Greek–English dictionary

τσεχοσλοβάκικος

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Czechoslovakia or its people. · tsechoslovakikos

Τσεχοσλοβάκος

A native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia · Tsechoslovakos

τσιγαρίδα

Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat. · tsigarida

τσιγαριλίκι

(slang) A marijuana cigarette. · tsigariliki

τσιγάρο

A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking. · tsigaro

τσιγαρόχαρτο

(countable, slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes. · tsigarocharto

Τσιγγάνα

(now, rare) A Gypsy, a Romani. [from 16th c.] · Tsingana

Τσιγγάνος

(now, rare) A Gypsy, a Romani. [from 16th c.] · Tsinganos

τσιγγούνης

(obsolete) A person who is wretched or despicable; a wretch. · tsingounis

τσίγκος

(countable) A single atom of this element. · tsigos

τσιγκούνης

Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean. · tsigounis

τσίζκεϊκ

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake). · tsizkeik

τσίζμπεργκερ

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese). · tsizberger

τσικνιάς

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. · tsiknias

τσιμεντένιος

(not comparable) Made of concrete (building material). · tsimedenios

τσιμούχα

(mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. · tsimoucha

τσιμπάω

(intransitive, of a fish) To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught. · tsibao

τσίμπημα

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting. · tsibima

τσίμπλα

(uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease. [from 14th c.] · tsibla

τσιμπολόγημα

An act of taking a small, quick bite, or several of such bites, especially with the front teeth; the bite or bites so taken. · tsibologima

τσιμπολογώ

Chiefly followed by at, away, or on: to take a small, quick bite, or several of such bites; to eat (at frequent intervals) with small, quick bites. · tsibologo

τσιμπούρι

A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. · tsibouri

τσιμπώ

To seize and pick up with the beak, or as if with the beak; to bite; to eat; often with up. · tsibo

τσιουάουα

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

τσιπάκι

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

τσίπουρα

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil. · tsipoura

τσίριγμα

A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads. · tsirigma

τσιρίζω

To laugh in a particularly loud manner. · tsirizo

τσίρκο

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.] · tsirko

τσίσμπεργκερ

A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese). · tsisberger

τσιτάχ

(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. · tsitach

τσιτσίδι

Bare, not covered by clothing. · tsitsidi

τσίτσιδος

Completely naked. · tsitsidos

τσιτώνω

(slang) To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired. · tsitono

τσίφτης

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. · tsiftis

τσίχλα

A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing. · tsichla

τσογλάνι

(pejorative) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. · tsoglani

τσοκ

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

τσόκαρο

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. · tsokaro

τσοπάνης

(countable) A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. · tsopanis

τσορίθο

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

τσουβάλι

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel. · tsouvali

τσουγκράνα

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor. · tsougrana

τσουγκρίζω

(ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another. · tsougrizo

τσουκάλι

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. · tsoukali

τσουκνίδα

Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, stinging nettles: · tsouknida

τσούλα

(slang, derogatory, by extension) Any woman with loose sexual morals. · tsoula

τσουλάω

(transitive) To roll along on wheels. · tsoulao

τσουλήθρα

An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. · tsoulithra

τσουνάμι

A very large and destructive wave, generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption; often a series of waves (a wave train). · tsounami

τσούρο

A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage. · tsouro

τσούχτρα

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. · tsouchtra

τσόχα

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. · tsocha

τυγχάνω

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall. · tynchano

τυλίγω

(transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold. · tyligo

τυμβωρύχος

One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit. · tymvorychos

τυμπανίζω

(intransitive) To beat a drum. · tybanizo

τυμπανιστής

(musician) One who plays the drums. · tybanistis

τυμπανίστρια

(musician) One who plays the drums. · tybanistria

τύμπανο

(weaponry) The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round. · tybano

τυμπανοκρουσία

(nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out). · tybanokrousia

Τυνησία

The Republic of Tunisia, since 1956. · Tynisia

τυνησιακός

Of, from, or pertaining to Tunisia, the Tunisian people or the Tunisian language. · tynisiakos

Τυνήσιος

A person from Tunisia or of Tunisian descent. · Tynisios

Τύνιδα

Tunis Governorate, one of the 24 governorates of Tunisia, which includes the capital. · Tynida

τυπικά

In a typical or common manner. · typika

τυπικός

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing. · typikos

τυπικώς

In a typical or common manner. · typikos

τυπογραφία

(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology. · typografia

τυπογραφικό λάθος

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.] · typografiko lathos

τυπογράφος

One who makes prints. · typografos

τυποποιημένος

designed or constructed in a standard manner · typopoiimenos

τυποποιώ

To make to conform to a standard. · typopoio

τύπος

(UK, slang) Jailtime; time in prison. · typos

τυραννόσαυρος

Any large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur, of the family Tyrannosauridae, that lived in North America during the Cretaceous period. · tyrannosavros

τυρί

(uncountable) A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. · tyri

τυρκουάζ

(countable) A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone. · tyrkouaz

τυρόπηγμα

The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc. · tyropigma

Τύρος

A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages. · Tyros

τύρφη

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.] · tyrfi

τυφλά

Without seeing; unseeingly. · tyfla

τυφλοπόντικας

Any of several small, burrowing, insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae. · tyflopodikas

τυφλός

(not comparable) Unable to see, or only partially able to see. · tyflos

τυφλότητα

The condition of being blind; unable to see. · tyflotita

τυφλώνω

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind. · tyflono

τύφλωση

The condition of being blind; unable to see. · tyflosi

τύφος

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever. · tyfos

τυφώνας

A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye. [16th c.] · tyfonas

τυχαία

Randomly, haphazardly. · tychaia

τυχαίος

Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional. [from 16th c.] · tychaios

τυχαιότητα

A combination of events which have come together by chance to make a surprisingly good or wonderful outcome. · tychaiotita

τυχερός

Happening by good luck or favorable chance. · tycheros

Τύχη

(Roman god) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche. · Tychi

τυχοδιώκτης

One who enjoys adventures. · tychodioktis

τυχοδιώκτρια

One who enjoys adventures. · tychodioktria

τύψη

Regret for having done wrong. · typsi

Τωβίας

A en given name. · Tovias

των οποίων

(relative) Of whom, belonging to whom. · ton opoion

τώρα

At the present time. · tora

τώρα που

(often, with that) Since, because, in light of the fact. · tora pou

τωρινός

Existing or occurring at the moment. · torinos

Υακίνθη

A en given name. One of the less common flower names used since the 19th century. · Yakinthi

Υάκινθος

A en given name. One of the less common flower names used since the 19th century. · Yakinthos

υαλοπώλης

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

υαλουρονικό οξύ

(sugar acid) A mucopolysaccharide (a kind of polymer) that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue. · yalouroniko oxy

Υβόννη

A en given name borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century. · Yvonni

ύβος

A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu. · yvos

υβρεολόγιο

A long, angry or violent speech. · yvreologio

υβρίδιο

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization. · yvridio

ύβρις

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult. · yvris

υβριστικός

(legal, of a, clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause. · yvristikos

ΥΓ.

Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote. · YG.

υγιεινή

Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health. · ygieini

υγιεινός

Beneficial to bodily health. · ygieinos

υγιής

In good shape; physically well. · ygiis

Ύγκντρασιλ

(Norse mythology) An immense ash tree that is central in Norse cosmology, believed to connect the nine worlds. · Ygdrasil

υγρασία

Moisture; humidity; dampness. · ygrasia

υγρό

(physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid. · ygro

υγροποιώ

To make (something) into a liquid. · ygropoio

υγρός

Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery. · ygros

υγρός και ζεστός

(weather) Hot and humid; sweltering. [from late 16th c.] · ygros kai zestos

υγρότητα

The condition of being wet. · ygrotita

υγρότοπος

(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas. · ygrotopos

υδατικός

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water. · ydatikos

υδατογράφημα

A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light. · ydatografima

υδατόσημο

A translucent design impressed on the surface of paper and visible when the paper is held to the light. · ydatosimo

υδατοστεγής

So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape. · ydatostegis

υδατοφράκτης

A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels. · ydatofraktis

υδράργυρος

(chemistry, medicine) Mercury (chemical element). · ydrargyros

υδραυλικά

The pipes, together with the joints, tanks, stopcocks, taps, and other fixtures of a water, gas, or sewage system in a house or other building. · ydravlika

υδραυλικές εργασίες

The trade or occupation of a plumber. · ydravlikes ergasies

υδραυλική

The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy. · ydravliki

υδραυλικός

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage. · ydravlikos

υδρία

A vase with a footed base. · ydria

υδρίτης

(chemistry) A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules. · ydritis

υδρο-

water · ydro-

υδρόβια πουλιά

Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae. · ydrovia poulia

υδρόβιος

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water. · ydrovios

υδρόγειος

The planet Earth. · ydrogeios

υδρόγειος σφαίρα

A spherical model of Earth or other planet. · ydrogeios sfaira

υδροκρίτης

(hydrology, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest. · ydrokritis

υδρόμελι

(alcohol) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water. · ydromeli

υδρομετέωρο

Rain, snow and other precipitation products of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour · ydrometeoro

υδροξείδιο

(chemistry) A univalent anion (OH−) based on the hydroxyl functional group. · ydroxeidio

υδροξύλιο

(chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds. · ydroxylio

υδροπέπων

A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit. · ydropepon

υδροπλάνο

(aircraft, nautical) Any aircraft capable of taking off from, and alighting on the surface of water. · ydroplano

υδροστρόβιλος

A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado). · ydrostrovilos

υδροταμιευτήρας

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply. · ydrotamieftiras

υδρόφιλος

(physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving. · ydrofilos