τετάρτη

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday. · Tetarti

τεταρτημόριο

(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. [from 14th c.] · tetartimorio

τεταρτιάζω

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four. · tetartiazo

τέταρτο

(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time. · tetarto

τέταρτο του γαλονιού

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S. · tetarto tou galoniou

τέταρτος

The ordinal form of the number four. · tetartos

τετραγωνίδιο

A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc. · tetragonidio

τετραγωνικό

(roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States. · tetragoniko

τετραγωνικός

(mathematics) Of a polynomial, equation or function, second-degree: involving the second power (square) of a variable but no higher powers, as ax^2 + bx + c. · tetragonikos

τετράγωνο

The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets. · tetragono

τετράγωνος

Shaped like a square (the polygon). · tetragonos

τετράδιο

A booklet for students, containing either problems or exercises, and blank, often lined pages for writing answers. · tetradio

τετραδόνιο

(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects. · tetradonio

τετρακισεκατομμύριο

(US, modern British and Australian, short scale) A thousand trillion (logic: 1,000 × 1,0004): 1 followed by fifteen zeros, 1015. · tetrakisekatommyrio

τετραμερής

(arithmetic) Having three variables. · tetrameris

τετράνιο

(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects. · tetranio

τετράπλευρο

(geometry) A polygon with four sides. · tetraplevro

τετράπλευρος

Having four sides. · tetraplevros

τετραπλός

Having four components. · tetraplos

τετριμμένος

Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics. · tetrimmenos

τεύχος

The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs. · tefchos

τέφρα

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

τεφροδόχος

(Britain) An urn. · tefrodochos

τεφροφυλάκιο

A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains. · tefrofylakio

τεφτέρι

(accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits. · tefteri

Τεχεράνη

The capital city of Iran, the seat of Tehran County's Central District and the capital of Tehran Province. · Techerani

τέχνασμα

A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us." · technasma

τέχνη

(countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation. · techni

τέχνημα

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. · technima

τεχνητή γονιμοποίηση

(agriculture) Initialism of artificial insemination. · techniti gonimopoiisi

τεχνητός

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. · technitos

τεχνική

(uncountable) The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. [from 19th c.] · techniki

τεχνικός

(securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors. · technikos

τεχνίτης

A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. · technitis

τεχνο-

Relating to technology. · techno-

τεχνοβλαστός

The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed. · technovlastos

τεχνοκρίτης

(countable) A specialist in judging works of art. · technokritis

τεχνοκριτικός

(countable) A specialist in judging works of art. · technokritikos

τεχνολογία

(uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques. · technologia

τεχνολογικά

In a technological manner. · technologika

τεχνολογικός

Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology. · technologikos

τεχνούργημα

An object made or shaped by human hand or labor. · technourgima

τέως

Former, previous. · teos

τζάγκουαρ

A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca. · tzagouar

τζαζ

(music genre) A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation. · tzaz

Τζαϊπούρ

The state capital of Rajasthan, India. · Tzaipour

Τζακ

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan. · Tzak

Τζακάρτα

A province and capital city of Indonesia. · Tzakarta

τζάκι

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney. · tzaki

Τζάκσον

The capital city of Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County. · Tzakson

Τζαμάικα

An island and country in the Caribbean. · Tzamaika

Τζαμαϊκανή

A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent. · Tzamaikani

τζαμαϊκανός

Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language. · tzamaikanos

τζαμάς

One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc. · tzamas

τζαμί

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid. · tzami

τζαμπαλάγια

Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham. · tzabalagia

τζαμπατζής

(colloquial) One who does not contribute or pay appropriately; one who gets a free ride, etc. without paying a fair share. · tzabatzis

τζάμπορι

(scouting) A large rally of Scouts or Guides. · tzabori

Τζάστιν

A en given name. · Tzastin

τζέι

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j. · tzei

Τζέικ

A en given name. · Tzeik

Τζέιμς

A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan. · Tzeims

Τζέιν

A en given name, the standard feminine form of John since the 17th century. · Tzein

Τζέισον

A en given name. · Tzeison

τζελ

Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair. · tzel

τζελάτο

An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice crystals as they form. · tzelato

Τζένιφερ

A en given name. · Tzenifer

Τζέραλντ

A en given name. · Tzerald

Τζερόνιμο

A prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe (1829–1909). · Tzeronimo

Τζέρσεϊ

An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England. · Tzersei

τζην

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern. · tzin

τζι

The name of the Latin-script letter G/g. · tzi

τζιβάνα

(US, slang, smoking) The butt of a marijuana cigarette. · tzivana

Τζιμ

A en given name. · Tzim

Τζίμι

A en given name, also used as a formal given name. · Tzimi

τζιν

A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails. · tzin

τζίνι

(Islam) A jinn, a being descended from the jann, normally invisible to the human eye, but who may also appear in animal or human form. · tzini

τζιτζίκι

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

Τζο

(rare) : a diminutive of various female given names. · Tzo